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Christian's first reaction to Voyager (reddthat.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This is from a couple of months ago but it came up after my previous post. It does seem like he doesn’t really like Voyager, but oh well.

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Design wise yes it is a one to one copy, but Voyager was built from the ground up as a web app, which is completely different to Apollo’s “native Apple app” philosophy. So while it may seem at first “changed very little,” it is actually very different. He also isn’t interested in making his own “Apollo for Lemmy” so I think it’s fair to pass the torch down.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The design among all the Lemmy apps is essentially the same IMO. Far left you have your subscribed, bottom is the various sections.. there’s not that much to it really.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

It’s not as if Apollo reinvented UI. The elements are quite simple but done in an effective and easy to use way. Voyager using that philosophy is just them admitting it’s the best way to do it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I think the UI is still enough to get upset about, even if the structural changes underneath are very different.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Nah, this is LeopardsAteMyFace-worthy content. Christian would have been printing money if he made "the right choice" and kept the baby.

The best part is if he sues, he loses his halo even more and he wins nothing. All is as it should be

Edit: someone wanna repost there c/LeopardsAteMyFace?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Christian would have been printing money if he made "the right choice" and kept the baby.

I doubt he'd be able to make a living from Lemmy's relatively small user base.

The author of Sync ported it over (and it's awesome), but he had to crank up the price and he hasn't posted much since the initial few releases. I wouldn't be surprised if he moved on for financial reasons.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

The author of Sync ported it over (and it's awesome), but he had to crank up the price and he hasn't posted much since the initial few releases. I wouldn't be surprised if he moved on for financial reasons.

He is still there. Updates for sync always happened in spurts during the reddit days.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Because he passed up first-movers advantage. Instead, I'll stick with Memmy

Edit: also, since he canned it he's going to be making even less or a living so thats not an argument that I will even engage with. I don't care about his nut being smaller than previously when he's willing to do zero nut.

In that case, people will find and support and patronize others who step up. Im done on this conversation(whole thread). There's nothing to be done or heard than whining.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

He’s moved on and anyway he says PixelPals now makes more money than Apollo did.

I think people are reading too much into a short comment from months ago.