VS Code is the benchmark of what can be done with Electron - if you really, really care. But it's an extreme outlier.
The hate for Electron comes from how the average Electron application works. Not only almost nobody cares as much as VS Code team does, the very choice of using Electron itself is usually an act of not caring.
The hate for Electron comes from how the average Electron application works. Not only almost nobody cares as much as VS Code team does, the very choice of using Electron itself is usually an act of not caring.