I like Electron's features, but I don't like how it runs its own Chromium. I'd really like a small, local server launcher that just runs whatever default browser the user has selected, with a borderless window. No attempt at auto-integrations between client-view and server code, just let me do it like a regular SPA. Bonus points for letting me specify my own server executable, so I can do it in whatever language I want.
EDIT: seriously, it could run its own local server for privileged OS integrations, giving you an IPC API over REST.
There was a rumour that with Edge going to chromium MS wants to make the engine available on windows so that electron on windows wouldn't need to ship with a copy of chromium.
Given that Microsoft recently acquired the primary Electron developer, GitHub, that concept seems plausible. And I have a difficult time finding fault with it.
You see endless 'concerns' about Electron resource usage. What you don't find are complaints that it's unstable, or that it only works on some desktops, or that it's hard to understand or use. It's solid, it works on all desktops and it's about as easy to use as such a thing can be for contemporary full stack developers.
For better or worse I think the whinging about resource usage isn't going to hinder Electron much.
EDIT: seriously, it could run its own local server for privileged OS integrations, giving you an IPC API over REST.