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I had no prior knowledge of what these #mastodon app numbers were but found myself pretty surprised at

* Mastodon's dominance (~34% counting web and apps) ... compared with
* How little market share "celebrated" iOS (ivory & icecubes) and web apps (elk, phanpy) have (4.3% total, 0.7% for elk+phanpy)
* But all that (and the other listed items) are only ~50% with the rest consisting of "thousands" more!

Genuinely sad to see elk and phanpy not get more love.

https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/112662023734261452

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

@maegul @mastodon it is a shame more instances don't default to using elk or #phanpy as standard

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Never heard of either of elk of phanpy until now. Phanpy looks cool so I'm giving it a drive.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

@db0

Be sure to check out the "catch up" feature. Best thing I've seen in any social media client I think.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Ye I used it just today. Really nice! Thanks for bringing this client to my attention!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

@maegul @mastodon don’t forget that most people are used to 1 platform = 1 app
So having the choice between so many options might be overwhelming or not even on everyone’s radar because it might simply not be that important to them.