Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
krusynth@mastodon.publicinterest.town ("Bill Hunt :blue_lantern:") wrote:
The big secret here is, we never really needed mobile apps. Sure, in the early days there were a few APIs that smart phone manufacturers kept only for native apps built in their ecosystem- but those weren’t used by most apps.
Today, there’s no reason to have or maintain a mobile app when 99% of features are available through web APIs.
It was always a scam to keep folks in walled gardens. We can choose an open web.