> What infuriates me is that often these "services" could be easily served through a simple web app. Provide a link or a QR code, let folks open the URL whereve

> What infuriates me is that often these "services" could be easily served through a simple web app. Provide a link or a QR code, let folks open the URL wherever they like, and stop bitching. But no, everybody requires a freaking native app now because it's the best way of locking people in and scooping up data even when their browser is closed. It gets even worse when your realise the "native" app is actually a WebView loading HTML/CSS and invoking methods bound to the OS, so you're really running the equivalent of a PWA that can still run in the background, and doesn't adapt to native gestures, actions or design