pull down to refresh

Have no issues apart from mis-clicking the zap button when scrolling sometimes
I know that feel, bro! Hahah
what'd be the core benefits to have an app today really be?
I'd say the same core benefits you would have a native app 10 years ago or 10 year from now. Web browsers load too much bloat to render simple web sites and it's only getting worse and worse. Having a good well maintained open-source native app fix that and makes usability better.