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by scarface_74 1022 days ago
How would that possibly true? A native app doesn’t go through the three or four phases that a modern JavaScript engine goes through.

Especially on iOS more so than Android apps since there is no JVM like environment.

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You are saying the same thing (though do note that the “JVM” on android does a hybrid execution with cached native functions)
I see now what the parent poster meant. He said a web app can have lower performance and battery utilization. He meant lower performance and higher battery utilization. From the context it was clear and I misinterpreted it.