> A lot of commentary tries too hard to invent problems with native apps to level the field with web app applications.
I don't necessarily disagree with that, but...
> Is updates a bother?
Yeah, kind of. Maybe just because I'm slow to update (my OS and my apps), but every couple of months, my apps break because I need to update (app devs apparently don't care about breaking older versions of their apps with API updates). On my iPhone5, I'll open an app (say, Facebook or Lyft), it starts up and then immediately crashes. This is how I know an update is available. I download the update, and yay, I can use the app again.
For years now, we have a nice open platform for everyone (-> the Web) and people can do >99% of the stuff they need and it gets more every day. Then there are <1% of special cases that need native app functionallity.
A lot of commentary tries too hard to invent problems with native apps to level the field with web app applications.