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Why no android app?
by lwhi 6mo ago
Why no android app?
- pixel_popping 6mo agoWhy no website as well? Can't use it from a laptop, it's a bit strange for a social media, many don't like typing on a phone.
- GaryBluto 6mo agoEspecially odd considering that Friendster began at a time when social media on phones was unheard of.
- Quarrelsome 6mo agoI remember when we considered a website that tells the user to download an app an anti-pattern (e.g. earlier versions of iMusic).
- randallsquared 6mo agoThat's a great question, since the genesis of this was the domain name, which no one using the app will care about or visit. That is, the only thing that was actually needed here was the trademark, it appears.
- s0a 6mo agowhy not a proper Progress Web App so it can run on any device independent of app stores? it's not as though a social app needs deep OS integration. I'm sure Claude or Codex could vibe code that in an afternoon.
- axoltl 6mo agoThe central point of this app is to determine proximity of two devices. That's not possible today in a cross-platform way using web apps.
- pixel_popping 6mo agoYou can with the Geolocation API.
- s0a 6mo agoPWA has access to bluetooth (BLE on all platforms) and NFC on Android
- JumpCrisscross 6mo ago> PWA has access to bluetooth (BLE on all platforms) and NFC on Android This (EDIT: this app) is iOS only right now. And I hate the normalisation of giving websites access to Bluetooth and NFC.
- chabska 6mo agoI managed to make an ESP32-controlled RC car move by sending it commands from a webapp running on my Android phone last year. I don't believe I have telekinesis magic power, so I'd rather believe that this is not in-fact iOS only.
- JumpCrisscross 6mo agoSorry, clarified.
- moffkalast 6mo agoClearly targeted towards a US only audience I guess?
- gpm 6mo agoEven in the US... something like half of people have an android. Starting a network effect product like a social network where you exclude half the social graph seems like... quite a decision.
- citizenkeen 6mo agoWorked for Facebook.
- pixel_popping 6mo agoIt's likely much more than half because I don't see a guy working on his laptop and switching on his phone to be able to answer messages, I personally never use social medias on a phone, it's annoying to type.
- QuantumNomad_ 6mo agoI prefer most communication to happen from my phone. Keeps the laptop less distracting when I don’t talk with people so much on it. Except Slack on work computer. That one I keep open and use for talking with coworkers. But that’s because it’s part of the job, and also relevant for me and them to be talking about things we are working on.
- moffkalast 6mo agoI think it's more like 70% Apple in the US and Android 30%, whereas most elsewhere it's reversed.
- ca98am79 6mo agoI plan to make one in the future. It's just me
- lawgimenez 6mo agoWould love to take a crack on this on Android
- bossyTeacher 6mo agoThe main functionality to add friends is that you need to use the phones physically touching feature of iPhones. This doesn't exist in Android afaik. The guy wants people to meet in person rather than doing social media the normie way.
- goosejuice 6mo agohttps://developers.google.com/nearby https://developers.google.com/nearby no?
- toyg 6mo agoAndroid has QuickShare which can be leveraged. For the record, the feature you describe was first introduced on Samsung phones 14 years ago - and later removed, likely after poor adoption. Because Apple "reinvented it", it's now planned to be reintroduced on Android too.