I think people do care, but they don't know what they dislike.
I mean, there are certain things we tolerate on the web, like a UI taking a while to load. We don't tolerate that in native apps — even if the content is missing, I still expect the interface to show up instantly.
It's not a question of native vs web apps. It's a question of "does this fulfil the expectations I set for native apps?"
My position is that frameworks like Electron and React Native aren't amenable to fulfilling those expectations but they are capable of doing so if the developers put in the extra work. It's just a shame that so many developers don't, and their sloppy efforts become the poster children for these web apps.
At the same time, my position is also that if you're going to put in that extra work to make web apps feel right natively, you could probably have done native UIs to start with.
I think people do care, but they don't know what they dislike.
I mean, there are certain things we tolerate on the web, like a UI taking a while to load. We don't tolerate that in native apps — even if the content is missing, I still expect the interface to show up instantly.
It's not a question of native vs web apps. It's a question of "does this fulfil the expectations I set for native apps?"
My position is that frameworks like Electron and React Native aren't amenable to fulfilling those expectations but they are capable of doing so if the developers put in the extra work. It's just a shame that so many developers don't, and their sloppy efforts become the poster children for these web apps.
At the same time, my position is also that if you're going to put in that extra work to make web apps feel right natively, you could probably have done native UIs to start with.