> Users hate web apps, especially on mobile, and it has nothing to do with functionality. Web apps on the App Store invariably provoke angry screeds about how the look and feel is not right.

> Native apps are even more essential on mobile. On the desktop, web apps just look weird and waste battery life. On mobile, they feel wrong. That difference in feel provokes visceral hatred.

They don't have to waste battery life. This is mostly due to poor coding/architecture, instead of "web". Especially with WebGl and Wasm.