Apps, whether carefully crafted, or not, are more often than not just a means to exercise more control over users. At least all those newspaper or <whatever> browsers. That is, they are the almost perfect tracking device.

If it's a genuine app which needs a dedicated interface (e.g. gaming, hiking, navigation, even Android Auto in a HUD in my car) that's more or less unavoidable. But all these "readers" should stay in classic web browsers.