I wouldn't really say that the advantage of the web is that users load the latest version, there's plenty other real advantages of the web.
A browser allows you to run an app on any device (to a degree), so it definetely seems useful to me.
I'm actually not a fan of web apps, JavaScript and anything that came after XHTML, but it sure is/would be convenient to be able to run the same software on every device, without even having to recompile it.
The single reason I dislike browser "apps" is what we've been discussing here, that you can't check what you're running (well, also that it's hard to control their internet access).
> I'm actually not a fan of web apps
Same here, I personally like to load "websites" in my browser, and to download "apps"... like as "desktop apps".
> but it sure is/would be convenient to be able to run the same software on every device
Oh yeah that's for sure. I can't help but to think that with a fraction of the resources that went into supporting webapps in browsers, it could have improved native systems a lot.
But even then, Kotlin MultiPlatform (KMP) is making me optimistic. With Compose MultiPlatform (CMP) I am hoping that it will make its way to desktop apps, too.
> without even having to recompile it.
If recompiling is the price to pay to have diversity, I'm fine with it. If 100% of the computers ran the exact same OS, it would simplify many things, but that one OS would certainly not be what I want to run.
> The single reason I dislike browser "apps" is what we've been discussing here, that you can't check what you're running (well, also that it's hard to control their internet access).
I dislike the fact that they force me to have a modern browser at all. I like having control over my OS, it's not for being forced to run everything in Google Chrome.
> I dislike the fact that they force me to have a modern browser at all
Yeah that's true
> But even then, Kotlin MultiPlatform (KMP) is making me optimistic. With Compose MultiPlatform (CMP) I am hoping that it will make its way to desktop apps, too
I personally hate Kotlin, but yeah it's one more option ;)