<story><title>Goodbye, Native Mobile Apps</title><url>http://atavistinsider.atavist.com/goodbye-native-mobile-apps/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>idibidiart</author><text>The web is a great publishing medium for magazines and news outlets. Apps are for doing stuff beyond passive browsing.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>iLoch</author><text>This is the biggest takeaway for me. &amp;quot;Wow guys who would have thought the web was good enough for us to post our text content to.&amp;quot; This article isn&amp;#x27;t about why &lt;i&gt;you&lt;/i&gt; should drop mobile app development. News + magazines? Sure. Just look at Flipboard.</text></comment>
<story><title>Goodbye, Native Mobile Apps</title><url>http://atavistinsider.atavist.com/goodbye-native-mobile-apps/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>idibidiart</author><text>The web is a great publishing medium for magazines and news outlets. Apps are for doing stuff beyond passive browsing.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>stephengillie</author><text>Choosing the mobile website over the app is one way of keeping the relationship from going any further. A website can&amp;#x27;t ask you for your contact list like an app can.</text></comment>