Plus it doesn't add anything positive the UI/UX beyond a few devs wanting a .exe instead of an URL, and not having to deal with the quirks of each browser/OS.

I never liked MSHTML, Active Destkop, XUL, and I really don't see why Electron should be treated in any different way, just because learning how to use native APIS or writing an simple abstraction layer is "too complicated".

If devs want to do a web app, do a web app, deal with browser quirks, use web workers, just don't package a browser with it.