Comment by benlower

Fair points. I think it's more nuanced. Native apps are great and necessary for many scenarios. However, there are a ton of native apps that could be just as functional as a responsive web site. Sure there were issues with discoverability which the app stores helped with in the beginning (now I think it's just as hard to get noticed in the store as it is on the open web).

I don't think "web apps are the future of mobile". But I do think there is a better separation of native apps and mobile/responsive web apps.