If only Zed got more traction & in-turn extensions, that's more performance than what most need
That and being macOS only, seem like major roadblockers to major adoption.
And that's exactly why many companies choose Electron - despite a deficit in performance. Just having an Electron app is better than not having an app at all.
And yet, they all then seem to do a whole bunch of work that is specific to each platform anyway.
Further, if Zed was an electron app nobody would be talking about it.
Electron’s great if you want to be the first on the market, and for many of them competition never arrives.