Third-party apps in Web3 social are currently in a death spiral. 

Super 💀 - acquired by Farcaster 
Phaver 💀 - failed token launch; shut down; prior #1 Lens app 
Buttrfly 💀 - shut down; Top 5 Lens app 

Firefly App standing the test of time and frankly growing through this same time frame. But I'll be honest, if we are the only other significant 3rd party app, I'm not sure anything has changed. 

What's the point if the protocol team is building the dominant app? That's like Bitcoin core devs running the only wallet. 

Yes, there are other third-party apps but they are either ghost towns or growth is stalled*. I'll spare their names. 

*No Growth = No Investors to help you weather the storm.

onchain m&a ~ @fireflyapp + mask network ~ @rara (exit 2023)

> there are other third-party apps but they are either ghost towns or growth is stalled

What do you think are the main reasons for this? What needs to change?

building consumer apps are extremely expensive compare to infras. Thats why web2 giants are apps. Most web3 devs underestimated this
