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I’m the developer of the Photon client. Try it out

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  • I really don’t know why big companies like Google are terrified to make options.

    You made the quick settings show only 4 options immediately. Your research might show that 70% of people prefer it that why. Instead of leaving the 30% in the dust, why not just make it an option in settings? Or even have custom layouts?

    Why not add more lock screen options? Why not add options for the navigation pill? Why not make “at a glance” an option?

    Even iOS is catching up in terms of customization and at this point I’d say it’s surpassed Android. I still prefer Android for many other reasons, but it has lost one of its main qualities.



  • Xylight@lemdro.idtoFediverse@lemmy.mlLemmy vs. PieFed vs. Mbin
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    3 months ago

    I think you’ve got the entire thought of photon wrong. Photon is not an “app” that you “install”, it is essentially a website. The docker container includes a server runner, meant for instance owners to deploy photon on their own instance easily.

    vger.app and alexandrite.app work the exact same way as photon for installation. You clone the app, build it, and run the server.

    There is no team of “devs” who are out of touch with privacy, it’s just me. This is a web app to access Lemmy in a different UI, and it’d be pretty stupid to dedicate time to tracking people when I’ve got homework to do.

    I could make a subdomain for phtn.app that does not proxy through cloudflare if you’d like.