Web apps are nice, because most people have multiple devices nowadays. Having your data located on just one device can be rather annoying. Or having to setup a

Web apps are nice, because most people have multiple devices nowadays. Having your data located on just one device can be rather annoying. Or having to setup a desktop app and a web server for synchronization isn't as nice either. It also might be, that lots of people don't even know how to create desktop applications anymore, but most will have done something on the web already.