Let's be honest: Native Apps can be reverse engineered, the Web/Cloud don't. And reverse engineering is an important right.
When web applications have only limited APIs, limited call rates, and changing everytime I can only think that I can turn on my Apple II and continue to use the same applications as 30 years ago.
Again, don't compare Google Spreadsheet with Microsoft Excel, look at the Microsoft balance sheet.
If you're interested I've written more rants about this on:
When web applications have only limited APIs, limited call rates, and changing everytime I can only think that I can turn on my Apple II and continue to use the same applications as 30 years ago.
Again, don't compare Google Spreadsheet with Microsoft Excel, look at the Microsoft balance sheet.
If you're interested I've written more rants about this on:
- The Data Portability Fact Sheet: http://blog.databigbang.com/the-data-portability-fact-sheet/
- Google Search NoAPI: http://blog.databigbang.com/google-search-no-api/