Learning #flutter and #dart today. Love how non-confrontational it us when it says something like. "You can develop apps for #Android or #iOS, but you need an #apple machine for iOS".
Is that the only reason there is no #GPL code in the iOS #appstore? Too many proprietary apple dependencies? Is it possible to develop iOS apps on #BSD ?
Still reading and hearing takes that Mastodon has “failed” as a Twitter alternative. Listen, it’s ok if it doesn’t work for someone—unlike Twitter, I think Mastodon requires more effort and cultivation to produce an experience that feels meaningful. It’s been worth it for me. But there is definitely a smell of…not sour grapes but people making broad assumptions based on their own experience while ignoring millions of other people. Will Mastodon top 100 million? Who knows. Who cares?
@glennf
Those old enough will remember that a certain Redmond WA giant hired a similar army of articles as part of its FUD campaign against a teenaged hobby project by a student, which was not going to be anywhere near as professional.
A few years passed. A whole ecosystem of businesses were built by the kids who ran with the hobby, with Twitter being one of those businesses. While it is worth noting that the hobby project itself remains largely neutral and has not quite become a business itself.
That is to say, ActivityPub stands at a similar juncture in its life for all I can see. With Mastodon having been authored by a student as well, what's to stop the next generation from rising