Why do you need an app to display an image? Your own website proves that a browser is all that’s necessary to display images in a vertical scroll.
You want to sell subscriptions? That tech already exists as well and can be platform-independent.
You want to sell subscriptions? That tech already exists as well and can be platform-independent.
There are some other reasons related to user experience. We can do a bit more in an app than what we can do in a browser e.g. push notifications for new titles and more control over UI. Also, I feel people like apps because people like to put things in "buckets" mentally.
But you are right - if/when we get some traction, we will provide a full-fledged platform on the Web also. People can choose where they want to read. Thanks for your thoughts.
Matter of fact, you can build a responsive site that looks and feels like an app on mobile and behaves like a site on desktop with one codebase.
I’m not against apps, per se, but I do think they are totally unnecessary when duplicating behavior that is just as easily achieved in a browser. Plus, the browser means you can push updates once and everyone gets them, as opposed to an app where it’s piecemeal.