I actually thought it was pretty hilarious. It's supposed to be ridiculous. (Am a parent and also own Macs).

[EDIT]: Archived Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHFUmPbODbI

What!? Yikes that’s an overstatement. I prefer to use web apps over downloading an app to do a single action and then deleting.

There are lots of good web apps. The problem is that companies more often than not prioritize native (let’s be real, react native) apps over web. And not mobile web, desktop web. So you have a second thought of a second thought when designing and building a mobile friendly web app.

I build most of my clients’ apps as web apps. I target their main platform of choice first and branch out from there. But if I start with desktop, I pre-plan for mobile as well.

You can have high performing web apps if you continually optimize for state and rendering performance.

Yes

This is probably the best analogy, however I think what might be different is there is somewhat high of a bar for the merchant/vendor to be operating a legal and legitimate business. On the internet and in the App Store, it’s kind of a Wild West.

Edit: Maybe not globalizing App Store apps would resolve this? Or at least if you want to operate an app in a country, you need to incorporate in that country too? I think that might make it harder for overseas companies to get away with fraud.