#literally we've had a public api on the roadmap for ourchive FROM THE BEGINNING

[madecunningly]

To be clear:

- the website may be "functional" but it's not good. Don't piss in your own mouth and call it rain.

- the website SHOULD (but does not currently despite being built on a framework literally designed to make this easy) have a public api

- if the website had the API, it would be much more feasible to have an app at all.

- not all apps get distributed via Google Play or the Apple App Store.

the worst thing that could possibly happen to ao3 is it being put on the app store so please stop asking for it because you don't understand what would happen if that went through. ao3's whole deal is it archives EVERYTHING, while the apple app store's whole deal is keeping everything clean and safe. so if ao3 were to have an app all of the 'bad' stuff, including nsfw in general, would have to be censored at best or would be purged at worse. the google play store is more lax but who fucking knows what GOOGLE would police if they got their hands on the archive. do not ask for an app. do not use third party apps. it's on mobile browser functioning perfectly, just fucking use that before you ruin everything for everyone please.