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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by SrMono@feddit.org to c/arctic@lemmy.world

Hi,

I tried to look up the dev on his page and social media accounts. He didn’t post anything since months, and I believe this promising App along all of his profiles became abandoned.

I don’t want to speculate about the reasons, as there could be plentiful legit ones. I hope everyone involved is up and happy. I’ll start to look for a substitute for Arctic.

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[-] moseschrute@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

I don’t mean to self promote as it’s very possible something happened to the dev. Hope they are ok.

But I have my own lemmy/piefed client, Blorp, and I’d be happy to have you! I’m actively working on it and feature requests are welcome.

[-] Nusm@peachpie.theatl.social 5 points 1 week ago

Posting from Blorp, and I like it. The dev updates it on a regular basis and is very receptive to bug reports and suggestions. It’s great and free!

[-] skbo@lu.skbo.net 3 points 1 week ago

Hi, I’d really like to test it, but your application is not available on the french Apple Store.

[-] moseschrute@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

I can add it to France! It might take 24 hours to show up

[-] skbo@lu.skbo.net 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I would teally like that, thanks!

Edit: and it’s already available, such speed!!!

[-] SrMono@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

But you are actually self promoting 🤣

I’ve seen the App in the store and decided against it… based on the icon. 🫣

And now based on the features.

[-] moseschrute@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I know, it’s tough. I try my best to strike a balance between self promo and supporting apps. I’ve managed to open some communication behind the scenes between most of the lemmy client devs. And I fully support people using apps that best fit their needs (e.g. voyager provides more customization than Blorp, and it’s an all around solid app).

I think I’m a good dev but a terrible marketing person. I should not be in charge of promoting my app lol. But unfortunately if I don’t do it, nobody will. So apologies if I don’t always have the best judgement for when to promote.

[-] SrMono@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

My comment was written to plain.

See, I would argue this way: If you make an App with a certain ease of use and all the features YOU like, you got a good start.

Quality and dedication will get noticed. Your App and some more customization or polishing- so just a small leap - might just skyrocket.

I will definitely check out your app and progress over time.

[-] moseschrute@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

Good point! I do spend significantly more time solving bugs and polishing things compared to my badly written promo comments lol. I’m learning as I go

this post was submitted on 27 Sep 2025
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