Agreed that SwiftUI because bloated and hacky, when it promised simplification and transparency.

But is there a single UI abstraction that succeeded in affordability for newcomers while maintaining performance and solid architecture?

It is high time to solve the write-3-apps for each usecase (iOS, Android, Windows). I use MAUI on some projects but it is still not perfect.

The way forward for Apple is to open source more and more and let the Swift community build a cross-platform solution.