NotePad runs on Windows. You need to include Windows.
The argument doesn't really pass the sniff test frankly. Windows is a general purpose operating system much like Chrome is a general purpose web browser.
Infact nowadays to get this sort of NotePad you'll always have Edge installed in your computer, so you don't even have to download Chrome!
> Sure, how about the copy of the npm "ecosystem"?
I mentioned how many resources are downloaded. NPM is not required. "Modern" webapps get bundled, NPM is not distributed.
> And you conveniently forget that you can choose not to start a browser while running the native notepad.
When running a PWA, you don't have to start a browser. Does Chromium run in the background, sure, but you just click a icon or search like you always do. And honestly it opens and is ready to use possibly quicker than Notepad itself.
The argument doesn't really pass the sniff test frankly. Windows is a general purpose operating system much like Chrome is a general purpose web browser.
Infact nowadays to get this sort of NotePad you'll always have Edge installed in your computer, so you don't even have to download Chrome!