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The browser is native code, the app is compiled to native machine code. There are no virtual machines involved, except the JS VM on the browser (and this doesn't need JS).

So it's native at least along those lines.

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That isn't what people mean when they say native.

Right, when people say native, they talk about connecting directly with the OS-specific UI fundamentals. An application is "native" not by virtue of its execution environment, but by virtue of the UI primitives. That's why people talk about "native look and feel".

What people mean when they say native depends on what people you're talking about.

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