In the comments of the article a commenter points out that they worked mor than 24 months in total on the HTML5 web app version and says "That was one expensive

In the comments of the article a commenter points out that they worked mor than 24 months in total on the HTML5 web app version and says "That was one expensive mistake". I would say, that it was actually a great strategy. When they started, the HTML version was more than enough. They saved lots of time, effort and resources during these two years while building their product. Now their mobile user base is big enough to justify dedicated teams for all platforms - and that's great for them. But it doesn't say anything about HTML5 as a viable platform for building apps. If you are a team of 3, where 0 have any mobile development experience, but years of web experience, it surely is the way to go. And often, it will even stay this years later.