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It's entirely possible to build a native app that is "of the web". But not all apps are, even if they use HTTP. In fact, most apps are not. Just take a look at the most popular apps: http://www.apple.com/itunes/charts/paid-apps/

How many of those could honestly be called "web" in any way at all? 5%? 10%? It's a stretch to claim otherwise.

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It's not just the number of apps. It's the cumulative hours spent in them. As Gruber pointed out, Facebook is winning big here, and their apps are webby.

As a category, games are used a lot and non webby. That would be the main counterpoint.

Who claimed that any of those apps were part of the web?

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