Is it really that good though, or is it just that a lot of design effort (and dollars) have been put into it? Just based on the quality of electron based applic

Is it really that good though, or is it just that a lot of design effort (and dollars) have been put into it? Just based on the quality of electron based applications I have used, I feel like this basically amounts to spending a lot of time polishing a turd. Why compliment or be distracted by how shiny it is?