Content warning: expand for a rant
No. I refuse to use that kind of software.
The webification of everything is a drain on privacy, on focus, on ownership of your own works; it’s a distraction. In the long term it’s going to suck energy, time and money away from native app development, to the point where people will stop doing that “because it’s not worth it” (to a fairly major extent this is already happening), whilst not really offering the end user any improved workflow or experience. Web delivered software (currently) promotes surveillance, because everyone wants user tracking, Google Analytics, a/b testing and monetisation through advertising (which is surveillance).
I get that web-delivered software is “easy” for the initial install for many users, and easier for the developer to make something that will work on most recent hardware without the hassle of learning how to do that for Windows, Linux and macOS.
That said, the web audio API is really fun to programme for. I did a free course on building synths using it, a few years back and really enjoyed it. I’ve built a web drum machine too (not actually useful, more a demo/learning toy). It’s amazing how powerful that tech is and how easy to get going.
I should reconfigure my web hosting and blog’s content so these demos are more easily available. The random noise one might actually generate some usable, if not very original, tones. I’ll post back if I get around to it.
