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   3dcandy (3dcandy@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 01-Mar-2025 01:48:07 JST 3dcandy

   • Kit Rhett Aultman

   @FediTips @roadriverrail of course, and I get that. Don't confuse my point with being nasty or against these things - but for some people the need for a decent app outweighs anything else (say the less technical for example). This is why pixelfed loses out to instagram or peertube against youtube. I just aksed the question as I have been kinda away from federated services recently

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     Kit Rhett Aultman (roadriverrail@signs.codes)'s status on Saturday, 01-Mar-2025 01:48:06 JST Kit Rhett Aultman

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     @3dcandy @FediTips I think there's a disconnect here. Pixelfed is not "losing out" to Instagram nor Peertube to Youtube. There is no competition, and thus no way to "lose". And even if there were a competition, it's like saying Formula One "wins" over someone going for a walk.

     Nobody in these projects has the access to massive capital nor the constraints to abuse the world until a profit is made.

     And regardless, an app installed via the mobile browser can be just as good as a "native" one.

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     3dcandy (3dcandy@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 01-Mar-2025 02:15:38 JST 3dcandy

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     • Kit Rhett Aultman

     @roadriverrail @FediTips if you really and honestly believe that, well then I wholly disagree with you. Being so small as to realistically not matter is losing believe me....

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     Kit Rhett Aultman (roadriverrail@signs.codes)'s status on Saturday, 01-Mar-2025 02:15:38 JST Kit Rhett Aultman

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     @3dcandy @FediTips The concept of "mattering" is always contextual. Matter to whom, and how? Should I likewise conclude that Atlanta Roller Derby "has lost" to the Atlanta Falcons because their audience is orders of magnitude smaller, too? Have my 20 years in roller derby been wasted because it "lost"? Or is it enough to know all the lives I've touched, all the lives that have touched mine, and to know all the struggle, joy, and people who've been made better for it?