I don't think having a single user-facing client has ever really been held back by the technology. It's always the services being intentionally proprietary, intentionally breaking 3rd party clients, and ToSs making it risky to do.

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wink 4 days ago | parent [-]

I mean, different platforms exist just the same as back then. Windows, Linux, Android, iOS (and let's say some nerds will make it work on osx and the BSDs from the linux version).

That was a problem back then and it's a problem right now

	▲	zamadatix 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		There have always been approaches to multi platform apps, the limitations attempts at this (both in the past and currently) have repeatedly been a great UI with hostile 3rd party services.