The main advantage of the application running on phones is that everybody has one (hyperbole intended) and that phones are always on. For a web version to be f

The main advantage of the application running on phones is that everybody has one (hyperbole intended) and that phones are always on. For a web version to be fully distributed it would need to be run on a server, so people would have to hook up a RaspberryPi at home, rent a VPS or trust some big Nightweb farm (the diaspora model). It's infinitely easier for most users to just install an app on their phone. A Desktop version would probably not be "always on", which would limit the usability as a social platform seriously.