Yeah, but with a mobile app you have all those downsides...<i>and</i> you have to deal with the whims of a walled-garden gatekeeper like Google or Apple.<p>That is, I can&#x27;t just create an app and throw it up on a server like I can with a website. It needs to be &quot;approved&quot; first. That&#x27;s a HUGE barrier to openness that the web never had, and hopefully never will have in the future.<p>And, even though mobile apps run natively, I don&#x27;t think one can be very confident that they&#x27;re any more private than a typical website...analytics &amp; the drive for data is there regardless of medium.