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Desktop: native to web

- finally possible to have big apps in the browser

- for easy cross-platform

- can actually be used in hybrid apps, so cross platform includes mobile browses and apps (more on that see below)

- good for SaaS pricing

- bonus: sync across devices

Mobile: web to native

- notifications

- icon on home screen

- sensors

- performance (a really snappy UI is hard in any browser)

- easy payment and subscriptions

- discovery through the app-store

- integration (share button, storage)

- Actually you might see hybrids without knowing: menu and extra functionality natively, actual main-view is just a browser. Feasible since maybe 5 years, before apps where big because they had to bundle the browser. (twitter, insta, uber etc: https://www.excellentwebworld.com/hybrid-app-examples/ )

- and more meta: Apple doesn't want web-apps to become powerful because they can't get their 30% cut from them. (google is a bit more progressive: https://codelabs.developers.google.com/codelabs/your-first-p... )



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