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> Remote Desktop, VMware, Citrix

and ask your users to install those before being even able to use your app?

I haven't phrased my argument very neatly, but the point stands: anyone with an iphone/android/linux/… can easily use a web app, now, without any prerequisites. You don't have to bundle it or distribute it differently than with a webserver and it's a single codebase. That's not the case for any other tech that I'm aware, and it's a shame.

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I understand that you’re describing one set of benefits, that are beneficial in some circumstances.

But it’s all about requirements. The benefits you describe are not universal benefits.

Mobile app stores, where users have to install apps, transact over a $1 trillion per year. Sometimes a native app provides a better experience.

I agree, sure. I was only replying to the "… but why?" comment: There are plenty convincing reasons to go the web app route, although it obviously has downsides too.

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