What kind of mentality is this? Don't we all want the Fediverse to grow and succeed? Don't you want more apps for the Fediverse to spur adoption? And what is so wrong with it being exclusive to iOS? What do you say about Android exclusive apps then? Fuck them too? Aight listen, I'm a GrapheneOS user. I have been on Android exclusively for the last decades and I'm so sick of this attitude. You Android elitists are so utterly anhedonic. You tire me out. Grow the f up up and let people enjoy what they want geez.

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Welcome to the Android good and Apple bad argument.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

The other great thing about the Fediverse is that people have options, and they can explore those options without affecting you

If someone wants to use Mastodon on an Apple device, then great. If someone wants an algorithm when viewing content, then great.

We aren't locked into one thing anymore

[–] terminhell@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So, algorithms. Pass.

One of the reasons I don't use the other medias.

[–] julianh@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Some people want some sort of suggestion system. I figure as long as it's an opt-in choice, why not? Gives people what they want and makes the ecosystem more enticing. And at least it's an algorithm that's transparent rather than one controlled by a large corporation.

[–] mojo@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago

Why would it be exclusive to a super shitty operating system

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I for one value the minor barrier to entry. Mastodon quality degraded greatly with Twitter migrants. Just take a look at bluesky or threads - the content quality is not even close to that of Mastodon despite being projects in similar market position.

I know it sounds mean and there has to be a "better way" but a bit of friction goes a long way. If you're too dumb to figure out Mastodon you're too dumb for the internet - there I said it.

[–] pl_woah@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

There can be nice people who are bad at tech, just like there's racist technologists

Just because a group of nice well meaning Lemmy users is willing to suffer the pain of a poorly built app doesn't mean they should /have/ to suffer through it

It's sometimes nice to make nice things. Don't be too much of an HOA, they're new, it's not the end of the world.

Just because I'm not afraid of biking with cars, doesn't mean I don't recognize that American biking infrastructure is hostile. We could do more to make biking safer and easier. They'll struggle but they'll get the hang of it.

So too, with making nice apps to free the lay people from their digital walled gardens.