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by rvz 1744 days ago
> If you’re going to pick one platform to launch an MVP, iOS is almost always the right choice.

Releasing on both platforms is now the expected choice.

I don't think Clubhouse can get away from the 2010-era excuses, especially when they had a lot of VC backing and plenty of cash in less than a year. They were more than 6 months late and the competitors already copied them entirely. No waiting for invites.

They might have launched much quicker with both iOS and Android had they chose a cross-platform toolkit like React Native or Flutter.

Even the Discord app uses RN and they copied their main features much quicker than Clubhouse could write the Android app and it has worked great for Discord.

By the time Clubhouse finished the Android app and 2 months later removed the invite system. It was beyond too late.