I’ve only just started looking myself, but theres agora online
https://agoranomic.org/index.html (the hamburger menu has a how to play option)
Also: https://blognomic.com/
So much yes. Highly recommend. I could listen to Dan Carlin go on about a topic endlessly.
Because their intent is to force people to use their native applications. They’re intentionally making it difficult/impossible for third party apps to exist. They’re wagering that their clout surpasses the bad-will they’ll get for the crummy move.
Then they can bombard everyone with “he gets you” ads or whatever the most recent ad garbage is, and get their full revenue.
The high pricetag provides the failed venere ‘if every user paid the fair cost of X monthly, you can use our api’ in an attempt to limit said bad-will from the community.
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