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> Where is the email client back? On the phone. People want access to their email if they don't have an internet connection.

Can still be accomplished without being native.

Listen, it's clear we aren't going to agree. But the simple fact is, unless things change, going the JS and HTML route for apps is best for the vast majority of applications people use on a daily basis. This is demonstrated by the fact that they are using these apps on a daily basis.

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> This is demonstrated by the fact that they are using these apps on a daily basis

That's not true. People are using apps on their phones, not webapps. They're using apps on their TVs and tablets, not webapps. And people are actually paying for native apps, something no one is doing for webapps.

Seriously, you don't see any parallels between now and the late 90s? You don't think it's going to get drastically cheaper to produce native apps in the next couple years? The same thing happened in web development, a combination of better dev tools, more code libraries/frameworks, and more labor supply will drive costs down.

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