Branch Metrics sucks. They fired almost of all people working for Nova.

  • Moonrise2473@feddit.it
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    4 months ago

    we were all scared that they would do data mining or introduce ads on the launcher. They promised that they wouldn’t. Surprisingly, they kept the promise.

    I’m surprised that could feed a team of 12 devs with a free app with small one time payment to unlock power features.

    Isn’t the app mature enough to have a just full time dev behind to keep it updated with api changes?

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      4 months ago

      Branch is apparently a $4B Silicon Valley startup, that raised $300M just two years ago. They can afford Nova’s team of twelve, or at least more than one fucking dev. They even fired Cliff, the one guy doing support (social, Discord, email, etc).

      That said, I wish they wouldn’t have sold out. Nova is one of the few things I want to subscribe to, very well earned. Nobody can reasonably complain about $10-20 per year for “Prime Ultra” or something. I don’t even see a donate button in settings.