@thomasfuchs I think you're conflating your personal needs/experience with everyone's needs/experience here. This "very small niche" you speak of is multiple billion dollar industries.
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Samf (samf@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Tuesday, 07-May-2024 23:48:46 JST Samf -
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Samf (samf@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Tuesday, 07-May-2024 23:37:58 JST Samf @thomasfuchs I mean, perhaps YOU don’t. But as a daily iPad + Magic Keyboard user, with use-cases that prefer the keyboard and trackpad while some prefer touch, I certainly would!
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Samf (samf@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Tuesday, 07-May-2024 23:33:44 JST Samf @thomasfuchs Because a folding touchscreen MacBook with detachable keyboard doesn't exist yet
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Samf (samf@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Sunday, 28-Apr-2024 03:07:11 JST Samf Hey @Gargron quick question, why is Biz Stone on the US non-profit board for Mastodon? He’s clearly still invested in Twitter and Instagram as platforms, posting at both places but only uses Mastodon to syndicate his Medium posts. I’m not seeing any action to indicate any passion or interest in the fediverse whatsoever.
It’s curious, is all.
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Samf (samf@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Saturday, 06-Apr-2024 04:27:44 JST Samf @jsit Mastodon has had literal years to iron out these incredibly awkward UX rough edges. And there are a lot of them. It’s very frustrating.
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Samf (samf@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Saturday, 06-Apr-2024 04:27:43 JST Samf @jsit I’m sympathetic to open-source development (xz shined a light on that plight, if nothing else), but honestly my goodwill is wearing thin.
I wish Mastodon would stop building apps and focus purely on the protocol. As of their 2022 report, HALF their team was focused on app development. At least when Twitter invested in apps, it was for a business reason. (Ads.)
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Samf (samf@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Thursday, 27-Apr-2023 23:41:54 JST Samf @thomasfuchs I am not (by choice) but I've done a fair amount of research and have observed other folks’ experiences. There are certainly things BlueSky excels at—UX and search being the two primary areas I've seen—but beyond that, it sounds to be a shallow experience.
And honestly, just on principle alone, it's not for me. I've been doing web dev long enough to know that “we're a VC funded company with an OSS product" smell, and where it usually leads. Recent example, Google/Chromium/JPEG-XL
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Samf (samf@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Thursday, 27-Apr-2023 23:16:25 JST Samf @thomasfuchs Wow! I've had the exact opposite experience. Mastodon has room to grow and improve, no doubt, but the vibe in my timeline at least is chill, supportive, and optimistic. BlueSky is another Jack Dorsey project, half-baked and basically a tech bro echo chamber. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯