> 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.