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Oh yeah for sure, everyone should work on whatever they want without restriction or obligation to be focusing on what someone else wants. And more often than not a pet project is a way to learn a new language or framework with the goal of self-development. That's a great thing.
It's just a thought I selfishly have sometimes when I see many apps in development for the same platform, I can't help but wonder "if all of this effort were focused across fewer apps, could each of those be better than any of these current ones are individually today?" Of course the number of devs contributing to a project has no direct correlation when it comes to the quality or maturity of the product. That's down to the management, skillset of the devs, etc. I'm well aware of all of that, and the pros and cons of the differences in scenarios.
Just thought I'd share the thought out there. In any case, Lemmy getting all of this attention will no doubt lead to the rise of at least a few solid mobile apps that will stick around and not fizzle out into development neglect within a couple of months.