a few more words on developing

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@ -9,8 +9,14 @@ At least, it's the place to get started so long as you have some idea of what LB
## When to Use LBRY ## When to Use LBRY
- You want to build an application that contributes to the world's knowledge, or benefits from global, shared discovery (flesh this out).
- You want to replace an existing centralized service related to digital content distribution with a decentralized/community-controlled one.
## When Not to Use LBRY ## When Not to Use LBRY
- You want to privately distribute data/information.
- You want to do illegal things.
## How (Ways?) to Build on LBRY ## How (Ways?) to Build on LBRY
### Web, Desktop, and Mobile Applications (Daemon-based Applications) ### Web, Desktop, and Mobile Applications (Daemon-based Applications)
@ -23,16 +29,16 @@ Almost all web, desktop, and mobile applications will use the [lbry daemon](http
1. Install lbry. (Docker images? Other convenient ways of doing this?) 1. Install lbry. (Docker images? Other convenient ways of doing this?)
1. Bridging basics. 1. Bridging basics.
### Desktop Applications #### Desktop Applications
1. Desktop applications will typically bundle the [lbry daemon](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry). 1. Desktop applications will typically bundle the [lbry daemon](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry).
1. lbry-desktop as example 1. lbry-desktop as example
### Android Applications #### Android Applications
1. (Whatever magic you have to do to get a daemon running on Android.) 1. (Whatever magic you have to do to get a daemon running on Android.)
### iOS Applications #### iOS Applications
It is not currently possible to use LBRY on iOS. [There is a bounty](lbry.io/bounty/ios-daemon) for this. It is not currently possible to use LBRY on iOS. [There is a bounty](lbry.io/bounty/ios-daemon) for this.