Let's explore the potential impact of this project. I've divided the impact into 10 key areas. Here they are:
Development
Rather than spend lots of time and money building apps for different platforms such as iOS, Android, iPadOS, Windows, Linux, and macOS, build one app which runs in the browser. One codebase, one app, one universal browser experience. Simpler, speedier, and cheaper maintenance and development.
App stores
App stores such as Apple App Store and Google Play, earn billions of dollars each year by charging fees for paid downloads, in-app purchases, subscriptions, and other charges. By running apps in the browser, companies can avoid app stores and the associated fees.
Open source
The codebase is free for anyone to use, modify, and distribute. Benefits include data privacy, collaboration, transparency, flexibility, customisation, code reuse, lower costs, and the peace of mind that comes from not being locked into proprietary systems. We use the MIT license.
User experience
App users get a seamless cross-platform experience and automatic updates. For developers – apps run in the browser, enabling faster updates (no app store approvals required), design flexibility, and cross-platform consistency.
Lower development costs (one codebase) and the absence of app store fees, frees up budget for product development and training, enabling higher quality products.
Careers
To have a fulfilling, successful career in tech, individuals need to achieve key goals such as growth, meaningful impact, skill development, and alignment with their interests.
Many companies are unable to satisfy those goals and the industry lacks platforms capable of bringing many people's designs to life. This platform has the potential to improve the situation.
Hiring
Companies can avoid hiring more costly and scarce native app specialists. Hiring efforts can focus on those with broadly available web-tech skills. Simpler, quicker, easier, and cheaper hiring.
Training
If companies no longer need to build native apps for closed ecosystems, they can reduce training costs or reallocate budgets to other training programs.
Lock-in
Running apps in the browser eliminates app store lock-in. Open source software enables deployment anywhere, except on locked-down operating systems which prevent or limit native installs, such as iOS and Android.
Innovation
One codebase and no app store fees means more time and money available to spend on product development and training. Companies can focus on improving one product, rather than spreading resources over numerous platform-specific implementations.
Distribution
Find web apps through various channels such as company websites, social networks, search engines, generative engines, marketplaces, discovery platforms, forums, web app directories, browser add-ons, ads, reviews, blog content, and partnerships.