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I know, the app problems are super annoying. I wish Lemmy would just release 0.19 rather than sitting on it like this. They’re giving app developers two months to update and only a handful have done it.
I understand that a few apps are waiting on 0.19 imminent release before updating. (Incidentally Voyager should work fine even with the latest RC but because of the way authentication works on 0.19 the native app is best rather than the PWA (a PWA can’t technically support both <0.19 and 0.19))
The other app issue is that several are essentially no longer being developed or at least very slowly developed eg Liftoff! Which hasn’t seen a commit in over three months
Adding in various instance issues with lone or missing admins and servers going offline, it’s a wonder Lemmy is still around.
They should just pull their apps from the store if they are going to abandon them. I know APIs aren't supposed to change like this but it is rediculous to just leave an app up that won't work. It also makes the fediverse seem more shabby.
I agree completely, it seems that several are essentially abandoned, a couple seem to have been spur of the moment spare time projects that they no longer have much time for and one is being rewritten so they aren’t updating the existing app.
That would make a lot of sense. Which one is being rewritten, that seems extreme.
Memmy as the devs said they didn’t understand the programming environment when they made the original version.
That's interesting. They've been keeping up with development. I don't have any issues with their app. I'm shocked they're starting over but they know better than I about the quality of their code.
Mlem have just released a beta to TestFlight that has 0.19 support.
Hey! Just wanted to say: It works again! Yay!