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Some of the apps like Spotify, or more recently Microsoft Teams are completely equivalent in their web version. The browser is better at preventing system crashes from a tab than a single encapsulated web app.

random and probably irrelevant spotify tip:

I absolutely hated how slow and buggy the app was, until I realised it was down to it attempting to index music locally all the time

my app speed increased massively by going to settings > local files, and turning off all of the options of where to show songs from

>Spotify app, almost crashing my system by playing music

Apparently the debate has matured from focusing on technical downsides to making unfalsifiable claims about technical downsides.