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by nozzlegear 95 days ago
> A lot of very prominent apps are written using web technologies anyways. Take a look at the continued popularity of React Native (and Flutter as well).

And it shows through their laggy interfaces and non-native UI/UX. The people don't like apps built with web tech; developers and LLMs like them because they're a shortcut.
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rejhgadellaa 95 days ago
> The people don't like apps built with web tech

Then why do most people spend > 90% of their time in a browser (or web-powered app) on desktop?

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nozzlegear 95 days ago
Irrelevant, we're talking about mobile here.
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rejhgadellaa 95 days ago
How is that irrelevant? Isn't it important to ask the question "why did this thing work on desktop, but not on mobile?"
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genthree 95 days ago
No choice.
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rejhgadellaa 95 days ago
Funny you would say that. Because businesses and users have only one choice on iOS: native apps, because the web app isn't viable (and/or available) on iOS.
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genthree 95 days ago
Yeah, it’s great.
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