&gt; Am I the only one unhappy with the trend of moving toward web-wrapper applications?<p>No, you&#x27;re not. In fact, every time any link shows up on the Hacker News front page that has to do with using HTML&#x2F;JS&#x2F;CSS to build native applications the comments on it are usually dominated by people who are &quot;unhappy with the trend toward web-wrapper applications&quot;.<p>&gt; It&#x27;s cool for developers. It&#x27;s not cool for the users.<p>Here&#x27;s the thing, if it&#x27;s not cool for developers, then it might not even get built, and that&#x27;s <i>really</i> not cool for the users. So if I had to choose between less performant code but more software options for users and more performant code but some software people really want or need not being developed, I&#x27;d choose the former.