Many popular desktop apps these days are in fact web apps. The most prominent example is my mind is VS Code. Another is the Slack client.
This is enabled by Electron.
Most people using QML to build applications do not use or program in QML directly. The way I usually encounter it is via QT Creator and QT Quick. In fact, that’s why I think @barche focused on building a QML based interface to QT.
Here’s Bart giving us an update on QML using QT 6 in July 2024: