While I also find the surge of electron-based application somewhat amusing, you can't deny that it has made it easier for more developers to develop cross-platform applications without having to develop and manage several codebases with different languages.

I'm working on a side-project at the moment, a large part of which is a desktop application. Using electron allows me to get a cross-platform app out the door pretty quickly. If I had a team of more than one, perhaps I would consider using something else, but as long as it is just me electron just makes sense.