But why should we be compelled to install apps ?

I mean, apps do make life convenient, but we ought to have a choice of not installing apps, right ??🤔🤔🤔

  • MastKalandar@feddit.onlineOP
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    7 days ago

    I don’t understand the problem that you’re talking about. I use piefed on my android phone, on my browser.

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      7 days ago

      Me too, as PWA

      • notifications don’t work for me
      • links open in the same window instead of going to the app
        so yt links open yt page instead of NewPipe
      • there is no “drafting”
        so if I swipe back when typing a comment, I’ll go back and my WIP comment will be gone
      • seeing votes (the up and down popup) is a gamble
      • when I expand three dots I’m always afraid I’ll click something when trying to scroll
      • in order to share the link I need to open the drawer

      I was using apps with Reddit and Lemmy and the experience was much better. But so far AFAIK none of the apps support Piefed features in non-cumbersome way, so I’m waiting until one does

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        7 days ago

        Have you tried Voyager or Blorp?

        Voyager definitely addresses many of the issues you mentioned and Blorp is often recommended for use with Piefed (Voyager doesn’t really support Piefed specific features even if overall platform support works well).

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          7 days ago

          Voyager - that’s the one that felt cumbersome to me

          Blorp - uhhh. I thought it was only an alternative web UI. I’ll try the app out, thanks!
          I already see that in inbox there are no notifications from feeds. But the “draft” feature is here