We're talking about mobile apps here, that's where the web is losing. They're already almost all subscription-only. They break after a few OS releases unless t

We're talking about mobile apps here, that's where the web is losing. They're already almost all subscription-only. They break after a few OS releases unless they're updated (true for both iOS and Android). Local state is "hard to access"? Check. (though it's easier on Android, for now) They "alter the deal" all the time, and there's nothing you can do about it. And native apps will always exist for any appropriate use cases, but tons of the "apps" people use on mobile are nothing but websites that you can't use adblock on (DNS excepted). Many don't have true local content, just caching.