[matthewmacleod]

The trade-off is that they’re much shittier to use. Faster to develop, worse experience.

That’s an okay decision to make if it fits your product and market needs, but it’s important not to forget the cost.

Native apps perform better, integrate better with other system services, are more power efficient, use less storage space… usually technically superior in every way, with the exception that that are less portable and in some cases more time consuming to build.

[g09980]

So, they are more work for developers, but are technically superior for users (native UI, performance, battery life, etc.)