That being said, DuckDuckGo has quite a bit of traction. Developing fully native apps requires even more manpower, something Microsoft learned the hard way with Microsoft Edge. Chromium, on the other hand, can work all the major operating systems. However, that means developing multiple apps to get the most optimized experience on each operating system. You can find a more thorough explanation of WebView here. Building the app from the ground up lets the company optimize the app for the system while leaving behind all the bloat that has accumulated on Chromium over the years. In layman’s terms, DuckDuckGo is developing native apps for the major operating systems that essentially run a browser inside them. That’s what we’ve used to build our app on desktop.” “MacOS and Windows both now offer website rendering APIs (WebView/WebView2) that any application can use to render a website. So if the company isn’t using Chromium, what will it use? Well, according to Allison Johnson, in an interview with The Verge, shed some light on their plans. Look out for our new desktop app, which brings the privacy & speed of our mobile app (finally!) to desktop. We can't wait for what's to come in 2022.

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