Yes, but that's a side effect of native already having better UX and more capabilities.
"That is, of course, if the standardized platform had all the capabilities and great UX of the proprietary platforms. This is where the web often falls short, and the companies behind proprietary platforms have some very sweet incentives to keep it that way, i.e. developer lock-in and maintaining complete control over the platform's direction."
Given the choice of a standardized platform that offers the same UX and features, would anyone still choose to develop for proprietary platforms?
That ideal standardized platform doesn't exist right now, but the web is getting closer and closer to being that platform. It doesn't make sense to give up all the progress we've made so far and resign to native when the web is already almost there.
"That is, of course, if the standardized platform had all the capabilities and great UX of the proprietary platforms. This is where the web often falls short, and the companies behind proprietary platforms have some very sweet incentives to keep it that way, i.e. developer lock-in and maintaining complete control over the platform's direction."
Given the choice of a standardized platform that offers the same UX and features, would anyone still choose to develop for proprietary platforms?
That ideal standardized platform doesn't exist right now, but the web is getting closer and closer to being that platform. It doesn't make sense to give up all the progress we've made so far and resign to native when the web is already almost there.