Maybe RIP another client?

[paul@tapbots.social]

Maybe RIP another client? Not really sure if OpenAI is like Apple where you generally disappear after joining.

https://www.manton.org/2026/03/10/thomas-ricouard-is-joining-openai.html

[stroughtonsmith@mastodon.social]

@paul it used to be Meta snapping up the indie devs in our community. The turns have tabled

[nonproductive@mastodon.social]

@paul I am happy for him, as I think this will be a great opportunity for him and he’s got a family to support.

I uninstalled his app a while back because it was flakey though. I unfollowed him soon after when his posts got a little too condescending and preachy for my tastes.

He seems like he knows his stuff and I wish him well, but I don’t see him joining OpenAI as a net positive for OpenAI users.

[yiningkarlli@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@paul I have friends who have gone to OpenAI, and yeah they play by Fruit Company rules. OpenAI staff are even discouraged from posting even their job titles; publicly most of them list their title as simply “Member of Technical Staff”.

[steveriggins@mastodon.social]

@paul I supported him for awhile as there was a Vision Pro version but the bugs were not being addressed, so I stopped.

[nfoonf@chaos.social]

@paul please please do not join OpenAI

[mergesort@macaw.social]

@yiningkarlli @paul I see OpenAI people post all the time, in fact they spend an inordinate amount of time online. Also Member of Technical Staff is the actual title.

[oberstkrueger@gamepad.club]

@paul It’s too bad if Ice Cubes loses updates. It sucks to see the Mastodon client variety lessen over time.

[sknob@mamot.fr]

@paul I got really bad vibes about this guy when his app came out and he didn’t take too kindly to feedback and bug reports. Probably a good fit for OpenAI.

[nico@lepoulsdumonde.com]

@stroughtonsmith @paul we'll see if he fixes his bugs when he works at openAI...

[_elena@mastodon.social]

@sknob @paul Just the other day he was bragging that there is no point in practicing your coding skills because “AI is too good now, you can’t compete with it.” Ouf.

[sknob@mamot.fr]

@_elena @paul why am I not surprised? 🙄

[imikotoba@mastodon.scot]

@paul looks like I backed the winner in that race (#IvoryApp vs #IceCubesApp for Mastodon on iOS). Less competition isn’t great though…

[paul@tapbots.social]

@_elena @sknob on another network? Don't think I've seen him post here lately.

[_elena@mastodon.social]

@paul on Bluesky. I had been testing Ice Cubes’ local timeline and I was wondering what he was up to… he has been posting there a lot about AI.

(Ivory is still my favorite app that I use daily - multiple times a day that is - so taking this opportunity to thank you and the Tapbots team for your amazing work on it) 🙏

@sknob

[sknob@mamot.fr]

@_elena @paul same. Wouldn’t have used Twitter as long as I did if it weren’t for Tweetbot. Come to think of it, I guess that’s a double-edged compliment 😄

[_elena@mastodon.social]

@sknob @paul aw Tweetbot! RIP. I was recently cleaning up my old Mac and I had to reluctantly delete it from there (the MacOS version). Longtime fan of Tapbots 🥲