[Android Software Development] androidacy:
We're sorry you feel that way, but a one time fee is not sustainable for us. We intend to release a much improved version of AMM in beta soon, but no timeline.

The old module depends on an API we don't maintain anymore because it wasn't designed to handle the usage we see daily. We also received a lot of feedback asking for an app, so that's what we made.

We make money to cover the service WE provide. The modules themselves have no advertising or modifications. The bandwidth, API operations, support and development personnel, all of that costs us very real money.

And besides that - EVERY developer deserves something for their work. It's why we have programs such as our revenue sharing program. Attitudes like this from users are exactly why so many developers quit. Because there's just some users that think any price is too much, no matter how much value they get in return.

We're sorry you don't like the direction we go. But it works best for all parties involved in the long run, so it's not changing.

As explained above, the module uses an API we no longer maintain. In addition, it's been deprecated and unmaintained for months, almost entirely lacked android 13+ support, and we have our own reasons for discontinuing it (mostly due to technical debt and cost to run).

Once again, we're sorry you feel this way. But the app is free, we only use Firebase analytics to track user counts and installs, and having a subscription is optional if you want to remove ads and unlock extra themes.

I'm not sure what you think you're accomplishing tbh.

If you don't like the app, use something else. I personally won't stop you nor will I cry if you do. We make and maintain things that work well for us and the majority of our users.

I'll reiterate, we're sorry the app doesn't work for you, and apparently the module worked better for you. But we're not going to invest time and effort in a terminal based module that most users don't seem to prefer, and just because YOU don't see that cost doesn't mean there isn't one.

We don't have the power to hide reviews, only Google does. Evidently, they found it spammy or something 😉

Once again, we cannot and did not delete your review. Plus, Google only shows reviews if enough reviews match your device and Android version. You are completely free to verify this yourself with Google support documentation.

Font Manager doesn't use Sentry, and AMM no longer does either. We simply use MD3 design guidelines, so if you don't like MD3, then unfortunately you most likely will not like our apps. However, it's Google's own design guidelines, so we chose to follow them.

Both font manager and AMM have average loading times of under four seconds. Of course, a number of factors can impact this, and do that time can vary.

Crashes on FoxMMM/AMM were mostly due to a large, convoluted, and undocumented codebase, but that's neither here nor there and not appropriate for this thread.

And fyi, the module was a HUGE money drainer. The bandwidth associated with the module numbered in the terabytes some months, and the API that it used was not designed to handle the millions of requests it was seeing. We instead chose to focus on our app, and will of course continuously improve it.

The module has been deprecated since September, with a notice on the README informing of the upcoming app, so this shouldn't have been a surprise to anyone.

As for AMM, we hope to have a beta ready before 2024.

Once again, we're sorry you're not happy with the new app. But perhaps instead of throwing a fit to try to get the module back, you could provide specific and actionable feedback on improving the app.

The settings not being enterable is actually a bug currently with the way we initialize the ads SDK. That will be addressed next update.

There is (as of the 1.2.5 update) a 1 in 3 chance of showing an interstitial ad on a screen change and a chance of showing an app open ad on resuming the ad up to once per session, down from 1 in 2 on previous versions, and there's also frequency capping from AdMob. As it stands currently, interstitial ads have the highest CPC and therefore generate the most revenue. Perhaps if we get enough users, we can reduce their frequency even further or get rid of them entirely. 1.2.5 also removed the restriction on font installs with AdBlock, instead encouraging users to disable by introducing a 10 second wait time. All free downloads of any sort from the API are bandwidth capped and rate limited (mostly so we can provide a fair experience to everyone).

Your other feedback will, of course, be taken into consideration, as always.