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By that logic, if I fork chromium and make a custom version of it that's hard-coded to start up HN in the first tab, then I've made a native HN app.

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No, you've "made" a native browser that opens HN in the first tab.

By that logic Postman native is a native browser hardcoded to open only one tab and load Postman's javascript code upon start-up

Basically this is true but the browser (Electron) is designed to be single-purpose (your app) and has pathways to the filesystem that you can't get in a web browser.

Also, it is treated as an application by the OS rather than a Chrome window (and all the benefits that come with that shift).

But you won't have access to the file system unless you further modify it.

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