• Zak@lemmy.worldOPM
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    1 year ago

    I don’t think kbin has a mobile app yet, but there’s at least one Android and one iOS app for Lemmy. Normally, you can participate in a kbin community using Lemmy, but kbin.social seems to be experiencing a DDoS right now and the countermeasures it’s using are causing problems with federation.

    I’m curious as to why you require a native app. It’s obvious when the site isn’t mobile-optimized, as was the case with Reddit when third-party apps first showed up, but that doesn’t seem to be true for Lemmy or kbin.

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      1 year ago

      Valid question. I think it’s just a usability thing. Easier to hit an icon on my phone to open an app rather than launch the browser, find bookmark, etc. It may seem trivial, but it makes a difference when you’re in a hurry.

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        1 year ago

        Don’t know how you do it in Android, but in iOS you can tap share and then add to home screen to, well, add a website to your home screen.

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        1 year ago

        I feel the same, even though I don’t use the YouTube app and instead always use the mobile site in a browser (with extensions, obviously).

        Would it help having a shortcut to the mobile site directly on your phones app screen? Chrome and Firefox both allow that.