I think they do that so it can be accessed on as many platforms as possible. If the dev had to maintain the website and an ios and android app, they’d probably just shut down the android app since it has less users

Who was this a surprise to exactly?

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That’s disappointing. I wanted to just have one account for using both and assumed federation would let me, but that doesn’t seem to be the case :(

Tried boost for reddit but I didn’t like the ui and it seems like they’ve still got the same ui on the Lemmy version

Took a look and love it, mostly because it looks like an iOS app but on Android. I’ve really missed iOS app design and this is just refreshing lol.

I’m on android and the app seems to be iOS only sadly, but thanks anyway. Will remember this one if I ever switch to iOS.