[spiralpolitik]

The straw man proposed in the "Why Native Apps are a Gamble" section equally applies to Web Apps. The 80% number for example probably isn't going to change just by making your App a WebApp.

Development is expensive whichever way you want to slice it. Write Once, Run Everywhere is equally expensive because you have to test everywhere as well so the economics aren't as straightforward as the article suggests. If it was Java would have won years ago.

A counter argument could also be made that a well curated ecosystem of 16% is cheaper to developer for than an ecosystem of 84% made up of a whole mix of different supported levels.