• @[email protected]
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    94 months ago

    Cool project! Is there any plans on releasing a mobile app in the future? I’m allergic to PWAs.

    • Cr4yfishOP
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      124 months ago

      Thanks, haha. I’d love develop a Native App for it too but this is a zero-budget Project (aside from the Domain). PlayStore has a one-time fee so that’s 25€ for Android + 8€/Month for the IOS AppStore just to have the App on there.

      In theory, I could just have a downloadable .apk for Android to circumvent the fee but most people don’t want to install a random .apk from the internet. And I’m not developing a Native App for like 3 people excluding myself (I’m an iPhone user).

      Soo, yeah that’ll probably not happen :(.

      • @[email protected]
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        164 months ago

        This post gathered a bit of traction. So hopefully more people help out. F droid is a better marketplace for oss compared to playstore because people downloading from playstore act entitles a little, especially towards oss software.

        • Cr4yfishOP
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          34 months ago

          Would be nice for sure… 0 forks yet… but I’m hopeful :D

      • @[email protected]
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        124 months ago

        In theory, I could just have a downloadable .apk for Android to circumvent the fee but most people don’t want to install a random .apk from the internet.

        You could’ve considered F-Droid.

        Soo, yeah that’ll probably not happen :(.

        It’s sad. Anyway, good luck with future development!

        • Cr4yfishOP
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          14 months ago

          That’s weird. Did a quick google and it does seem to be 25 USD. Last time I made one it were 25 for sure as well - but that one got banned due to inactivity D:

    • @AliasAKA
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      84 months ago

      I personally love PWAs — why the hate for them? Personally I think more apps should be PWAs instead.

      • @[email protected]
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        14 months ago

        Native apps will always be better, imo. I think less apps should use PWAs. No offense to those who use them, though. It’s just my personal preference.

        • Cr4yfishOP
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          24 months ago

          Fair opinion. Native Apps do have some huge advantages, but also some disadvantages.

          I’ve coded both before (although way more PWAs) and with Native you also run into Platform issues as long as you don’t ship exclusively for one Platform.

          PWAs have a huge advantage here since they run the same everywhere as long as the Platform has a browser which is not safari.