Where is the update? (yall.theatl.social)

submitted 10 months ago by ArtificialLink@yall.theatl.social to c/syncforlemmy@lemmy.world

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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

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[-] dr_jekell@lemmy.world 63 points 10 months ago

This happened often with Sync for Reddit.

The dev would be away for a while then come back with a big update to functionality and a number of bugs fixed.

Lemmy itself is still not a mature platform and is a moving target when third party app devs are trying to keep up with the changes.

And if I recall correctly this is a side project for him so updates are not as regular as people expect.

[-] ArtificialLink@yall.theatl.social 15 points 10 months ago

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.

[-] grayman@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

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.

[-] ljdawson@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

It's definitely much harder juggling things as I get older. And you were right, I was fresh out of uni last time and now I'm 34 :/

[-] grayman@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Family first! I thank you for what you've done for reddit and sync for lemmy. The app still works great for me. I hope you find happiness in your work and I accept whatever decision you make to continue this at whatever pace suits you. It's been really fun watching your efforts and enjoying the fruits of your labor over the last decade.