The debate is over. The web won. You can see that by the way popular websites will try and force you to install their apps. That’s because their web experience is perfectly competent to scratch the users itch. They are forced to artificially cripple their mobile web experience to drive app installs.
There is a strong niche left to native. I’m thinking of things like creative tools. Photo editors, development environments, etc. you don’t typically do these things on mobile though. Another sign the web is winning: This niche is slowly shrinking as well. The big software companies are building web versions of the most popular products like photoshop, office etc.
The debate is over. The web won. You can see that by the way popular websites will try and force you to install their apps. That’s because their web experience is perfectly competent to scratch the users itch. They are forced to artificially cripple their mobile web experience to drive app installs.
There is a strong niche left to native. I’m thinking of things like creative tools. Photo editors, development environments, etc. you don’t typically do these things on mobile though. Another sign the web is winning: This niche is slowly shrinking as well. The big software companies are building web versions of the most popular products like photoshop, office etc.