Hi @James_Cribbs and others! I am planning to build a wellness community platform to be as accessible and open-source as possible likely using React.js & Native React.
The community features of Discourse are incredible, but forcing app users to switch from native app to web app (or to download a second app) due to auth issues or for notifications is a hard pill to swallow.
I looked into Bettermode/Tribe, which has an amazing feature set. I am not sure I want to outsource a core value prop to a single source of failure for +$7,188 a year, but I am tempted. Migrating off of Bettermode down the road looks like it could be quite challenging.
Please keep us posted if you do explore Discourse native app integration / embedding further! I might start developing around Discourse and offering a less interactive no auth webview but @sam ’s warnings are scaring me off.
Your comment on unlocking iOS app content by paying in web-only and Apple not playing along is also helpful context.
Any further thoughts / advice / issues you’ve run into would be helpful as I think through appropriate solutions.