Apps vs Websites
Discussions debate the necessity of native mobile apps versus websites or web apps, questioning why apps are preferred when web versions often suffice and offer better accessibility without installation.
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What would an app give you that a website doesn't?
Why bother having apps at all if everything needs to be done with a website?
To what extend could one use a website instead of an app?
so many apps do what the web can already do
why not create app, at least for android?! web browser experience is not that great on mobile, at least for mobile platform. Do Apple have resource constraint? or is it intentional?
Most apps today are just wrappers around the web site anyway.
I personally will not use any native app when I can use a web app
Web apps as 'apps' are more convenient than using them from the browser. Also, you can submit the app on app stores.
There's a perfect example of why an app might be better than the web page.
wouldn't have this been better if it was a web app? Then you could service most smartphones, and not require people to get a host app from the store.