cley_faye, 1 year ago

From a technical point of view, it sometimes makes sense:

• access to more interesting API
• guaranteed persistent storage
• no compatibility issues (different browsers, settings, extensions, etc.)

Of course, that’s just what could be done easier with an app. There’s also some less interesting points:

• giving less control to the user
• accessing more things than needed
• making the experience worse by hooking every single events out of the webview

So… the answer is “because”.