@laubblaeser @timkrief @fdroidorg they last committed...

@laubblaeser @timkrief @fdroidorg they last committed to keeping the K-9 branding in August, on a now sundowned blog: https://k9mail.app/2024/08/28/What's-Happening-With-the-K-9-Blog.html

"And for all of you who are fans of our little robot dog, the K-9 app and all its associated branding will be maintained alongside Thunderbird for the foreseeable future"

But the very next month, on the new blog: https://blog.thunderbird.net/2024/09/thunderbird-for-android-k-9-mail-july-aug-2024-progress-report/#comment-5514

"And yes, K-9 will eventually be phased out"

Bummed out by this. Definitely did not want corpo buyout of my email app

Like 4 November at 13:57 | Wall-to-wall | Open on urbanists.social

2 comments

Fred

@achadwick @timkrief @fdroidorg So it's exactly the same app with no changes except for the branding? If so, then I'll just switch over from #K9Mail to #Thunderbird rather sooner than later to be done with it.

4 November at 14:44 | Open on ruhr.social

Andrew C

@laubblaeser @timkrief @fdroidorg Seeing how Mozilla's priorities have changed over the past couple of years, I live in vain hope that a Fennec-like situation arises. An independent defanged build some time between when they drop the K-9 branding and when they start shovelling crapware that nobody wants into the product. Perhaps it could be called FIDO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K9_(Doctor_Who)#Conceptual_history

(Shame that maintaining such a build is bloody hard work..)

4 November at 15:12 | Open on urbanists.social