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I honestly don’t see why native apps would require more effort and commitment than web apps, at least on devices with app stores of some kind. Native apps can

by ugh 16y ago

I honestly don’t see why native apps would require more effort and commitment than web apps, at least on devices with app stores of some kind. Native apps can use some app store infrastructure where you enter your details once, websites would have to rely on PayPal or other services and you would have to enter your details over and over again. Paying in some app store has less friction. I can kind of see your point for free apps, searching some app store for an app and downloading it kind of seems more complicated than googling it and taping the link, I can’t (yet) see it for paid apps.

alttab 16y ago
When buying books at Amazon you only have to enter your creds once, so that's not really an issue. What people tend to forget is that developing "apps" on the iOS platform is automatically restricting your market to those who have or can afford the devices it runs on. Just because the business model worked on the web for Amazon, does not mean that you can build an "app" for a closed platform owned by a competitor and get similar results.