Comment by rixed

Not the one you asked, but since I share the exact same feeling, and for what it's worth: I used to reach for Qt when I needed a complex desktop app, the kind of app with a high density of widgets, controls and information, great care for UI but little for aestetic. QML felt to me like it was going in the direction of web development, up to a point where you'd be better off having a separate front-end and back-end, all in the name of more eye candy.

I understand their worries, but it was not my need (and it felt patheticaly hopeless). When I need a web app, I go for a web app