<i>&gt; Well there is, or at least there used to be. The reason native apps in mobile became so popular is exactly because web sites are bloated. It might not matter in the PC but in a device running on batteries it matters a lot.</i><p>I think you&#x27;d find a much easier case made that its because:<p>1) discoverability and distribution through app stores,<p>2) access to native features that took years to be enabled in the mobile web (for example access to photos..)<p>3) ability to make games (access to graphics, etc -- this also kind of hampers the case being made about &quot;bloated&quot; sites when people seem very willing to download 100MB games)<p>4) access to ease-of-payment (CC info stored on people&#x27;s phones that you can in app payment, vs having to type info into a web form).<p>So we could try to focus on clear issues the web has vs native, or I guess we could design yet another language that is theoretically faster thanks to &gt;insert pet feature here&lt; and hope that fixes the web.