[a_soncodi]

This is great. Between updates/hydration and browser APIs like web push notifications, camera, geo etc.. the app stores are just glorified CDNs. Building 'natively' for these platforms offers few advantages, but adds overhead, deployment delays, and vendor-specific concerns. Choosing to release on an app store should be a config setting, not a business model.

[blazespin]

Not on iOS until can you install from something other than the App Store. You still have to get a cert and you can still lose it.