How else would you try to start a business 😂?

Makers went out of business.

Well, in some European countries you could load your car while at work or grocery shopping.

Depending in your commute this could just be enough.

Anyhow: the prices and (country-specific) loading network might be show stopper. Many other things are just habit and/or subjective convenience.

I would chill and not call it a scam per se. I believe the two devs tried to built a honest business and something went sideways.

It is not as if about 1500 subscriptions buy you a yacht and a sunset in a southern country.

I would not call them scammers… heck, their whole business went down the drain.

Thunder is made with flutter. When I realized it, it went straight to the bin.

I prefer native over react native over flutter. But to be honest: they all do look alike in many cases. Not much setting them apart (design-wise) 😅.

Took a look at Avelon, and even bought lifetime. Had to refund it, because dev isn’t reacting since 4 month 😂

Currently I am using voyager, which is okay-ish. There is also arctic which is a native App for a change.

I suppose such complaints are more hefty If more people raise them: http://reportaproblem.apple.com/

I am quite relaxed: 35 bucks for a lifetime update of an App is still quite cheap and I spent more for worse 😅

That they allegedly sold 1.000+ licenses without communicating their downfall is what lead me to involve Apple Support for a complaint.

Funny how wearecocoon phrases this 😂

https://imgur.com/a/HdMLDpF via https://wearecocoon.co.uk/portfolio/bean-a-lemmy-app

As star gate fan, I am sure it is a alien time loop thingy . Thanks for bringing this up!

It is a little bit laggy, but also my second choice

😅 Cheers!

Idk. The devs run a business and still advertise with bean. If it is really abandoned instead of just low prioritized or idling they would start a coverup…in the end reputation sells.

The “likely” in the heading needs to be emphasized as we cannot say with certainty what will happen…

I would also not recommend anybody to subscribe or renew until there was a sign of life.

Well, the App basically works and there have been updates. Also — come time — there will be further updates in the future.

What would be the basis for apple to grant a refund?

Maybe an opening. You look like a nice fella. Maybe you want to be a community manager 😂 Be prepared for some pitchforks 🧐

I’m 100 % with you on that. Health comes above all else.

But his mate, who is also running the business, could just leave a message of absence or so. With the pre-course this would honestly be enough - at least for me.

Yea, I read you the other day commenting a post. Yet I thought I would love to bring this upfront to devs attention and provide some simple ideas on how to communicate… ehm… more 😂

Satisfied?

Ah… I still have faith. I mean communication could have been slightly better cough, cough , but after all it is a two man gig which is more prone to hard times. I anticipated kind of a growing process, when buying. Christian’s Apollo for reddit was the playbook example how it could be. On the other hand dev of the mastodon woolly App went dark on all outlets… that leaves me wondering if something bad happened to him.

I see it that way. If the (indie) product is nice, I would like to support the dev behind it. Period.

Here in Germany entrepreneurs have to calculate their manpower with at least 80-90 € per hour when offering contracts, just to have a sustainable business. I understand the scaling effects but 35 € is quite modest with that calculation in mind (even though regular workers have to put in some working hours to afford the 35 € :). Im curios if this offer is sustainable after all.