The Roman empire analogy is upside down - the 'web apps' are the Romans, and the 'native apps' are the Visigoths. Three years ago the momentum was with web apps - nobody was developing new 'native' apps. That has all changed.

Even websites whose content is perfect for a browser (eg. newspaper and magazine websites, real-estate listings, train timetables, etc) are producing native app versions of their product. How does the author explain that?