The main issue here isn't native apps. It's the existing framework for installing them.
For instance, would it be that far-fetched to be able to open an app in a single click?
Current extended process: 1) Click link that takes me to app store page 2) Find and click install button 3) wait 4) Click "open app" button
Streamlined process that accomplishes the same: 1) click link 2) wait 3) app opens up (download/install hidden behind spinner)
Even if you have to add a pop-up in there to display permission requests, it's still a much smoother experience.
You'd have to worry about app sizes but that's a solveable problem as well.
When you know that the features you're interested in can be made easily available by a simple web app.
Sorry, it just seems unnecessarily negative to me.
Besides, I do find fancy pens cringey, but that's another story :)
This.
Having to install software on my phone to use a service is cringy as hell and is a huge red flag for me. Like when trying to order food from a restaurant or shop somewhere.
It's almost always going to be a automatic no. I just don't trust them. They always want permissions to access things on my phone, which is just pure nonsense.
It's going to take a while for businesses to realize that in order to get a wide audience for the software they are paying for the last thing they want to do is force people to jump through hoops in order to use it.
For every one of 'google maps' there is going to be ten thousand other apps that simply have no benefit from being 'native'.