Is expo trpc supposed to work without nextjs?

I have a fresh copy of create-t3-turbo. When launching expo only I can get it to load but it is not displaying posts. When i run general dev command which launches nextjs + expo, posts load on expo. Is this supposed to happen or is expo trpc supposed to work without nextjs running?

If this is correct behavior how does it work in production if your website goes offline?
Solution
trpc "extends" nextjs api routes and works just like a simple REST server in this aspect. if you don't run the nextjs app, no server will be running, so the expo client wont have anything to connect to. ideally in production your website wont go offline, otherwise the api will not work.
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