I imagine it has to do with the lack of heads up from Reddit. If the app makers had been given six months before needing to pay huge fees, they could have incorporated other sites and transition their users to alternatives. But they had ~30 days notice and would need to shutdown on July 1 and open again when they can support lemmy.
no way shutting down should ever be an option. When you have a massive userbase relying on these platforms you make something, no matter how buggy and featureless, work. Really would love to know, what's the worst that could happen if they tried.
Yeah, I understand Jerboa was inspired by Boost for example, but if I could use Boost itself on Lemmy that's a no-brainer.
I second this - am a reddit refugee from Boost.
thanks for using Leebra!
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could be a game changer if more reddit apps support lemmy. Really don't understand why shutting down their apps supersedes supporting lemmy (even if it's hard work).
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