I bet non-techie people _already_ read their daily dose of news from 1 to 2 news websites at most. Installing a dedicated app is not much different than surfing the same 2 websites everyday.

Also, for techie people, do you consider RSS as part of the "web" ? To me, an RSS aggregator app is superior to browsing 20 different news websites, all with different formats.

"web is just way more practical" isn't obvious. It depends about what you put in the "web" bag, and the use cases. Most apps use "web" protocols, so they are technically part of the web.