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This is an odd take. Native apps are usually just better looking and more performant.

• kibwen 3y ago
  To me, the odd take is thinking that the point of an app is to look good.
  • manuelabeledo 3y ago
    It is not, it's just an attribute, arguably important to the success of the app.
  • troupo 3y ago
    Yes. Yes, among other things the point of the app is to look good: be fluid, performant, responsive and conform to the platform look and feel and HIGs. All the things that web apps objectively fail to do.
    • kibwen 3y ago
      And if I can't find the app because of the awful app store interface, and if it's stealing my information by demanding permissions that it doesn't need, and if it's showing me ads that I can't block, and if it's bothering me with constant updates, why should I care if it's "fluid"? The goal of software is not to look pretty, it's to be functional. Web apps are more functional than native apps by my metrics. I do not care if it's less fluid, because I use software to do things.
      • troupo 3y ago
        > The goal of software is not to look pretty, it's to be functional. Funny how web apps invariably fail in that regard, too. > Web apps are more functional than native apps by my metrics. So far you haven't described any metrics > because I use software to do things. So do I. And web apps always get in the way of me doing things: they lag, they perform poorly, they break al platform conventions, they hog resources,they can barely display static information without breaking etc.