I have long questioned the validity of middleware (for the lack of better terms, please don't be pedantic) to create native applications.

I get it, HTML can replicate performance of native apps to a certain extent now, but it's also bound by restrictions that native apps aren't.

Speed of innovation being one. HTML5 is a large ship that takes a long time to evolve (in comparison). iOS and Android aren't, by the same means. Particularly iOS since Apple has a habit of introducing backwards compatibility breaking new features.

I don't understand fully how hybrid made apps will ever be able to properly compete with a native platform for this reason alone, not mentioning some of the other problems that plague hybrid and middle ware apps.