This article does a terrible job of supporting its headline. The conclusion was that native is better than web but web might catch up. The arguments that show

This article does a terrible job of supporting its headline. The conclusion was that native is better than web but web might catch up. The arguments that show web > app: - mobile apps are bigger than web apps, incorrectly citing an article that claims an average of 23mb per app including games with retina assets - there's a cost for publishing apps but no mention of hosting, domains, SSL, payment gateways etc - apps need to be downloaded and may not run offline - users don't like apps as they're bigger to download and have updates