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"Native" is not really the right thing to look in here. As the article notes, even Windows built-in apps like calculator (/notepad/explorer/paint) are still "native" to some degree (certainly not electron based) and nevertheless dog-slow compared to their predecessors.

Any Windows users should have switched to something like Qalculate. Or the calculator from ReactOS, which is virtually the same and it would run and look native under Windows.

There's a new wave of C++/Rust GUI libraries that are looking to be the frontier of bridging the gap from cross-platform -> native frameworks. If that bet pays off, we might have an alternative to Electron. Would be a couple of years down the road however.

Ok. Can we at least revert to sanity in the FOSS realm then?

My guess is no, since for many writing FOSS software is just a way to hone their saleable skills for BigCorp where they'll spend their days finding new creative ways to put ads in front of people's eyes.