I’m curious how Voyager for Lemmy is funded. Or is it just community driven so the workload and potential costs are spread out far enough that nobody is footing the bill all by themselves?

    • veee
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      322 days ago

      Voyager might be maintained by a single person, but let’s not fool ourselves who created it. Voyager is a direct clone of Christian Selig’s Apollo for Reddit.

      I love Voyager as much as the next Lemming, but I’ll be damned if credit isn’t given where credit is due.

      • @acockworkorange@mander.xyz
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        8222 days ago

        AFAIK the Apollo source code was never open sourced. So while the UX is clearly a successor to Apollo, the code was built from the ground up.

        • veee
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          -3621 days ago

          I suppose it depends on your perspective of the ship of Theseus.

          • @Zorque@lemmy.world
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            3721 days ago

            As I recall that hypothetical requires that you start with the ship and replace things over time, not that you saw it once and try to replicate it.

            • veee
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              -2721 days ago

              My point is that the blueprint of the original app is there whether or not it was rebuilt from scratch. The developer may have rewritten the app themselves, but at the end of the day we’re essentially using Apollo for Lemmy hence the reference.

              • @acockworkorange@mander.xyz
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                2421 days ago

                I don’t think you’ve ever created a single thing in your life, let alone a computer program. There’s no other possible expansion.

                We’re not essentially using a Benz horseless carriage.

      • Ulrich
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        3321 days ago

        Christian did not create Voyager. It’s UI is an homage to Apollo but he had nothing to do with it. Calling him it’s creator is pure nonsense.