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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @felipe OP 7 Nov 2023 \ parent \ on: Ask SN: Anyone interested in funding the development of the unofficial SN app? meta

It sounds like you don't though. Isn't that the reason for the post?

Yes!

Didn't you admit in the OP that it is currently broken?

Yes, I did! It's been a couple months since I last published an update.

If you're telling me there is performance issues with a site that displays text on the screen

It looks like you forgot the nature of web browsers. The problem here is that when opening a PWA the browser needs to load a lot of unnecessary bloat to render the first frame. My main device is only 5 (or 6) years old and it takes more than 10 seconds to load the PWA. Sometimes it takes more than 20 seconds. Even the fastest websites in the world will suffer to load on older devices because of bloat. And they do.

you're definitely wrong that people are struggling to load stacker news on ANY phone

I never said that. I always use my experience on my old phone as an example.

You're certain of free labor?

Wow, that was rude and unnecessary.

I don't see why doing this is worth anyone's time or efforts... But I don't understand the point here.

It's not that much time and effort. The first version took 30 hours or so to get to a point where it was usable. I forgot to mention that this app is a revamped version of another app I developed which is almost the same thing but for Hacker News. This one is closed-source for now but I will make the source available at some point.