I Won't Download Your App. The Web Version Is A-OK

https://www.0xsid.com/blog/wont-download-your-app

No, I Won't Download Your App. The Web Version is A-OK. | Sid's Blog

The site that irks me the most here is New York Times. Opening an article in the mobile browser often has a toast over the bottom third of the article to open it in their app for "a better experience". I struggle to think how nytimes isn't a perfect fit for a site over an app. The only frustrating experience I have with the web version that would be better in the app is not seeing that that pop-up.
Also they only have dark mode in the app, even though the app is (or was) clearly not native anyway.
NYT occasionally uses fancy interactive articles. They have games, and other things that are better on the app. The NYT app is actually very good
Every time I end up trying an app for things like this, I end up missing tabs.
There is no reason they can’t have a native tab navigator. It kills me that Google maps app doesn’t have tabs.