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by musicale 57 days ago
I think I misstated efficiency concerns for flash/java/etc. influencing web apps; efficiency was more likely a driver toward statically compiled, native apps in objective-C (at the time) such as Apple's own native apps on the iPhone.

Ironically in 2026 many "native" apps on desktop and mobile are basically wrappers for web apps.