function in a model that returns a boolean fails to return anything in a blade view if false

I have a function i an a model that can return either true or false.

I use this function inside a view and first thing I discovered when I called it is

that that outputs 1 instead of true if I do that inside blade file. If I do dd() then it will print true or false

Second thing that is giving me a problem is that if the value is false then nothing is printed when doing this from blade file. I need something to be printed either 1/0 or true/false

Why does boolean get converted to number inside blade files but not controllers? How can I get something printed when isDesktop returns false? Right now it prints nothing in that case.

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