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Re:Dear ImGui – Bloat-free graphical user interface library ... by malkia on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @04:19PM (#24993164)
Games also require said GPU computing power. Lots of UI may have to conserve power/energy - think about some IoT device that may not even have GPU, and need to use as little as possible energy.
Re:Dear ImGui – Bloat-free graphical user interface library ... by forrestthewoods on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @04:47PM (#24993373)
Or smartphones where you want to conserve battery life.

I think people dramatically overestimate the cost to perform simple UI layout. There’s no reason that CPU time should be more than 1ms single-thread for most apps. GPU time should be similarly small. Modern smartphone supercomputers are FAST!