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• Boabab@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  the owners of Tildes don’t seem to want them around. I’ve read in multiple places that they believe mobile apps go against everything they stand for.

  It might not be intentional, but you're spreading misinformation that could be prevented with a quick search.

  The (sole) developerbof Tildes specificlly stated that Tildes will have an API and that they don't want to discourage apps. Their philosophy is just that the official way of visiting Tildes should be the same lightweight website as the desktop. A solution that works on every device. To me, this makes a lot of sense. It fits the philosophy of Tildes, results in less code to maintain and ensures the experience is the same on every device.

  Source from the Tildes Documentation:

  The site is the main mobile interface, not an app

  Tildes is a website. Your phone already has an app for using it—it's your browser.

  Tildes will have a full-featured API, so I definitely don't want to discourage mobile apps overall, but the primary interface for using the site on mobile should remain as the website. That means that mobile users will get access to updates at exactly the same time as desktop ones, and full f

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  • danielton@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I stand corrected, but that still doesn’t lead me to believe they really want mobile apps to take off on the platform.

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• ShittyKopper@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  it’s more that they believe the mobile site should work well enough that an app shouldn’t be needed. also the one person behind tildes is doing it as a side project next to a full-time job (after experimenting with donations in the early days of the site). the fact that there isn’t an api is mainly due to time constraints (and to make sure when there is one it is done properly)

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• TheSpookiestUser@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Fair enough, I didn’t know that.

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