Electron exists because two of the three major Operating Systems that developers user make it hard to ship an application. Windows makes it easy (well, if you i

Electron exists because two of the three major Operating Systems that developers user make it hard to ship an application. Windows makes it easy (well, if you ignore the problems around getting your app whitelisted so it doesn't show a "this program isn't commonly used" warning). Mac requires you to use XCode which is universally reviled by experienced Mac/iOS devs and newbies alike. Linux... Linux just doesn't work due to fragmentation. So, naturally, the ecosystem adapted, shifting all of these inconveniences into a lower layer and calling it Electron. Pragmatically, they latched onto whatever was available that just worked, and since Google spends billions making sure that Chromium remains dominant, so their upsells on YouTube and Gmail remain dominant, so their ad platform remains dominant, they just used that.