Actually I'm primarily using MacOS as a desktop these days. I've happily paid for a variety of apps (e.g. Omnigraffle, Monodraw, Lightroom).

Your responses sound like you’re upset; why? You made your choice.

Beyond the usability issues that constantly dismissed out of hand by developers, Electron is a crass and dishonest attempt at redefining portable and cross-platform to include a very narrow selection of platforms.

This actively increases the effort to get traction with a non-Electron supported platform and encourages bloated. Who's going to compete with Slack if they already offer a (shitty) desktop app?

Folks hold up VS Code (which I do use) as an example of a good Electron app. It's still slower than native IDEs like TextMate or Sublime and it's still not quite right in terms of native look and feel. Why do I use it? Network effects. The rust community seems to have (sadly) standardized on VS Code.