> Real users don't have this complaint. What kind of low-end machines are you running

Real users complain differently: "My machine is slow". Electron itself is not very heavyweight (though not featherweight), but JS and DOM can cost a lot of resources. Right now my GMail tab has allocated 529 MB.

> That's not due to Electron.

Of course, but it takes some careful thought. BTW e.g. Qt apps can be pretty memory-hungry, too.

> good enough for Microsoft Teams

It's not easy no pick a more "beloved" application.

What an Electron app usually would miss is things like global shortcuts managed by macOS control panel, programmability via Automation, and the L&F of native controls. I personally don't usually miss any of these, but users who actually like macOS would usually complain.

I personally prefer to run Electron-ish apps, like Slack, in their Web versions, in a browser.