Comment by sillyfluke

>Not sure I agree with that. It's a lot better on battery life...

The parent is talking about privacy and your first counter argument is privacy irrelevant battery life?

The tracking and telemetry abundance in native far exceeds the browser. Nevermind a lot of apps remain running in background because the user forgets or can't be bothered to close them.

Follow the money. Why are random companies begging me to download their mobile app and get ridiculous discounts in the process whenever I use their website? Why are weather apps known to be spyware vectors but weather websites don't have that stigma?