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by grugagag 2106 days ago
A web app cannot be more stable than a native app but there are trade-offs, it's simpler to target an app that would open on most browsers even if it does't work too efficiently. If there was only one browser in the world web apps would be a whole lot more stable but that's not the world we live in. I think the only reason people stopped writing native apps in favor of web apps is manly for the cost benefit and we as users are getting a good enough experience but not perfect. The landscape is changing quickly, not sure how the whole webassembly thing is going to run but there's some hope.
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Semantics. Because the web changes more than native. Like com 32 been around for 30 years, doom still runs in windows 10. We still cry when microsoft patches... Well you can't have your cake and eat it.