>The future of software development is going to be defined by cloud providers. They’re going to define the language ecosystem, the canonical architectures for apps etc...
That's... quite depressing to consider, actually. I long for a return to the internet of yore when Native apps were still king and not everything was as-a-service.
I agree. But you can still do native apps today, if you’re willing to jump through all the hoops that OS vendors set in your path and maybe renounce a couple of platforms (like chromebooks). Unfortunately, now that basically OS vendors are also effectively cloud providers, their incentives are set to increase those hoops (“for secuyriteh”), nudging more people towards “easier” cloud deployments.
That's... quite depressing to consider, actually. I long for a return to the internet of yore when Native apps were still king and not everything was as-a-service.