IndyRapWhy don't makers of Apollo sync rif boost etc just make their own app.
I’m talking about their own reddit app. Without lemmy. For someone like christian from Apollo he already has a built in user base why not convert it to a social media platform.
ParadoxvoidI heard someone approached Christian with that idea already, but he is wasn’t really interested.
Setting up the whole ecosystem is hard - most of the app developers are very good with front-end and user experience, but setting up a robust, scalable backed is a completely different skill set.
Chaotic EntropyTruly, an XKCD for everything.
MugmoorThat’s like asking why an Auto Part manufacturer doesn’t just make their own car. It isn’t nearly that simple.
how would that be different from just creating a another Lemmy instance and also the user base of a single app isn’t quite enough for something completely separate like that
hundertzwoelfI mean there’s no reason to split up the communities further. Instead of then having a separate platform for Apollo, Sync, Boost etc, it just makes sense to make new apps for services that can talk to each other, like in the Fediverse.
Sync and boost are doing Lemmy apps, others might follow as the fediverse grows
RIF dev is working on an app for tildes
They did make their own apps.
Reddit isn't an app, though. It's a website. Totally different beast, with totally different needs, and totally different expenses.