[BinaryIdiot]

As a user I think it is. It doesn't have to be React Native but using actual native components makes applications feel so much better and use far less memory. Take Slack for instance, decent feature set but feels like a web app with how it works and some of the error conditions it fails to handle correctly (like no longer being authenticated requiring a _refresh_ of the app to fix).

I don't know if React Native is technically the answer but an approach _like_ RN, like you asked OP, makes the most sense to me from a user standpoint.

From a developer standpoint, even with cross platform toolkits like RN, it _really really sucks_ managing multiple platforms. I can understand why most go for Electron or similar. We really need some better, cross platform stories for developers.