> Web apps were slower, had issues dealing with the various browsers and saw less use. Apps like Facebook are constantly preloading data in the background to f

> Web apps were slower, had issues dealing with the various browsers and saw less use. Apps like Facebook are constantly preloading data in the background to fill your feed immediately on app launch. 99pct of web apps would not have that need fortunately. And let's be real, FB went with native apps because they could quietly hide app permissions that a web browser would warn you about with a big scary dialog window. That would be catastrophic for the world's biggest targeted advertising company. They ran a full page ad when Apple started requiring app tracking disclosures on iOS.