The app has not been updated in more than a month and LJ also has not been active on lemmy and this community for nearly a month. Is he okay¿?

  • Annoyed_🦀 🏅@monyet.ccEnglish
    67·
    11 months ago

    Back when he did sync for reddit, i remember he disappeared for quite a long time(i think half a year or something) before coming back and did a rapid fire of update. In that period of hiatus a lot of post similar to this one pops up too.

    • Sentau@feddit.deOPEnglish
      62·
      11 months ago

      I was more worried this time because this is a full time gig so his absence could not be explained by him focusing on his day job

      • viking@infosec.pubEnglish
        4·
        11 months ago

        Sync was always a full time gig. The company was incorporated some 10 years ago, LJ didn’t have a full time job for quite some time.

        • Sentau@feddit.deOPEnglish
          1·
          11 months ago

          Hmm. I did not know that. I thought sync started as more of a side project

          • viking@infosec.pubEnglish
            1·
            11 months ago

            It very well might have, but then really 10+ years ago. LJ was still doing a PhD for some time during the development, but finished in 2018 or so I believe.

        • Sentau@feddit.deOPEnglish
          1·
          11 months ago

          I don’t think it will. Most clients have updated to be compatible so it doesn’t look particularly hard

  • Polar@lemmy.caEnglish
    274·
    11 months ago

    With the way the Lemmy community treated him for releasing a “non-FOSS” app, I wouldn’t be surprised if he bailed. I would’ve.

    • viking@infosec.pubEnglish
      5·
      11 months ago

      Nah, he didn’t care about that at all. Had some lengthy discussions on the topic on the sync discord.

      • Polar@lemmy.caEnglish
        212·
        11 months ago

        Or, “I wish I wasn’t getting death threats, posts about me attacking my character, all because I released a really good app but included ads so I could get paid for it”.

        So again, for the millionth time, Lemmy nerds expect everything to be free and without ads. That’s not how life works, and you throw a hissy fit like a child.

        You’re going to ruin Lemmy. Enjoy it.

              • Polar@lemmy.caEnglish
                51·
                11 months ago

                I never said you made death threats. You responded to my comment, “joking” that the developer grabbed his money and bailed. Your original comment to my comment perfectly encapsulates how FOSS users treat him. You accused him of running away after getting money.

                Even if he bailed, it wasn’t for the small flow of cash. It was because of how the FOSS users were treating him. You are welcome to go look at all of the previous Sync posts back when Sync launched, seeing the thousands of comments bashing him for putting ads in the app, and calling him very mean things.

                I also never said Lemmy is dead. I said people like you are going to ruin Lemmy. Learn to read.

  • sabreW4K3@lemmy.tfEnglish
    191·
    11 months ago

    He’s gone to Vegas. He’s not. But he is probably taking a break. Those late nights and early mornings take their toll, not just on health and well-being but relationships too. Make sure you take a break too.

    • Sentau@feddit.deOPEnglish
      71·
      11 months ago

      Thats good to hear. I thought he was ill or something. Yeah better to take rest than get burnt out.

  • Risk@feddit.ukEnglish
    10·
    11 months ago

    It’s only been a couple of weeks since he last appeared on the discord - maybe he just went on holiday for a couple of weeks.

    I wouldn’t worry.