[onion2k]

How many successful (ie profitable) companies have made money selling desktop software using cross platform frameworks like React Native?

React Native for Windows and Mac specifically, none. We commenting on an article about its launch. It's a bit early to be talking about that.

Cross-platform frameworks like Electron or Flutter, loads. VSCode, Skype, Discord, WhatsApp Desktop all use it. Of course you might argue that they're all selling services rather than software but that the point really is that the companies authoring those apps want to keep costs down, give users the same experience everywhere, and believe cross-platform apps can give users a good experience.

[scarface74]

And no one cares about any of those apps to pay money directly...

[onion2k]

You can't really make that assertion because no one can pay money directly. You have no way of knowing if people would pay for them if they were offered as a product. You just assume they wouldn't because that fits your belief that no one would pay for cross-platform framework driven apps. Until you bring some actual evidence to the discuss to back up your point the whole argument is pointless.