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And this is true for a whole lot other things, to varying extent: icons on a smartphone home screen, desktop icons/files on a PC/laptop, digital file organization, physical file/book/notes (dis)organization, to name a few.
We all might agree on a need to keep things organized, but whether or not it's okay to mix pencils and pens together, whether or not to store them with the write-y bit up, or down, whether or not it's okay to store sign pens alongside ballpoint pens, and whether they should be write-y bit up, down, or laid to its side. Whether or not it's okay to just store shirts randomly interspersed with pants, so long as they're all clean....
I can go on and on, but the point is that we may agree on the general principles, but there will always be one detail of organization that I'd find horrifyingly wrong, and you are perfectly fine with it.
And that's why there will never be a Lemmy client that satisfies everyone completely
That's the neat part. Since lemmy is open there can be a multitude of clients and finally everyone will find one that suits them.
Indeed, but I think providing some level of customization usually resolves this to a good extent (ignoring the entire debate of how customizable one app should be), with decent defaults for people who couldn't be bothered.
But your point still stands: excluding infinitely-customizable apps (to such an extent in which you might as well write your own), there would be some person out there who'd be "just fine" with it, and not completely satisfied. And if I were an app dev, I'd find a balance between satisfying the most amount of people with the defaults, and allowing more people to be satisfied with customization, all the while keeping myself sane (keeping the amount of effort needed to a humane amount).