The problem with web apps is that the user doesn't really have any control over updates. With a regular app you can verify a version and stick to it. The web ve

The problem with web apps is that the user doesn't really have any control over updates. With a regular app you can verify a version and stick to it. The web version can change at any point with no notice. Additionally, a regular app can be signed by a key from the developers that you can verify. With a web app you don't even know if it comes from the developers or if you're being MITM-ed because someone managed to get a SSL certificate for your domain. The certificate isn't the only angle of attack either, your CDN or hosting provider might be hacked. Yes the CDN that hosts the regular app can also be hacked, but that will only work against brand new users, because existing users can already know the signing key and the hacked binary won't have the correct signature.