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Cross platform web apps are a myth. You have to test a comparability matrix of all the major browsers on all the major platforms because they are all different in subtle ways that actually matter when making complicated apps.

Native cross platform toolkits like Qt are no more work but provide a much better user experience.

And I agree that the current state of the mobile platform monopolies is a shame. If you care about Android, I encourage you to publish to Fdroid.




>Cross platform web apps are a myth

You're exaggerating.

>Native cross platform toolkits like Qt are no more work but provide a much better user experience

Not in my experience, but the quality varies a lot between apps. I think it can be done well, but so can Web apps.

The major plus for desktop apps (but not mobile) is access to local data and to different remote data sources.




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