I think what your parent comment was saying was that : 'even though web is a great solution to many problems that can be solved with software, it has its limita

I think what your parent comment was saying was that : 'even though web is a great solution to many problems that can be solved with software, it has its limitations'. Clearly the problems s/he mentioned are a source of pain for some users, and many of them do not exist in the native application platform. Even if those trade-offs look unreasonable to you, it may not look so to many others. If we have more data to support the statement that somehow the web is always superior to native, then this discussion can move forward. Without it we are more likely going around in circles.