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This is not the point I'm trying to make. Startups don't 'choose' the web. They choose whatever exists to make cross-platform apps, because having to develop and maintain 3 separate code bases is not feasible for most bootstrapped startups.

If I just picked iOS and told every one of my app's users that they have to use it, it would be pretty difficult for me to succeed.

Its not that I don't want to learn another language. Its that the time it takes me to maintain 3 separate codebases takes away from my ability to iterate on product features and build stuff that will actually help the people using the app, and ultimately make my company successful.