But people would claim that it's easier for a company to take a bunch of web frontend devs and have them develop a UI which rides on top the already-existing El

But people would claim that it's easier for a company to take a bunch of web frontend devs and have them develop a UI which rides on top the already-existing Electron. Which is why we have such a plague of bloated Electron apps - because companies are lazy and don't care about the end user experience.