Am I the only one that thinks that mobile browser development is possibly not moving as fast as it should. I mean dual core phones with over a gig of ram are being released and these webapps performance are still bad.
Steve has created a new revenue stream for Apple, not only on developers fees but mainly in app purchases and percentage of sales. WHY would he give that up ? So while he is telling everyone how much he loves HTML5 and is promoting it, there are no intentions for apple to ever promote web apps other than lip service. Its really up to developers to stop this developer lock in, and refuse to build native apps. Build for the web, and do whats best for the future of mobile. Other than games and few apps that rely on hardware, most are just layouts calling webservices in the back end.
> Its really up to developers to stop this developer lock in, and refuse to build native apps.
Well, many developers has found that is easier to make money on mobile apps, than with their web counterparts. Why would they give that up? Is again a conflict of interest.
I hope the web will came back stronger after the native apps crisis, till them I will try to make money in both ends of the spectrum.
Steve has created a new revenue stream for Apple, not only on developers fees but mainly in app purchases and percentage of sales. WHY would he give that up ? So while he is telling everyone how much he loves HTML5 and is promoting it, there are no intentions for apple to ever promote web apps other than lip service. Its really up to developers to stop this developer lock in, and refuse to build native apps. Build for the web, and do whats best for the future of mobile. Other than games and few apps that rely on hardware, most are just layouts calling webservices in the back end.