Memmy is open source. Anyone can fork it and work on it if they want to. The developers are all of us. Why don’t you give some time?

Avelon seems to be closed source…

Is the top right icon a globe? The default I believe is to show posts from All instances, rather than local (your own instance) or subscribed communities only. Just tap the globe to change it, or set a different default in the settings.

Not really, IMO. I maintained a large open source project for a few years and the amount of time suck and mental drain is hard to overstate. Most employers seemed to barely look at it even though they could have clearly seen how I programmed, interacted with users, etc. And, if you decide to stop maintaining it, all those happy users are going to be unhappy users. Given that even bad developers have not much trouble getting steady work, and that all that time could have been invested in a project that earned or had the potential to earn money, it’s sort of hard to justify outside of personal passion. Just my experience, anyway…

Push notifications are an ongoing cost as well.

Since it seems like a lot of people here aren’t aware, this is app is open source and publicly licensed, and you can watch the effort being put in on github. It seems like the developer has been working around the clock to get this done, for free, writing code that is owned by the community. If you are loving it, send a few bucks to say thanks: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/gavink

Watching the github repo, the amount of time the developer has been putting in has been ridiculous. You can send a few bucks to say thanks: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/gavink

The code is open sourced under a public license. The developer doesn’t own the code any more than you do. If they added ads someone could just fork it and remove them.

That said, running a large open source project is difficult and frustrating. Any donations they receive will likely be a pittance compared to what they would make spending that time coasting in a corporate dev job. Send them a few bucks as a thank you: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/gavink

You can send the developer a donation here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/gavink