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@make-simply-plural-open-source
Stop Google from limiting APK file usage
If Google limits APK file usage, it'll be really bad for all app developers and especially for plural app devs. Please sign the petition!! Also if you can contact some news outlets to get them to pay attention and write something about this, that would help immensely.
I will be contacting a few myself, but the more the merrier.
UPDATE: it's fine, just in early development.
Anyone know what the website [REDATED to prevent further website traffic] is all about? I can't seem to find any posts about it on tumblr. I also can't find a TOS or Privacy Policy on the website which is suspicious af. Also with it being invite only, there's only so many pages I can observe.
Any clarification about this website is appreciated. Thank you.
EDIT: I've been informed the website is safe, it's just in really early development and it's not ready for the wider public yet.
I am locking reblogs on this post and removing the name of the website and the link so that way there's less attention on the website until the dev is actually ready for more people to see it.
HEY
Simply Plural: A Public Resource
Simply Plural is very important to many MANY plurals and systems. And it is, unfortunately, being discontinued. Please sign this petition to try and get the dev to make it open source!
the simply plural news has awakened in me the want to create my own app
MAYBE i could make a small development team so i don't have to work alone?? if anyone is interested i could create a tumblr and discord for it...
Omg it’s actually crazy you’re sending this bc it also reawakened my want to do so and this morning I dug up my old mockups for an app…
If you decide to do so I’d gladly be on said development team :p
Reblogging the main post again so it sends a notif, but I wanted to update! Got some more friends involved and we're discussing in our friend server what features we might want for an SP alternative, and so on. One of our friends is also gonna contact some people (other systems, and also an IT guy who is a singlet but does know a few systems). So we're figuring stuff out!
Anyway, hit us up if you all have any news on your end /gen /nf
I’ll lyk for sure! I’ve got a whole lot of possible ideas for one after having used so many sites so I def think it’d be interesting to hear what everyone wants!
Yeeee!!
We're also discussing possibly getting in touch with The Plural Association (since Simply Plural used to work with them), and also posting in r/plural to see if there are more people willing to help.
The more the merrier in short /gen
I can’t send you the discord because you aren’t following me and have your messages set to only people you follow! If you message me I’ll give you the link ^^
Oop my bad! I'll change the setting on my tumblr and then send you a DM
the simply plural news has awakened in me the want to create my own app
MAYBE i could make a small development team so i don't have to work alone?? if anyone is interested i could create a tumblr and discord for it...
Omg it’s actually crazy you’re sending this bc it also reawakened my want to do so and this morning I dug up my old mockups for an app…
If you decide to do so I’d gladly be on said development team :p
Reblogging the main post again so it sends a notif, but I wanted to update! Got some more friends involved and we're discussing in our friend server what features we might want for an SP alternative, and so on. One of our friends is also gonna contact some people (other systems, and also an IT guy who is a singlet but does know a few systems). So we're figuring stuff out!
Anyway, hit us up if you all have any news on your end /gen /nf
I’ll lyk for sure! I’ve got a whole lot of possible ideas for one after having used so many sites so I def think it’d be interesting to hear what everyone wants!
Yeeee!!
We're also discussing possibly getting in touch with The Plural Association (since Simply Plural used to work with them), and also posting in r/plural to see if there are more people willing to help.
The more the merrier in short /gen
the simply plural news has awakened in me the want to create my own app
MAYBE i could make a small development team so i don't have to work alone?? if anyone is interested i could create a tumblr and discord for it...
Omg it’s actually crazy you’re sending this bc it also reawakened my want to do so and this morning I dug up my old mockups for an app…
If you decide to do so I’d gladly be on said development team :p
Reblogging the main post again so it sends a notif, but I wanted to update! Got some more friends involved and we're discussing in our friend server what features we might want for an SP alternative, and so on. One of our friends is also gonna contact some people (other systems, and also an IT guy who is a singlet but does know a few systems). So we're figuring stuff out!
Anyway, hit us up if you all have any news on your end /gen /nf
the simply plural news has awakened in me the want to create my own app
MAYBE i could make a small development team so i don't have to work alone?? if anyone is interested i could create a tumblr and discord for it...
Omg it’s actually crazy you’re sending this bc it also reawakened my want to do so and this morning I dug up my old mockups for an app…
If you decide to do so I’d gladly be on said development team :p
Psst!! A friend of mine and I are also discussing doing the same thing, so hit me up if that Discord server gets made.
(Alternatively I can also make a server but I'll leave it up to anon)
Simply Plural is Shutting Down: What Can We Do?
Aside from searching for alternatives and/or developing our own, not much it seems. Only one of the available alternatives functions remotely similarly to Simply Plural, and the devs have been known to be not the greatest.
That is why I'm proposing we all email Apparyllis asking them to make the code for Simply Plural (any code that doesn't expose personal info mind you) open source so folks have the chance to make their own alternatives to Simply Plural.
That is all. We don't need to ask for anything else, nor should we. The dev of Simply Plural has made it clear they don't want to work on the website/app anymore, so we should respect that and the only thing I feel we can ask for without stepping on toes is for them to give US (those of us who use the app) the chance to make our own versions of it.
And I think we should all make many versions of it, because a monopoly on something that acts primarily an accessibility tool is extremely dangerous.
If Windows can have Mac OS and Linux as competitors/alternatives, if twitter can have Bluesky as a competitor and an alternative, etc., then things like Simply Plural should too.
This is the only contact information I have found for Apparyllis (that doesn't involve going to their Discord, which I have no desire to do).
The page is in German but can be translated using Google Translate, so I will be copy-pasting both the untranslated and translated versions of the text in the above screenshots for accessibility.
German version:
Impressum
Apparyllis UG(haftungsbeschränkt) Friedrich-Ebert-Straße, 214 47800 Krefeld
E-Mail: [email protected]
Vertreten durch: Geschäftsführerin Céleste Peeters
Handelsregistereintrag: Registergericht: Amtsgericht Krefeld Registernummer: HRB 18360
Google translated version:
imprint
Apparyllis UG (limited liability) Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 214, 47800 Krefeld
Email: [email protected]
Represented by: Managing Director Céleste Peeters
Commercial register entry: Register court: Krefeld District Court, Register number: HRB 18360
I am also posting an email template for people who might not know what to say.
Email subject:
Simply Plural - Open Source Code?
Email body:
To whom it may concern,
I have just learned that Simply Plural will be shutting down in the near future, most likely mid-year. I was wondering if it would be possible for the dev to make the code open source (any code that wouldn't expose personal data) so other devs can have the chance to make their own versions of the app? There are almost no 1 to 1 alternatives to Simply Plural and the one available is run by controversial devs who will (unintentionally or otherwise) make people who use their alternative feel unsafe.
There being a monopoly on accessibility tools for systems is, in my opinion, quite dangerous.
Simply Plural should have more 1 to 1 (or at least really similar) alternatives, kind of like how Mac OS and Linux are alternatives to Microsoft Windows, Bluesky being an alternative to Twitter, etc.
Please consider making at least a useable portion of the code open source, so people have a chance at being able to build something they feel safe and comfortable using.
Thank you for your time and patience.
[Name(s) here]
NOTE: If you do not wish to use a template and instead want to write your own email, I'm going to ask that you remain respectful and non-aggressive in your communications.
Do not send threats, serious or not. Do not send insults.
I think that's all for now. I will be muting notifications for this post, as I'm sure there will be people telling me I'm "wasting my time" and blah blah blah.
I don't care, it's my time to waste. This issue is important to me, and unless we get a definitive Yes or No answer, I will continue to push for open source as an option.
Thank you for your time.
