When you start investing you quickly realize how difficult it is to gauge a “good” idea. The only thing that matters is how the market responds and it seems like these solutions have a small, dedicated and quickly growing user base.
I don't see anything in the question that exactly says "get this crap off my screen" "these companies should not be allowed to exist". I see a critical opinion but that is entirely allowed. Your critical opinion like the one you just wrote is presumably allowed.
But I do see an observance of phenomenon, and I find any phenomenon interesting.
This post is a perfectly valid question, just at it's academic face value.
[1] "(badly)", "always some startup with no good will", "Electron" (arguably), "filled it full of always-online trackers"
No, those are not facts
If they're re-inventing the terminal poorly it can only ever make things worse. What is not to understand about the sentiment that the world should not get worse?
> The only thing that matters is how the market responds
The only thing that matters is whether or not something can in aggregate make the world a better place. Tons of stuff does and is profitable, but most things that are profitable emphatically do not. So this is a terrible signal.