I had voted for that last week. We need a killer phone app. We actually need a few so they compete with each other and get better.
APPICS could have gone down this path but chose the proprietary option and only showing their own posts within the app which will be limiting for them initially.
Yes - more Mobile apps is never a problem - if each app finds a niche or a way of onboarding then we can grow as a whole. The magic of the blockchain is that we can have 1000s of apps and still be in the same 'sphere', it all comes back to the block explorer in the end :D
APPICS had a different vision which I understood from their point of view as well. They're not doing so bad, their Telegram groups has way more followers than Steem ever had for example, but Dapplr might be smart by giving us a 'taste' of an app that 'can do it all'. Nothing holds them back from creating 'spin off' apps afterwards. We're still too small for niche apps, maybe, although one niche app could also be THE breakthrough of any project if done right.