Most Mozillians I speak with are happy to pretend that the web isn't losing to native, and focus on desktop (where a shrinking fraction of time is being spent). In that (invented) world, it isn't necessary to balance these forces. Problem "solved".
I think assuming we lost or even are badly losing misses strong advantages on the web that are still driving content to the web. If we think AMP is helping to make the web competitive, we can't also believe that capabilities are the key.
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The key to web competitiveness is its instant-ness in drive-by scenarios. Native is perceived to have better "engagement" and that's the area we need to do better at, but frictionless sharing is how the web has an advantage. And people are still flocking to those advantages.
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Agreed. But native is catching up. React native and hosted react native will eventually be absorbed by native platforms and that’s game, set, and match then
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Maybe if Facebook makes a phone that doesn't flop out of the gate. But so far, both major platforms aren't interested in letting people ship app shells that can be fully replaced at a whim at the native layer via a download. That's where the web shines.
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