[PaulHoule]

Yeah, my take is that the hierarchy is

  web site >> mobile web site >> mobile (cr)app

With the modification that if you have a very small phone sometimes the mobile site comes out ahead.

To take an example, right when a search has brought you to something you want to read on reddit, reddit distracts you with a popup telling you it is ‘better’ to use the app. Well, once you’ve installed the app they punch you in the face right away because you’ll have a very hard time finding the content that led you to reddit. (What did you think would happen, honestly?)

There are some cases where you really need a mobile app but if I have a choice at all I use the web, particularly if it involves viewing content or ordering something.

[Semaphor]

I find apps almost always preferable. Not only do I get dedicated backup, the apps are usually better for mobile UX. Of course, that excludes crappy apps like Reddit’s, in those cases there are often 3rd-party-apps.

[PaulHoule]

Dedicated backup?

[Semaphor]

I run a nightly backup (via neobackup [0], requires root) on my phone that backups all APKs and data. With a webapp, I’m at the mercy of the app itself or firefox storage data with no granularity at all.

[0]: https://github.com/NeoApplications/Neo-Backup