> The web has shown over and over again to have far less privacy This may be inherent to the web but a native app would (given the current level of sandboxing)

> The web has shown over and over again to have far less privacy This may be inherent to the web but a native app would (given the current level of sandboxing) have more freedom to make http requests than a webapp. So there would be no win in forcing the bad actors to make native apps. The argument about owning the software is a valid one, and I for one am not terribly excited about the continuous updates to everything which sometimes changes the UI of a tool that I use and know and cost me time out of the blue. However, I am using wallabyjs, a "native" app (plugin to vscode) and it updates itself practically every other day. I think that reality is hitting all kinds of software anyway.