I wouldn't say that mobile apps "won" anything, just that networks and hardware aren't fast enough yet for browser on mobile. Desktop started the same way, and

I wouldn't say that mobile apps "won" anything, just that networks and hardware aren't fast enough yet for browser on mobile. Desktop started the same way, and just as most of the desktop apps have moved to the browser, so too will mobile apps. React native, cordova etc are just the early signs of this transition.