That’s kind of the idea. I miss the originality of old systems, but it seems like a lot of developers are prioritizing consistency and learnability for the sake of accessibility.
Most redditors and twitter users where too lazy to make the jump because the idea of more than one instance is somehow confusing.
The ones who even knew are the ones who are usually considered more computer literate than the average bear, since most people don’t know what fediverse is.
This is so true. There have been many occasions where I thought someone was using TikTok, but it was just another app that looked exactly the same (Instagram, LinkedIn, some guitar learning app etc)
Hot take, all apps look the same now.
That’s kind of the idea. I miss the originality of old systems, but it seems like a lot of developers are prioritizing consistency and learnability for the sake of accessibility.
Most redditors and twitter users where too lazy to make the jump because the idea of more than one instance is somehow confusing.
The ones who even knew are the ones who are usually considered more computer literate than the average bear, since most people don’t know what fediverse is.
Lower your bar.
Makes sense as developers probably got sick of helping their family fix simple issues that were just slightly more work than pressing a single button.
This is so true. There have been many occasions where I thought someone was using TikTok, but it was just another app that looked exactly the same (Instagram, LinkedIn, some guitar learning app etc)
It’s laid out just like Spotify and Apple Music, so pretty much.