Versatile software engineer with a background in .NET consulting and CMS development. Working on regaining my embedded development skills to get more involved with IoT opportunities.
I guess it comes down to the value the app adds...in the case of VS Code, it's my favorite text editor so I'm willing to pay the price. On my desktop and work laptops, I have enough memory that 95% of the time, it isn't an issue. But with my 2013 MacBook Pro, which has 8GB of RAM soldered in and can never be updated, this is a dealbreaker for most applications. A lot of tools built with Electron seem to be aimed at developers, who likely have pretty powerful machines, but this isn't a luxury that everyone has in today's world.
I guess it comes down to the value the app adds...in the case of VS Code, it's my favorite text editor so I'm willing to pay the price. On my desktop and work laptops, I have enough memory that 95% of the time, it isn't an issue. But with my 2013 MacBook Pro, which has 8GB of RAM soldered in and can never be updated, this is a dealbreaker for most applications. A lot of tools built with Electron seem to be aimed at developers, who likely have pretty powerful machines, but this isn't a luxury that everyone has in today's world.
I can totally understand what you say... and you're right, I haven't encountered an app for normal users built with Electron 👌