Cannot agree more! However, I can see the appeal of webapps. Getting started in app development using GUI APIs (cross-platform or target-native) can be a bit intimidating, too. And now we have things like electron which... well to me it's slow, but being able to develop a desktop GUI using html5 and css and JS is appealing.

And to be fair, a web app does get the job done, though I have to admit the number of companies that opt for an internal webapp instead of a desktop application is interesting.