vlatkozelka wroteI opened such discussion with a fellow software developer once and he thought I'm crazy.
People fail to realize that all we are doing is take data -> do something with it -> show it to the client
Thank you for your reply!
Many users don't know the difference. My grandmother surely doesn't and a big chunk of users just know the minimum to be able to use their devices.
So for them the difference is just how you start it: going into the browser vs tapping on an icon on your home screen. For those who pay to have the app/site developed, the latter is an advantage.
With the rise of cloud apps and the new concept of isomorphism, there is a definite trend towards hiding these differences from users - and that might be a good thing - devs can run their code where it is best (server, client, cloud, whatever) without affecting the user.
Of course like anything, this has the potential to be abused.