My take: it will take time for apps to truly move to the web. Tons of them are games actually. Even those can go to the web eventually, check out some of the in-browser plugin free games at the Chrome app store.
As for these info apps, really just shells around existing websites, there is no strong reason for those to exist once you can create an optimized web version of it.
Then there is utility apps that need local storage or interface with the iPad's hardware. Those will stay for a long time.
Technically, many of the apps can go to the web, and in the future even more. Don't forget though that it is hard to make money of web apps, and relatively easy to do so with apps. I spend close to a 100$ on apps now, admitting many are games, yet some are not. I never would have spend that money on websites.
My take: it will take time for apps to truly move to the web. Tons of them are games actually. Even those can go to the web eventually, check out some of the in-browser plugin free games at the Chrome app store.
As for these info apps, really just shells around existing websites, there is no strong reason for those to exist once you can create an optimized web version of it.
Then there is utility apps that need local storage or interface with the iPad's hardware. Those will stay for a long time.
Technically, many of the apps can go to the web, and in the future even more. Don't forget though that it is hard to make money of web apps, and relatively easy to do so with apps. I spend close to a 100$ on apps now, admitting many are games, yet some are not. I never would have spend that money on websites.