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It's funny how some people believe that web apps are less secure and private than native apps. Native apps get access to all kinds of data and capabilities that can be used to track you, often without a single permission prompt. The web browser is paranoid by default.
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In case you think app stores are a safe place, where everything is vetted: think again. theverge.com/2021/2/8/22272849/apple-app-store-scams-ios-fraud-reviews-ratings-flicktype
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And also these (and this is just the Apple App Store, Google's Play Store has its own set of issues...) theverge.com/2022/2/2/22914612/apple-podcasts-app-rating-user-reviews-problem theverge.com/2021/11/19/22791968/apple-podcasts-star-score-review-prompt theverge.com/2021/5/26/22454468/ios-app-scam-review-3-star-force-review-process-apple
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The web assumes that a site may try something fishy, nobody "reviewed" anything, views anything it runs in that light and protects users accordingly. (There will always be issues, room for improvement - but hey, that's true of native, too!)