Delphi is quite popular still in Europe. Also it is not just Windows. Delphi/Lazarus produce exe for all the major platforms. I was doing some GUI app for Raspb

Delphi is quite popular still in Europe. Also it is not just Windows. Delphi/Lazarus produce exe for all the major platforms. I was doing some GUI app for Raspberry Pi and I had Lazarus IDE running right there, along with debugging and all other goodies. Also I mostly develop products and are on my own since 2000. Not much concern on my side about what all those big cloudy companies think. Eff them ;)