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by kgin 1883 days ago
100%. There's no reason why people can run spreadsheets and word processors and vector design apps on their Mac browsers but have to download a 100mb binary app on their iPhones to order pizza.

Mobile web tech could support the overwhelming majority of use cases without jank with a few key, non-impossible improvements. And they would if there were any incentive for platform owners to do so.