I think the vitriol against JavaScript is unfair, but I absolutely agree that if native cross-platform desktop development weren't so horrendous, many things that currently use Electron, wouldn't. The web's main draw these days is that it's a free, cross-platform GUI platform that sees active development and community support. That's the bar.

All of that said - and I've said this elsewhere before - JavaScript is not the problem with Electron. I'm so weary of hearing this. Even the web is not really the problem with Electron. Electron's problem is that there's no way to share Chromium instances across installations or processes. That's it.