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ActivityPub is so loosely designed (in my opinion as somewhat of an outsider) that the opportunity was squandered to be able to have all different services interact smoothly with each other. It's basically one little fiefdom per app, and if Pixelfed wants to make itself compatible with Mastodon's fiefdom, then fine, and likewise for Mbin with Lemmy and etc, but it's not really "cross compatible" between the whole universe of apps, in the same way as other better-designed protocols like email work, where it's just "email" with no app specificity to it. It is a shame and a missed opportunity with how the protocol was designed, I think.
I think in general, the fediverse people are working on solutions, but we're sort of stuck into the present setup which has this not really ideal compartmentalization and there's not a good way to fix it. Certainly not from the Lemmy side that I'm aware of. Two possibilities though:
Are there any mobile apps for mbin yet? Last time I checked it was hard to find any.
I think no ๐
Too bad. I guess I'll have to wait a little longer to try it out then.