>>>The default platform today, like it or not, is the browser and the default data and development tools are open source.
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>Latest data I've seen is that 80-90% of mobile data minutes are in apps, not web. With mobile sessions now comprehensively exceeding desktop according to Google Analytics, it's an app world out there. This takes nothing away from your and Victor's successes with desktop or browser apps. Sheesh, what does it matter what the likes of us think? The world will do its own thing regardless.

Have you checked out if that analysis broke out Cordova or "pure PWA" entries in app market from traditional Java, ObjectiveC or Swift based apps ? React Native/NativeScript/Weex et al scripts could be counted both ways IMO, but if the app does nothing more than utilize the ability to save/cache (some) data client side or uses notifications from the Cordova API pool, I'd count that as "web tech".

One possible watershed line could be use of native GUI controls vs. DOM-based GUI, but to be honest the perf of DOM controls often is good enough if done intelligently, virtualized in table/long list cases, even on 4 year old mobile devices. For me DOM GUI, option to save/cache locally plus notificatins is good enough for most biz use cases, location or other API usage might be use case dependant

If not broken out, I guess the analysis is severly at fault, esp. as quite a few newspaper apps have switched over to PWA "app" installable and will add significant reading time. GMail/Twitter/Facebook compounding that ;-)