Tablet/Apps fad
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"when you could just as well just use a url like app.example.com and it will run as a native app on your iPad or iPhone"
Yep you can do that, but I can't sell that through iTunes so you wont make any money.Two things are responsible for the app boom:
1 - The iTunes store which has made it easy and casual to part with small amounts of money for apps. With the web people are used to getting content for free, not the case with apps.2 - The locked down system means moms and idiots can't break their device by installing garbage, so they are no longer scared to actually use the device and buy/install apps. If you watch the same people using a computer you can tell it's like walking on eggshells for them.
Yeah an open garden where developers didn't need to learn a new language would be nice for developers but it wouldn't have had anywhere near the same impact.