Re:Ask HN: What is the purpose of mobile applications?
by yccheok on Friday July 24, 2020 @03:28AM
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No. Website doesn't provide experience as good as native app. Many ordinary users can tell you this.
- Privacy. A good intention mobile app, can be designed to work without Internet.
- Internet. User doesn't have access to Internet all-the-time, but you still need certain app to work.
- Fast. Web app can never be as fast as native app. It is not realistic to expect code which runs under an JavaScript interpreter layer, can be as fast as native (or almost native) code which is nearer to CPU layer.
- Privacy. A good intention mobile app, can be designed to work without Internet.
- Internet. User doesn't have access to Internet all-the-time, but you still need certain app to work.
- Fast. Web app can never be as fast as native app. It is not realistic to expect code which runs under an JavaScript interpreter layer, can be as fast as native (or almost native) code which is nearer to CPU layer.