I reject the entire premise that web apps are fundamentally "better for you". You're inserting the word "fundamentally", but the author is not claiming they ar

I reject the entire premise that web apps are fundamentally "better for you". You're inserting the word "fundamentally", but the author is not claiming they are fundamentally better than native applications at all. Not every article is "X vs Y". His premise for talking about commitment mechanisms is that you've already decided that web applications are the long-term optimal choice for you. If it isn't the optimal choice for you, the commitment mechanism is meaningless.