Web apps get accepted when there's a native counterpart
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the thing that makes them also be okay as web apps is the fact that they were native to begin with. It's because they have a native counterpart.
Episode 207: We've Got Weather! (episode page, opens in a new tab) 01:05:27 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
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Summary
Word and Excel are fine as web apps because they were native first; people accept them as the web version of a real thing. Dave says a web-only app with no native counterpart struggles because it's just not there.