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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He doesn't like Voyager for good reason though; the app basically one-for-one copied what he had built for reddit but pointed it at Lemmy instead. If somebody took something I had developed and changed very little from the outside, I would be upset too.
I think he's totally within reason to dislike what is essentially a ripoff of his intellectual property. That being said, I'd be surprised if he decides to make the developers have repercussions for following his design so closely.
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.
I think the UI is still enough to get upset about, even if the structural changes underneath are very different.
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?
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.
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.
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.