The big and real difference between mobile apps and mobile web is that Apple and Google control mobile apps, but no one controls the mobile web. Yes, they all

The big and real difference between mobile apps and mobile web is that Apple and Google control mobile apps, but no one controls the mobile web. Yes, they all use HTTP/HTTPS, and yes, they often connect to the same services, with desktop versions running as web pages and mobile versions as apps. That's all true. But the IMO primary difference remains, which is that apps are controlled by two corporations while the web is not.