Efficiency in the market and development process drove client developers to be a dirt cheap bottomless resource. Before iPhone apps (and later Android), you could create a new application and sell it in a box for a good living. The only "box apps" which most people will still pay for are grandfathered in things like Photoshop, Matlab, and Office. Even new video games are mostly in-app purchases or ad-based. I don't like electron based apps, but that's not what devalued developers.
Besides, I wasn't talking specifically about electron-based apps, I was talking about apps in general which don't use the native widget toolkits.
Also, I can't speak for everyone, but my preference for a platform boils down to whether it provides a Unix shell and how pushy it is about forcing me to download updates or upload personal information. Consistent widget look and feel just doesn't matter when I spend most of my time in a browser or shell anyways.
Besides, I wasn't talking specifically about electron-based apps, I was talking about apps in general which don't use the native widget toolkits.
Also, I can't speak for everyone, but my preference for a platform boils down to whether it provides a Unix shell and how pushy it is about forcing me to download updates or upload personal information. Consistent widget look and feel just doesn't matter when I spend most of my time in a browser or shell anyways.