I've been critical of so-called web apps for quite a bit more than a decade now. It's not the hate that was pathological, it was the obsession of taking a platf

I've been critical of so-called web apps for quite a bit more than a decade now. It's not the hate that was pathological, it was the obsession of taking a platform designed for displaying documents and transforming it into an application distribution platform. And after untold man hours and billions spent, the results are still inferior. That's where the "hate" is coming from. Seeing such an incredible waste while at the same time being lectured on the greatness of the web is intolerable for anyone that has seen what a quality piece of software looks and feels like.