• fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com
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    3 months ago

    I think the migration to Piefed would be worse. Piefed is great, but needs better App support for Lemmy users to migrate. A merge of the Thunder fork into main Thunder would get the ball rolling.

    Tag @Kris@feddit.org

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      3 months ago

      I think now that Piefed has an API for apps, we will see some of them adding support soon. Overall I think the benefits of a Piefed migration outweight the disadvantages, but it remains to be seen if it is doable.

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          3 months ago

          Mobile Apps need an API too.

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              3 months ago

              It’s not just native Apps. Alternative web UIs like Thunder, Photon and Voyager need them too.

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                3 months ago

                yes, but those frontends are typically tied closer to the backend than a public API.

                things like CSRF can help block abuse of the back end.

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                  3 months ago

                  Nope they all use the public API. Even the default Lemmy web client.

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                    3 months ago

                    well that’s poor planning and why bots are such a problem.

                    I know CSRF tokens aren’t a silver bullet, but doing nothing to stop them does nothing to stop them.