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Japan Earthquake Alert App Says Sayonara to X (unseen-japan.com)

submitted 1 year ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/fediverse@kbin.social

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Many people in Japan depend on the NERV service for earthquake alerts. Unfortunately, they'll no longer be able to receive them on X.

“We are moving forward under the premise that our operations should move from platforms managed by other companies to those within our control. Our app of course works on Apple and Google but these are different in terms of API constraints. On the other hand, distribution on ActivityPub is where we can manage our content completely independently. For this reason, in response to requests to move our operations onto different platforms will eventually only result in the same outcome as this time and therefore will not be considered. As NERV posts are still accessible via social media linked with ActivityPub, we plan to continue sharing there.”

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[–] SuperSpaceFan@artemis.camp 2 points 1 year ago

This seems like a sound move. It will be interesting to watch as other apps who previously depended on Twitter's API do the same, for the benefit of their users.