[snigsnog]

Some people love giving up as much customization and control over their software as possible. iOS over Android. MacOS over Linux. Chrome over Firefox. App stores over installing programs yourself. Apps over websites.

There are various arguments for it (better compatibility/cohesiveness, minimalism, less debugging) but it overall seems like the opposite of the "hacker" mindset which makes how much market share MacOS has in the space very strange.

[comex]

That’s not really fair in the case of a third-party app like this one. Swapping out the website’s default UI for an app is customization.

[snigsnog]

You can swap out the website’s default UI in a browser and preserve the innate customization power you get from being in a browser.

[frizlab]

Meh. I use a native app to access HN (NetNewsWire), and this apps launches the browser for things I want to read and/or for comments.

IMHO your comment is unfair. Native apps really are, when done right, much better. Sadly they are rarely done right.