Never make an app for what has a fully functioning web page.
I just never had an Android phone before the N9, and i liked it well enough to just keep going.
Android at the time felt extremely clunky, so switching then was never an option.
Then the privacy aspects developed (or surfaced?), so it was just another reason to keep on trucking. Another aspect of that is the sheer amount of spam you get in your UI. So many useless notifications and dialogs that you never needed - SFOS has none of that.
Then there is the aspect of it being a rel Linux. I can’t claim to lean on that very heavily, but it’s undoubtedly handy that you can actually fix things and build things for yourself to so much of a higher degree than in the walled gardens.
I assume this question stems from the rather off the rails discussion over in Sony Xperia 10 V - First impressions
It is a crying shame that apps, and closed-source ones at that, is the norm. But it is what people need to function in daily life unfortunately. Each person will have different itches to scratch. I do just fine with the 1-2 semi-mandatory apps, and i’d spend serious time and money on doing away with them if presented an opportunity, but until then i’m quite grateful for AppSupport.