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Slrpnk instance is down till mid July; they might relaunch their server on piefed. (programming.dev)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (2 children)

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 @[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 hours ago

On Android you can use the Interstellar app https://interstellar.jwr.one/ with piefed.social! Also iOS: https://testflight.apple.com/join/JXRtHye2

[–] [email protected] 10 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

you mean an API for bots...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Mobile Apps need an API too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

why does everything need a mobile app?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

CSRF protection is a security feature not bot prevention. A bot would just need to get a token first.