[alsetmusic]

> Here's the tired counter-argument: I'd rather have an app with a slightly awkward ui for my os, than no app at all.

I agree. However, I also think that this has an undesirable effect of discouraging a platform-specific app from being created, especially in niche markets.

Edit: clarity

[tracker1]

I think it's great that so many apps are available for mac or linux that wouldn't otherwise be available. Electron provides a baseline that simply is much more difficult with platform specific code, or other cross platform applications. It's not all in the box, and far from perfect. But the fact is, I get to use VS Code, Teams, Spotify (I know not electron specifically, but similar enough) and a handful of other apps everywhere I run.

For the most part I stick to cross platform apps, if that means a "lesser" electron based app, so be it. And most of them look far better than other cross platform and even native options a lot of the time.