Publishing mobile apps in Apple store or Google Play is a shit show.
You have to adhere to bizarre requirements, you can be taken down on a whim without possibility to appeal.
You have to pay for a developer account at least to Apple each year $100, Google one time fee $25.
Nothing like that for a web app.
I think more often the comparison is web techs (like React native) VS native apps.
It’s not really as bad as you make it sound.
I mean, that’s like half an hour of tokens, right? (Half joking laugh/cry etc)