> So we build single-page apps, where only the content that changes in the page is replaced, avoiding a full page reload, so navigating to another page feels instant.

HTTP caches and the absence of overcomplicated JS frameworks will do this better than any developer (simply because there's less to be done).

This article is basically a web dev admitting native apps are better but refusing to behave accordingly, choosing instead to make their own lives harder.

Edit: Also, makes this whole statement then publishes their article on medium...