There are ways to go still, I agree. But I'd argue that's because nobody wants to invest money and effort. As a fan of Rust (I'm regularly using it but I don'

There are ways to go still, I agree. But I'd argue that's because nobody wants to invest money and effort. As a fan of Rust (I'm regularly using it but I don't work for money with it currently) you are right: even if everyone agreed to move to it tonight, that wouldn't change things much because we have no cross-platform native UI toolkit. Additionally, you might be surprised what prices people could pay for really good software. I personally will pay $500 for a lifetime license of a lightweight, fast, cross-platform and rock-solid office suite. But there's no such thing.