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When I choose softwares, I tend to choose native one over electron or JavaFX ones. It feels more native and more "sincere", like the developer really want to make it a good software. I know this logic doesn't make sense, but I don't mind paying more if it is native. It's like a handwritten letter, not a printed one.

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> "...I don't mind paying more if it is native..."

I'm curious on how you know this before you even purchase? For example, the Mac app store can have both native and electron apps? You wouldn't know it's native or not until after you purchase it?

1. File size is a big hint. 2. Most of the electron apps doesn't replicate native elements completely, so you can guess it from tiny details like shape and shadow of text field. 3. It is also very common for their windows counterpart to look exactly the same.

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