In my opinion, unfortunate at this moment only. Just like as it's been with web on the desktops. Hardware will get better, browsers will get better and engines

In my opinion, unfortunate at this moment only. Just like as it's been with web on the desktops. Hardware will get better, browsers will get better and engines will be faster which will allow for web apps to be at least as comfortable and usable as native apps. I don't know how we'll deal with problem of discoverability and payments - after all it's way more easier to do that on iTunes/Play, but eventually there will be solution to most of the problems. Apple certainly doesn't want to give such freedom to users and developers - they like to have a cut of the sales very much, but they can't just wait it out - Android/FirefoxOS/Any new OS won't be waiting.