Apps

Let’s not cap the ceiling on what frames can be

They’re apps. Mostly they’re web apps with crypto rails built in.

They'll be apps with time. But right now, "apps" means a iOS/Android mobile app. High friction to download, sign up, connect card, etc.

Mini-apps are a new channel for your "app" that lives in a Feed. Maybe it's the primary channel. Mini-apps compress the user onboarding funnel friction to a single tap. Auth, data/social context, and even payment are a single tap. Discovery is native in the Feed.

So start with "mini-apps". With time and adoptions, they'll become "apps".

"Frames" have cool niche Farcaster history but don't try to invent a new term here. It'll cause more problems than it solves.

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Mini-apps make sense, but not everything needs to become a full app. And “Frames” already stuck forcing a new name just adds confusion.