> Nobody in the last 5-10 years cared about writing Desktop apps before Electron came along, there's basically zero money in it, and it's massively expensive, both in terms of actual dev time per feature (easily 10x the cost), and also in finding specialist developers who know these dated technologies.

Come on man, it's a little too easy, but NOBODY? People write desktop apps all the time. What you mean is "nobody I know", which probably says more about your social circle.