Native Apps

topic on 4 shows · 5 statements across 4 episodes

Acquired the Pitch Top Founders the a16z Podcast

5 statements about Native Apps, every show

THE PITCH Assertion Contradicted
Smith: Sandbox Commerce Is the Only Fully Native Retail App Builder
“We are the only company that builds fully native apps.”
Sterling Smith Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 7:58 #19 Sandbox
ACQUIRED Insight
Eich: Browser extensions have fundamentally weaker security than native apps
“The extension is just weaker. Both in terms of its powers, but also its security model. If it's doing its own secure store for a private key, it's just in a weaker footing than a native app by design.”
Brendan Eich Feb 15, 2022 ▶ 1:15:51 The Browser (with Brendan Eich, Chief Architect of Netscape + Mozilla and CEO of Brave) · Acquired
a16z Opinion
Chris Dixon: Moore's Law will allow web apps to match native performance
“Yeah, I mean, there's one school of thought that That the web can never have the same UX performance characteristics of native apps, but that just seems like it's on the wrong side of Moore's law.”
Chris Dixon Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 9:50 a16z Podcast | Searching for Mobile’s Own PageRank
a16z Prediction Not checkable as stated
Benedict Evans: Apple will be the company to kill native apps
“Who is it that's going to kill the native app? It's going to be Apple. Apple is the company.”
Benedict Evans Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 11:00 a16z Podcast | Searching for Mobile’s Own PageRank
TOP FOUNDERS Prediction Not checkable as stated
Lassen: Native apps with superior UX will ultimately win the platform war
“Native apps is the, like, and the best user experience is what's gonna win in the end.”
Anders Lassen Jan 6, 2018 ▶ 3:32 896 How Fuse Plans to Introduce Paid Product to Free Community Built Over 5+ Years

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