Depending on the community (instance admin included) reception of Sublinks, several scenarios can happen
a lot of major instances switch to Sublinks
only a few instances switch to it
As Sublinks will be compatible with Lemmy apps at that time, there will be a time where both will coexist as options to use with the apps. Application developpers will probably cater to the most population solution, whatever that is. Ultimately, Lemmy and Sublinks won't probably be fully compatible anymore, and apps will need to choose.
It's actually kind of already the case with Mbin, which doesn't have as many clients as Lemmy, while still allowing users to interact with the Lemmy communities.
Yes, my point is that an App or apps should be part of the design from the outset (see Pixelfed) Good planning rather than chance and potentially messing / confusing people.
It's really to early too know any of this.
Depending on the community (instance admin included) reception of Sublinks, several scenarios can happen
As Sublinks will be compatible with Lemmy apps at that time, there will be a time where both will coexist as options to use with the apps. Application developpers will probably cater to the most population solution, whatever that is. Ultimately, Lemmy and Sublinks won't probably be fully compatible anymore, and apps will need to choose.
It's actually kind of already the case with Mbin, which doesn't have as many clients as Lemmy, while still allowing users to interact with the Lemmy communities.
Yes, my point is that an App or apps should be part of the design from the outset (see Pixelfed) Good planning rather than chance and potentially messing / confusing people.