The desktop still offers far more support to developers than webapps do. Compare using Qt and Gtk to the mess and hacks required to build web user interfaces. T

The desktop still offers far more support to developers than webapps do. Compare using Qt and Gtk to the mess and hacks required to build web user interfaces. The desktop gives access to hardware: web cams, microphones, printers, scanners, cameras, storage, 3D graphics and proper networking(http is a terrible protocol for a lot of things) The web as a platform still has trouble keeping up with capabilities of desktop apps from 10 years ago. But due to having pretty much no reasonable competitor in the deployment market and deployment being so essential to a company's success the web will likely continue to be a dominant platform for startups and should eventually catch up to desktop platforms(probably 5 years or so).