@evan@cosocial.ca 100% agreed on the heavy(-ier) lift that is AP development.
However that's how standalone apps have always been developed, and there is a reason why.
When you rely on someone else's tech, then when they sunset the tech or it otherwise becomes unfavourable, you're fucked (pardon my french)
I've seen entire businesses jump head first into building "Facebook apps" after Farmville exploded. None of them are around now and Zynga is currently worth $8 on the NASDAQ.
@julian 
@evanEvan Prodromou 
@res260Émilio Gonzalez
Though there is a risk that the #ActivityPub ecosystem becomes so much of a straggler that #fediverse goes the way of bulletin boards and newsreaders (forever niche), overall the slow organic growth and evolution on the fediverse is a good thing. And #ATProto being the lightning rod for hasty commercial growth-hacking helps keep the ecosystem on that path, able to - in more protected territory - build robust foundations for interoperable standards-based social networking.
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