> you could always write a GUI app. it's not that hard for such a self-contained project
beautiful HN comment. They might simply be familiar with web apps and want to focus on the part that provides the most value to users.
The external network requests are optional. It can run fully locally.
They’re a tiny startup that just launched, trying to ship something that helps people. Building a native app is not the most impactful thing they could spend their time on.
still doesn't explain why you need to ship the data to a third party
> and this is best done with a web app
debatable. you could always write a GUI app. it's not that hard for such a self-contained project
there would be _a lot_ to gain from having this run totally locally without any network access and leaking source code to third parties.