You (and the author) are presuming Google views mobile web apps as a competitive advantage, but we have no evidence for that. Moreover, the article clearly con

You (and the author) are presuming Google views mobile web apps as a competitive advantage, but we have no evidence for that. Moreover, the article clearly conflates the desire to make web sites perform well, with the desire to make mobile web applications perform well, with no basis for that assumption. Yes, lots and lots of Chrome users visit web sites. That doesn't mean Google feels a need to optimize Chrome to deliver mobile web apps (which requires things like richer, deeper integration with the OS).