"I think it's great that people are realizing if their social media app isn't talking to the fedi they needn't bother making it."
This is a bad take and you should feel bad for making it.
Snark aside: there's nothing magical about the "fediverse" and there's a lot to improve. Some of the ways that the fediverse has traditionally improved involved people going off and doing their own thing and finding ways to make it fit later.