Even if Friend.tech fails to gain lasting traction, it's still brought many people onchain (specifically onto an L2) and shown that crypto apps can work without needing to be on an app store

It's still quite clunky, but it feels like a 0 to 1 moment for onchain/crypto UX

I think it's groundbreaking for a few reasons:

1. Shows people that crypto apps can bypass the app store
2. The wallet UX is really smooth
3. Gets people using an L2 (cheap fees!)
4. While it's still speculative, the app itself feels distinctly different than just buying random tokens on Uniswap

Independent Ethereum educator, angel investor and advisor. 

Founder of /thedailygwei.

I really don't know why they didn't implement gasless as well though, would've been the UX cherry on top! And, as I know well, it's possible to build on top of Privy's wallets with either a relayer or AA.