> If you try to force me to install a native app, that's a strong signal that the app is going to do something against my interest.
That's a really sorry state of affairs. We should be able to trust our OS to work only towards our best interests. To me a web app represents a complete lack of user control over the content & metadata created by the user; my expectation for a desktop app is the opposite.
The signal I take that an app is going to do something shitty is the level to which the vendor asks/suggests/begs me to install the app. If they don't push it (other and advertising it for sale), I'm more likely to trust it. If they push it ("download our app for a better experience"), it's obviously on their side more than mine.
That's a really sorry state of affairs. We should be able to trust our OS to work only towards our best interests. To me a web app represents a complete lack of user control over the content & metadata created by the user; my expectation for a desktop app is the opposite.
The signal I take that an app is going to do something shitty is the level to which the vendor asks/suggests/begs me to install the app. If they don't push it (other and advertising it for sale), I'm more likely to trust it. If they push it ("download our app for a better experience"), it's obviously on their side more than mine.