Also are you guys/gals also add anymore federated services support in the future like pixelfed or frendica ?
I’m confused now, the post above says that there will be initial compatibility but after that (presumably as sublinks evolves) Lemmy apps will have to display as best they can.
That was my reason for asking about sublinks apps.
I know that devs like web interfaces but the truth is you need apps if anything social is going to become established.
It’s a sad fact in the fediverse that routinely apps or even front end GUI aren’t compatible. There’s only so many times this can happen (or instances shut down or not be maintained) before it all becomes a bit much.
So I think relying on Lemmy apps is a mistake.
It’s really to early too know any of this.
Depending on the community (instance admin included) reception of Sublinks, several scenarios can happen
- a lot of major instances switch to Sublinks
- only a few instances switch to it
As Sublinks will be compatible with Lemmy apps at that time, there will be a time where both will coexist as options to use with the apps. Application developpers will probably cater to the most population solution, whatever that is. Ultimately, Lemmy and Sublinks won’t probably be fully compatible anymore, and apps will need to choose.
It’s actually kind of already the case with Mbin, which doesn’t have as many clients as Lemmy, while still allowing users to interact with the Lemmy communities.
