&gt; - You only have to support one rendering engine. - You have access to the latest Web Components&#x2F;ES6&#x2F;CSS3 features. - You can rely on native Node.js modules when needed.<p>So, developer convenience trumps user experience? Who cares about <i>your</i> battery run time, how hot <i>your</i> PC runs, the bandwidth overhead, the massive attack surface from all the useless components shipped, how badly the webapp integrates into <i>your</i> OS, as long as <i>we</i> can ship faster and faster?