We reached 10K downloads of the official Mastodon app for iOS!

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Eugen Rochko

Like 12 Aug 2021 at 1:12 | Open on mastodon.social

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Blackisgood

@Gargron that"s good . 🌈

12 Aug 2021 at 1:21 | Reply | Open on mastodon.social

Odd House Games

@Gargron amazing news!! 👏🏻

12 Aug 2021 at 1:23 | Reply | Open on fosstodon.org

Fosslicious

@Gargron how about official for android :)

12 Aug 2021 at 1:53 | Reply | Open on floss.social

David Cross

@Gargron is this meaningfully transferring to net new users, or is this just conversion of existing users of the fediverse to a new client?

12 Aug 2021 at 2:52 | Reply | Open on mastodon.crossfamilyweb.com

Eugen Rochko

@david I don't know

12 Aug 2021 at 2:53 | Reply | Open on mastodon.social

Acaii

@Gargron out of curiosity why did you focus development on iOS and not Android? Are there more Mastodon users on Apple's ecosystem or was it because Apple has a richer demographic?

12 Aug 2021 at 3:16 | Reply | Open on mastodon.social

Eugen Rochko

@Acaii It's quite simple, I use an iPhone, so I am more familiar with this ecosystem (although I used to publish my own apps on the Google Play Store many years back when I had an Android phone). I thought the selection of iOS apps for Mastodon was quite poor, with the best choices being behind a paywall (which is not very conductive to attracting new people). In contrast, I know that Android has Tusky (which I contributed the design to a few years back).

12 Aug 2021 at 3:23 | Reply | Open on mastodon.social

Eugen Rochko

@Acaii Another angle is similar to what you mentioned, Apple traditionally caters to creatives (artists, designers, musicians and so on) and that's the demographic I believe we need to attract to make the platform more worthwhile for everyone else.