We are teaming up with @Sujitech_official and @lickability to develop an official #iOS app for Mastodon ๐Ÿ“ฑ

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2021/02/developing-an-official-ios-app-for-mastodon/

Developing an official iOS app for Mastodon

Starting on Feb 8, 2021, we will be developing an official iOS app for Mastodon together with Sujitech and Lickability, which will be free to download and focused on helping new users get started

@Mastodon @Sujitech_official @lickability

Seriously? Why do this? Why not cooperate with existing app developers of the already 5 mastodon apps that exist for this?

The issue is just a name, that is easy to find?

I have no Idea how metadata works on the iOS store, to search for apps, but is this not something that can be solve with metadata in the existing apps?

Why start the burden of creating an app client, but just for iOS?

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@Mastodon @Sujitech_official @lickability Hey, sounds fun. I'm glad that folks on board all agreed. I do find it curious that an iOS app is being developed before an Android app. The market for Android dwarfs iOS. If onboarding is really the goal it seems like you decided to work with 1 arm tied behind your back.
@Mastodon @Sujitech_official @lickability I'm wondering if this is a good idea - Birdsite's slide into horror started when they brought out their own app.
@Mastodon @Sujitech_official @lickability I hate to be a buzzkill... why not just make the website slim for mobile?

@Jesse946 @Mastodon @lickability it is already. But apparently people exist that go to an appstore, search for name and if no app pops up, it doesn't exist.

You can be unhappy about that, yell at those people or try to teach them, or you can write an app. Since the former is hard, rarely works and can be considered manipulative, it seems that Mastodon choose to do the latter.

Let's see where it leads.

@Jesse946 @Mastodon @lickability huh? "Let's" as in "Let us" seems to be used correctly there. But if you have some source that suggests something different I would love to read that.

https://www.grammarly.com/blog/lets-vs-lets/

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@sheogorath @Mastodon @lickability No, you are right. I used it wrong.

I did not know "let's" meant "let us". I thought that "let's" and "lets" were derivatives of each other for like "okay" or some sort of affirmation.

@Mastodon @Sujitech_official The name @lickability reminds me of that OS X keynote Jobs gave, where he said "you'll want to lick them" about the buttons. I like UIs that have a high lickability.
@Mastodon @Sujitech_official @lickability
Yeah iOS... the non-open operating system by a company that doesn't even care about their customers or repairability should be the first one to receive an official app, that makes perfect sense.
@Mastodon @Sujitech_official @lickability how can I send a dm on this app? Not understanding enough
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@Mastodon awesomeeeee, i look forward to an android app!!