Don’t be that pessimistic, most user had to install the Twitter and TikTok apps. The fediverse experience is already quite OK if you have a dedicated client but the problem is that not everyone does, which is why we need browser support; people are tired of “wOrKs bEtTeR iN ThE aPp” even if it’s true this time. A dedicated URL scheme will automatically associate Fediverse links with the aporopriate app. There are still other issues such as hit-and-miss cross-platform compatibility, no API for retrieving the list of federated instances and lack of errors if the source and/or destination instance block each other.
Don’t be that pessimistic, most user had to install the Twitter and TikTok apps. The fediverse experience is already quite OK if you have a dedicated client but the problem is that not everyone does, which is why we need browser support; people are tired of “wOrKs bEtTeR iN ThE aPp” even if it’s true this time. A dedicated URL scheme will automatically associate Fediverse links with the aporopriate app. There are still other issues such as hit-and-miss cross-platform compatibility, no API for retrieving the list of federated instances and lack of errors if the source and/or destination instance block each other.