I don't mean to sound like entitled or anything but I happily and immediately paid $20 for this app when it came out. And there were a ton of updates and now it has completely stopped. And while that worked for sybc before with Reddit. It's not acceptable here with how often Lemmy is upgrading and changing. This app is almost unusable with how many small things are beginning to get broken. Just look through this community to see everyone complaining about the various bugs and issues that are now cropping up with. Lemmy me upgrades. A month ago the developer posted about a beta that almost no one has access to and we have heard nothing since. Really don't appreciate this tbh. And I'm considering cutting my losses all together here as there are other apps that are developing way more and that i would rather support
This is my biggest issue here. And it also worked fine with how much cheaper the app was before. I didn't mind him working on this as a side project. But between subscriptions and large fees, I just don't understand how we've seen a total lack of development or pause on development here, especially when we're reaching such a juncture where there are broken things about this app.
Imo its kinda fucked to have a subscription model but not be updated even semi close to often.
It's also relatively tiny so a bit unreasonable to expect things to be updated daily.
I'm not really seeing any major issues anyway - what is so broken that OP is so annoyed about? Only thing im aware of is the Instances button not working, which yeah that's true. Not really a major issue though?
And if I recall correctly this is a side project for him so updates are not as regular as people expect.
That's kinda bs imo given how heavily they have monetized this version compared to the last.
I was fine having a very low amount of updates and expectation of that because the app was really cheap before and reddit was fairly stable. But now they want to charge significantly more and have subscription models. And I think it's kind of unacceptable for them to walk away this much or this long. At the very least they should communicate more.
My bet is that Dawson was younger and interested in a better app. Probably in college or right out. He had plenty of time and wasn't making a lot of money. He's maybe got a wife and kids now. I'm sure he makes really good money at a real job too. The side hustle is something he remembers being fun but now it's a crappy low paying contract gig. Now it's a side hustle with diminishing returns.
The best thing he could do is just admit he doesn't want to do it anymore. Maybe he's not ready to do that though. Definitely the passion isn't there anymore, but the nostalgia is still there.
If it weren't for the comment from @ljdawson@lemmy.world saying that the pricing was so he could work on it full-time, I wouldn't think anything of his long breaks. But because he said that, I think people have a right to question the bugs (reported here and on GitHub) that are still happening. I mean the bugs that are from the beginning.
He did a great job getting Sync converted for Lemmy, but the radio silence isn't a good look.
But, like, that's just my opinion, man.
(Edit: I know this is his normal method, and I agree that he deserves time off, and it was the holidays, etc etc. I just wanted to chime in with why some people may have expected … not this? Not radio silence?)
Because he changed the pricing to say he could work on it full time. Working on a full-time means more than what he's done. I don't even need particularly more frequent updates than he is necessarily given. Although that would be nice to squash some of the bugs. But it least communicate with your community. You can't just post a beta that basically no one has access to and then peace out again
Honestly, you should cut your losses and just move onto another app. You can always see if an update comes in the future, but for now there are plenty of good free options that are being maintained.
Better communication. I've been with you for a very long time since Reddit in the early days before any of the redesigns or anything like that. And I'm very aware of the typical way you operate. But in this case, it was very frustrating to feel like I paid into something and paid significantly more because I believed in supporting it still. And you just go completely dark. At least let us know. It's going to be a few months while you work on something. Thanks for responding
No i trusted the developer from a long time on reddit but i expected them to not do the same shit given they were charging more and seemed to be committing to more active development in the beginning.