[mkoubaa]

I second the point that Electron is great for web devs who need to make a desktop app. But for desktop app first developers I find it's really unsatisfying. The landscape today is quite interesting, between qt and avalonia and electron, among others.

One huge thing that web gets right is that users of the incremental app do not have to install anything. But the consent banners and enshittification of the web experience really eats away at that advantage.

I also very much agree that native look and feel is not as important as it sounds. I'm wondering if there is some obvious way hidden in plain sight to have end user applications on the desktop without incremental installations. Steam is almost there, getting a new game sometimes doesn't feel like a new installation even when it is.