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Why would one wrap a nice Web app with a cross platform software framework 
? To understand the motivation, I tried it with one of my apps—SVGcode—and 5 different frameworks:
Electron.js NW.js Tauri Neutralinojs Gluon
Read how it went: https://blog.tomayac.com/2023/02/23/cross-platform-software-frameworks/ 
@tomayac ironically … distribution is one of the things I see.
The native platforms have app stores and the act of “downloading”.
And is in some ways expected by the average user of an app that they’ll go back to more than once.
For desktop users, window management and notifications.
@bmann I get it, but to be honest: Nothing beats going to a URL and hitting Install. Installed PWAs run in their own “alt-tab”-able window and (even not installed, unless it’s iOS) can receive notifications.
@tomayac that’s unfortunately not true for mass market, neither on desktop nor mobile.
The patterns and muscle memory aren’t there, and the popular mentality is “go to an App Store”
As much as anything else, a large market player would need to invest heavily in culturally changing this.
@bmann Right, muscle memory is a good analogy. But as I just wrote in another toot, just try searching for Facebook’s Messenger. It’s a total mess. But yeah, collectively, we have trained people to go to stores first. That can be undone, though.