Comment by DANmode

> I wish we could spend as much time on native application development as we do on horribly crippled and slow browser application development.

But native to what?

Windows is no longer the commonality between all users.

The browser has that role, now.

> We want people to remain online under any circumstance

Webapps often have offline-first functionality,

which is one of the biggest strengths of a progressive web app.