[_2d30]

I like HN because you see such a diversity of views and realize there's no "best" solution out there. So many people here complain that everything is run through the browser or Electron and that nobody makes native apps anymore. Here's Zoom with a native app and someone complains that they _have_ to install something new.

I suspect the desire to not install new software is the dominant market position (HN is clearly biased sample).

[sjwright]

It’s interesting. I think the bias against app installs is a psychological holdover from the “Add/Remove Programs” era of Windows where a program could install weird drivers, CPU-sucking daemons, software license protection crap—once you finally open the app up—a bloated and confusing GUI that ignores the platform’s sensible UI rules.

iPhone apps aren’t perfect but at least you know that they’ll uninstall cleanly and completely.