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> You also get so many weird glitches with state refreshing, sessions being cleared, log in not persisting.

And these don't happen in native apps? Because they somehow have less bugs?

> Apps feel SO much better with the native UI, pre-downloaded

React Native apps are pre-downloaded and have a native UI. Lots of them feel really bad. Not all, though.

You can make fast websites/PWAs just like you can make slow apps.

A web app is limited. Even if it loads fast, it feels clunky. Apps using native components have a much higher ceiling. Users don't care what tech is underneath

> A web app is limited. Even if it loads fast, it feels clunky.

But what about it feels clunky?

HTML and CSS are a lot faster than you want to believe. You can't tell me you've never used a website that isn't slow. Problem is the people making most websites don't care to optimize or profile anything.

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