[JustSomeNobody]

> It makes cross-platform desktop development much easier.

For the developer, while the user has to deal with horrid battery and memory consumption.

Devs are paid well enough that "easy" shouldn't be a top priority.

[bsmith0]

What about the potential technical debt and additional manpower it requires to build out per-platform desktop applications.

Easy is a priority for many OSS projects and companies who want to ship something quick and reliable.