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Hybrid app development is a middle ground between native and web apps. The hybrid app is a web app embedded in a shell that eliminates the need for a browser. This approach streamlines some aspects of app development, reducing the time and cost of the process. However, it introduces some constraints, which means it will be suitable in some use cases but not others. Hybrid apps may well become the new de-facto standard of mobile products. The downside, of course, is that without a connection without a user’s connection, the user is essentially stranded.