> As browsers close the gap they simply become the OS but slower, more abstracted, and with less security Browsers are forced to implement standards like CORS,

> As browsers close the gap they simply become the OS but slower, more abstracted, and with less security Browsers are forced to implement standards like CORS, single-origin policy, and multiple levels of SSL certificate validation and thus are more secure than most of native apps. How do you know whether that mobile app is not signing in over HTTP? In a web browser it's obvious instantly. > motives to decrease dev time and increase ability to spy on users and extract rent from them. Literally the worse what can happen over web browser is tracking based on various forms of fingerprinting. Native apps? MAC addresses, SSIDs, serial numbers - EVERYTHING is available for the native app to send ANYWEHERE, even over HTTP.