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> Having to have the backend infrastructure adds a lot of costs. I don't know how much I believe "a lot" for something at this complexity level. Wordle would need a server that stores 60 bytes of data for each user that has enabled sync, and would need to send and receive that data about 10 times a day.
But you also need: * Account creation * Password recovery * Backups * Privacy policy This creates more friction, both to end users and for the dev. I likely would have never tried Wordle if I had to create an account first.
Most important is that there is no need at all to make an account first. You can stick a "make account" link under settings for the people that want it.
It definitely is some amount of dev work, but it's the kind of thing where you could make an acceptable version in a day or two. Especially if it just spits a secret code at you and you input that code into a different device. Password recovery isn't necessary. Privacy policy can be two sentences. Backups can be a daily rsync.