Are there any solid statistics on what “users” demand? This keeps being thrown around: “users want, demand and need native desktop applications”.
Who are these users? Under what circumstances do they “want” such things?
Who are these users? Under what circumstances do they “want” such things?
I want native apps because my bought RAM and CPU cycles are precious resources: they shouldn't be treated like a "free for all" by lazy devs. Not every native dev uses these sparingly, but in my professional experience, web devs often don't even consider it being a factor during development.
I want web apps to run in my web browser, so I can apply privacy-enabling plugins to them like uBlock. I also don't want web apps implementing dark patterns to get me into their hybrid app. (e.g. MS Teams forcing me to reconsider every time I open the website)