The web lacks intentionality that installed 'native' apps have. You search for a recipie and land on a random blog, executing untrustable code from a countless number of third parties, clicking "I agree" on that modal that says "LiveLaughLove blog and out 1382 partners value your privacy".

Native apps have a much higher level of friction at multiple points that helps balance the higher level of access they get.

Because some of us lived through pop up hell and Microsoft’s lack of security as it relates to web browsers in the late 90s/2000s. Web apps should be as restricted as possible.

Rich companies such as Epic, complaining about a 30% cut can cry me a river. Lock iOS down as much as possible and restrict/sandbox the web.

iOS is the only internet connected computer I’ve had that didn’t get malware and/or a virus at some point. Unless you consider an Xbox/PlayStation a computer.

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And would you build for all browsers or just your favourite "standard"? It doesn't matter how many layers we add, it will always amount to the same challenge when people use different systems. That's why it's generally better to target a solution with the least amount of abstractions to depend on. Build a native app, you depend on the OS. Build a PWA, you depend on the browser and the OS.

As for the 30%, How long do you think it would be before Chrome decides to monetize their web apps? The Manifest v3 story was a hint, maybe not everyone got the memo.

Because there's typically at least a minimum of safety checks before an app can go into the app store, whereas a website can do whatever it wants (and can).