Brand new to the platform. Just wondering if I have to use my browser each time. Thanks. Ps. F reddit mods

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      4 months ago

      I searched Lemmy in the app store. I didn’t (and still don’t) understand why there are a bunch of third-party apps that connect to Lemmy. But it seemed like Voyager was popular, so I went with that.

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        4 months ago

        I would read up on how the fediverse works if you don’t understand why there are so many “third-party” apps.

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          4 months ago

          These 2 things are not related though? Reddit is not part of the fediverse and had plenty of third party apps until they changed the API.

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            4 months ago

            It does answer why there’s no official app, which is the question.

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              4 months ago

              There were many third party Reddit apps before Reddit had their official app. And you could argue that Jerboa is the official Lemmy app since it is made by one of the main Lemmy devs.

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        Lemmy is not one centralized entity or corporation, so it is impossible for a first party app to exist. Think of it like a collection of clubs/groups that all communicate with each other over the same medium.

        However, Jerboa is the app made by Lemmy devs themselves, so I suppose it’s as close to “first party” as you can get.

        Personally, I use and prefer Voyager.