> spoiler: this argument is dead and nobody will ever go back to native apps again
I think in the world of app stores this is a little odd to argue. Native apps on the desktop do seem to be on the way out, but less so on tablet and mobile phone.
Most of my work is in native apps. It's just a better experience. The browser is great for communication, and it really shines for text based communication, but in my experience that's the only place where it outshines native apps. And remember, it's not like native apps can't back things up to the cloud, so there is a false dichotomy that you have to do everything in a browser that you want backed up to a cloud. I have no problem working with IntelliJ products and then pushing to a remote repo. My Photos, Music, etc are backed up to iCloud but aren't viewed in a browser either, etc. Zoom is launched with a browser link, but it opens a native app. MS Office has a cloud drive and is even sold as a service but I use the native Excel and Word rather than in-browser versions. I just don't see this migration to browser delivery for the apps I've been using.
It's 2021, people really aren't using the App Store like they used to, imo mainly due to the insane rise of subscription based applications for things as small as calculator apps
I think in the world of app stores this is a little odd to argue. Native apps on the desktop do seem to be on the way out, but less so on tablet and mobile phone.