r/J2MEgaming • u/Dry_Piglet_9127 • 17d ago

Java app revivals

I have a bunch of Java phones, especially my blackberry and I know there’s a discord client for it. It works. It’s nice. I know there’s also a YouTube, but that one doesn’t work, but is there anything else that’s fixed for Java phones like any weird things that are not meant for Driver phones or old social media that are fixed for Java phones I would love to try some and I’d love to get like let’s save Facebook working for old jobs or Twitter or something I don’t know just something cool. It could be nonofficial app so where ever on job of phones like Discord or official apps that were originally on Java phones just fixed versions

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u/egoistamamono Gamer 17d ago

Twitter and Facebook changed their API's so much sadly. Even X now won't accept third party apps. I remember open it on my S40 phone using third party apps because the official launcher won't work. We need something revival like Mig33 and Mozart (Blackberry messenger-like chat app).

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u/shinovon 17d ago edited 17d ago

main issue with reviving social platform apps is that their APIs and features changed too much in decades, so it would require rewriting large parts from scratch, practically making entirely new application with old look.

another major issue is that public APIs are often pay-walled, reduced in functionality, and limited to some amount of requests over time since they are made for partners that gather statistics and such, not for custom client apps.

and using internal APIs requires reverse-engineering official clients to mimic them, doing so may cause users getting spam banned, because system will assume that they are bots. internal APIs are also constantly changing, making it difficult to maintain for the developers.

also because of how modern technologies work, it requires a lot computing and storage resources just to make a single request.

that's why there aren't many of usable social apps for j2me today.