You’re questioning the sanity of people who even develop shoes that need an app
Comment on Nike’s self-lacing Adapt BB sneakers are losing their remote control mobile app
helenslunch@feddit.nl 2 months ago
It’s not entirely surprising when a company chooses to stop paying for the upkeep and continued development of an app for a product it’s no longer making money on
How much fucking upkeep can an app require to operate a pair of shoes?
Jumi@lemmy.world 2 months ago
helenslunch@feddit.nl 2 months ago
I’m not questioning sanity, I’m questioning why an app that does nothing but send commands over Bluetooth or whatever needs any maintenance whatsoever.
ruse8145@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
Android isn’t stable is my guess
simplejack@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Inevitably what happens after 5 years is that someone reports that the app doesn’t work well with a newer version of iOS or Android, and the person that led the engineering on it is gone, because much of your engineering org has turned over after 5 years.
Then a new person jumps into the old project, finds out that it’s had 1 active user last year, then they question why they have to spend a week bug fixing something for one end user.
Knossos@lemmy.world 2 months ago
As a developer, this is the answer. I can’t wait for the day I can finally stop supporting old Amazon Kindle devices.