I wrote a blogpost about this 12 years ago, haha. At the time nobody understood what I was getting at. Funnily the situation has reversed: While then the apps lacked features, now usually the desktop version lacks features.

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I wrote a blogpost about this 12 years ago, haha. At the time nobody understood what I was getting at. Funnily the situation has reversed: While then the apps lacked features, now usually the desktop version lacks features.
https://clauswilke.com/blog/2013/09/29/mobile-appsthe-bane-of-the-modern-mobile-web-experience/