I’ve been thinking a lot about why I decided to come here and I know it started off as a “they can’t make me use their shitty app!” while simultaneously using test apps that crash and navigating less content than Reddit. What is the primary motivation for all of this anymore? Is anger enough of a motivation to keep people away from a platform long term?
I have a feeling that most folks are more loyal to their communities than they are the company themselves - meaning that no matter how bad the corporation is, sacrificing what they truly care about is not really worth it no matter how poorly they are treated.
If the community goes away, THEN reddit goes away.
But if the only way to access their community is through some shitty app, I don’t see it stopping many people.
For me it’s not about the immediate abilities to use Reddit/Lemmy, is about my projected ability.
Yeah the Reddit app sucks and it’s slightly better than the iOS apps for Lemmy… for now.
Reddit has had years to improve their app and has not made much, if any effort to do so.
Meanwhile I’ve had two updates today to my beta iOS app for Lemmy, fixing bugs before I’ve even had a chance to find them and enabling new features literally every day.
The future only looks promising for one of these platforms, and that’s why I’d rather weather Lemmy’s growing pains instead of endure Reddit’s stagnant state.