Why are there so many apps that could be websites?
Seriously. I don't want to install something on my phone when the dev is just using a WebView, if that's what it's called. When the app is basically just a website with the browser hidden.
What's the reason for that? To attach the customer? To sell the app for money? Is there more ad revenue that way? Do you reach more people?
(Are there any good reasons for it, too? Security, maybe?)
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Those are actually websites, with embedded site and embedded browser, see: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron_(software_framework)
Thats why those are slow, unstable, and huge (in occupied storage)
not on mobile, they generally use the native browser engine. at the very least it's not electron on ios/android
Still, unless it needs some native api's could still be a website.