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Native apps and Web apps are essentially the same thing. They're both running inside a sandbox environment (be it the OS or the browser). The real difference is that the Web sandbox is more constrained. Other than that (and yes I'm looking at you people who think URIs are the coming of jesus), there's really no difference between the two.

Inevitably the platform which has less constraints will win.

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There is another difference. Imagine a world where websites have to be approved by the browser vendor in order to be loadable. That's a constraint of native apps.

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Meh, on the Web you're still constrained by DNS... governments can shutdown specific sites.

Doesn't really merit the "Meh" unless you think all world governments coordinating their censorship is as likely as Apple rejecting your app.

What an odd comparison.

That can happen to your native app as well if it requires network access.

One person's "constraint" is another person's freedom. That is, having to make a separate app for Android and for iOS, not to mind having to deal with whatever BS the app store puts you with, etc...

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