Why I Built a Native Mac App Instead of a Web App — and What I'd Do Differently

All tests run on an 8-year-old MacBook Air. When I decided to build a PDF tool, the obvious choice was a web app. I built a native Mac app instead. Here's the honest breakdown of that decision — including the parts I'd reconsider. Why native won Privacy is a feature, not a differentiator. PDF tools that run in the browser send your files somewhere. Even "client-side" web apps have privacy gray areas — telemetry, crash reports, CDN-loaded libraries. A native app with no network calls is the only