It also means that the rendering will potentially be different on each platform given they all use different native webviews (and there’s no “native” webview on Linux but WebKit-gtk is the most widely used one)

Not really. Helix is closer to Kakoune which is based on the modal editing of Vim but reimagined a bit.

There’s a pretty simple reason. It’s that developers don’t have to spend the time to package for every single distro. I know I wouldn’t, I’d just focus on packaging for the distro that I use and flatpak. Having flatpak also means that some less known distros start with a big amount of apps available from the get go with flatpak.

Organic Maps is really good but beware that it doesn’t have lane assistance on highways which can prove to be dangerous imo.

That seems to be an Android app which requires the user to have it installed on their phone. No good for iOS either.

Teddit and other alternative frontends were a perfect way to send someone a Reddit link when they didn’t have an account because the mobile web experience is just pure cancer.

When I was a kid, I used to “play” Operation Flashpoint. I remember being too dumb to realise that the mouse was used to move the camera so it was basically me moving around with arrow keys and strafing to see a little to the left and right.