The original "sin" is that the browser became the delivery tool for what you're talking about. Whether it's a sin or not is of course a matter of opinion. But

The original "sin" is that the browser became the delivery tool for what you're talking about. Whether it's a sin or not is of course a matter of opinion. But is odd after all these years the browser killed off a big junk of "native" apps on the desktop, but in mobile, there's a whole other story. Which makes me think the problem all along was about distribution, not technology.