You know the people who make phone software are actually aware of this? In Android, the concept of Activity and Intent serves to essentially promote this. Its

You know the people who make phone software are actually aware of this? In Android, the concept of Activity and Intent serves to essentially promote this. Its not a solved problem by far, but work HAS been done in that direction. Rest assured, this work is only going to speed up from here. After all, smartphones and tablets are marketed as consumption devices. The manufacturers would be hugely remiss if they didn't learn anything from the internet. And as we know, Steve Jobs and his industry descendants are anything but remiss. This is not to say the OP are wrong. Web doesn't compete with apps, it supports them. The two are complementary paradigms, not competing.