Apple Thinks Mastodon Has Legs

Apple’s Messages Apps Adding Rich Previews for Mastodon Posts

"In with the OS betas, there’s a new feature coming in the next round of Apple’s OS updates that reads like a vote of confidence for Mastodon. A piece from iDownloadBlog says the upcoming update will see the Messages app bring “native embeds for Mastodon posts that come with more details than standard URL previews.”

"For folks who don’t know, the piece says Mastodon is “a federated social media service…” Think of it as a social media idea that sort of ends up like a social media platform, running on individually controlled servers, beholden to no one corporate owner or shareholders. It’s been around for a few years, though it was little more than a nerd retreat before Elon Musk took over Twitter. Once that happened, people looking for somewhere to go that wasn’t Twitter found #Mastodon. And #Apple seems to think it has legs."
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https://www.macobserver.com/columns-opinions/observation-deck/apple-mastodon-tmobile-soccer-streaming/

iOS 16.4: iMessage now supports rich content previews for #Mastodon posts

February 12, 2023

"This addition is perhaps the strongest sign of support from Apple to date for the federated social media service. Mastodon has grown in popularity in recent months, even going so far as to be endorsed by Apple Fellow Phil Schiller, as Twitter users frustrated by Elon Musk’s product decisions look for alternatives."

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https://9to5mac.com/2023/02/16/ios-16-4-imessage-rich-previews-for-mastodon-posts/