Absolutely not. As greenyoda said, there are things that web browsers just can't do, such as gain access to the file system or to certain OS APIs that aren't av

Absolutely not. As greenyoda said, there are things that web browsers just can't do, such as gain access to the file system or to certain OS APIs that aren't available in a browser. Sure, there may be a trending movement towards SaaS for a lot of apps (SaaS is super hip), but not every app can go that route. Previous discussions on this topic: - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11748812 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11748812 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4280463 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4280463 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7762926 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7762926 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5050700 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5050700