Yeah of course. I mentioned this briefly in my first post, but haven’t discussed it a lot. I don’t have a concrete plan for these things atm, so I’d also be happy to hear what people think would be best.

For now I’m thinking free app with an option to donate to support the development. I really like Lemmy and hope to see it grow, so I wanna take part in that by creating a great app that encourages people to contribute and join in on conversations like these. I really enjoy the development process too, it’s super encouraging to get so much feedback from people here.

After the initial version I’ll consider some kind of pro version for additional nice-to-have features. No idea what these could be, but I’m thinking perhaps themes or some other more advanced features. It takes a lot of time to develop an app like this (I don’t expect it to be any kind of profitable really, it’s just a time-consuming hobby of mine), but I’ll have to be honest and say I’d be happy to get something back for the time put in. Like a few pizza nights would be cool.

Another thing I’ve considered is burnout. I’ve experienced burnout a few times before, and getting something in return can definitely help remedy that. I think it’d be a strong motivator to keep working on highly requested- and niche features that the more “hardcore” Avelon users would appreciate. And again - if people have thoughts about what they think would be best, I’m happy to discuss the topic further!