Sigh. Beyond the deeply unserious hyperbole, this is a no-true-scotsman. Yes, you can use native APIs in Electron. They can even help. That's not remotely an argument for not using Electron.

> the in-editor terminal makes use of WebGL

Right, because clearly the Electron-provided browser environment was insufficient and needed to be escaped by using... a browser API instead?

Again, folks, the argument here is from existence. If the browser stack is insufficient for developing UIs in the modern world, then why is it winning so terrifyingly?