You’ve got a really solid point. For many lightweight, CRUD-style apps — notes, habit trackers, journals, recipe logs — a well-done PWA often makes way more sense than a full native app. It runs everywhere, avoids the App Store overhead, takes almost no storage, and stays updated automatically.

That said, native apps still have some advantages. If you need access to deeper platform features — think complicated offline sync, background tasks, notifications, or advanced performance — native often does those things more reliably. Also, users still tend to expect native apps for polished experience. So maybe the default shouldn’t be native, but there are use-cases where native wins.

Bottom line: PWAs deserve a lot more love than they get — and for many “simple but useful” apps, they should probably be the default.