> But Apple doesn't want vanilla websites, they want developers to make iOS apps
These are not the same category, and that's very much the problem. Well, a problem at least.
Have a website? Make a website! Please! Don't make a web-app, don't make me download megabytes of JavaScript, consume my bandwidth and power, and make me insecure just to read your content and maybe do some minimal form filling. Just give me some HTML+CSS.
If you have something that's an app, please make a real app. Don't make a web-app, don't make me download megabytes of JavaScript, consume my bandwidth and power, and make me insecure when I could be having a native app instead.
I'm on the complete opposite opinion. So many things are native apps but shouldn't be. Not to mention i have no desire to download a random app just to see if it does what i need it to ( consuming bandwidth and power in the process). A website is much more accessible, and can usually do the job.
If you think even basic websites/web-apps can replicate even 60% of their full functionality without JS, you are terribly mistaken. JS lets you do way more things than <form> lets you do.
These are not the same category, and that's very much the problem. Well, a problem at least.
Have a website? Make a website! Please! Don't make a web-app, don't make me download megabytes of JavaScript, consume my bandwidth and power, and make me insecure just to read your content and maybe do some minimal form filling. Just give me some HTML+CSS.
If you have something that's an app, please make a real app. Don't make a web-app, don't make me download megabytes of JavaScript, consume my bandwidth and power, and make me insecure when I could be having a native app instead.