I love the web. We need more articles like this explaining what the web is, and what *isn't* the web: https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/24/15681958/what-is-web-definition
If I have to ask someone's permission to publish it, it's not the web. If it's controlled by one company and they can alter or censor it at any time, it's not the web. If it only works in one browser, it's not the web.
Hybrid apps are not the web, Electron is not the web, React Native is not the web. Being open-source doesn't make something the web, nor being built with HTML/CSS/JS, nor using Internet protocols like HTTP. It's the web if you can't point to one person or org that owns it.
The web is a brilliant scheme where we tricked big companies into putting aside their self-interest to do something for the common good. The more they're forced, reluctantly, to compete with each other on this neutral playing ground, the better things get for everyone else.
@boots yeah ISPs scare me, I won't lie. Projects like IPFS and Beaker Browser are interesting for this reason (p2p web).