Like it or not, #Mastodon successfully did an #EEE of the #Fediverse as far as API is concerned.

Non-Mastodon software with Mastodon API implemented can be connected to third-party services like brid.gy and fedica.com, to mention a few.

It is rare to see third-party services implement any support for non-Mastodon software using their respective API. #Fedica recently added #Pixelfed support; and a few other alt #frontends support either #Misskey or #Pleroma.

So… yeah, there’s no doubt the “competition” is over as far as this particular usage is concerned. Mastodon won, got what it wants. Either implement it and allow your users to use other third-party software… or don’t and wait for other developers to support your platform.

Not good, but we have to face the reality sooner rather than later, so we can move forward. Maybe make it part of #ActivityPub 2.0 and finally have a universal fediverse API that all can agree with and use.

This rant/reaction stemmed from this thread: https://makai.chaotic.ninja/notes/9xs35rslyb || https://c.im/@youronlyone/113082194085637021