The power of the web is that there's a single name for every resource in the world, and anyone can link to it. Mobile apps break the second part, which seems i

The power of the web is that there's a single name for every resource in the world, and anyone can link to it. Mobile apps break the second part, which seems inconsequential to those that grew up in it, but it's a large part of why the web has become as ubiquitous as it is, why the web has become as useful as it is, and why the web has the freedom to create is it has become.