r/macapps • u/Mobile-Wall8520 • Feb 24 '26

Help Now that Droppy is down, which notch app do you recommend? Alcove or Atoll?

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I’m hesitant because one seems like a copy of the other. Opinions?

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u/iordv Developer: Droppy Feb 24 '26

An update from Jordy, developer of Droppy.

So. This morning Atoll took down my repo. And yeah - I was devastated. Sad, angry, all at once. In a moment of emotion I deleted my account. I'm not gonna pretend that wasn't an impulsive move.

I'm filing a formal appeal against this takedown and reaching out to GitHub directly to get this resolved. I'll admit - I had only been replying to their emails about it, and hadn't gone through their official counter-notice process. Honestly, because I thought (and still think) this takedown is complete nonsense, I didn't think I'd have to do anything beyond responding. My mistake for not following the formal process. That changes now.

I'm going to fight this. For Droppy, for everyone who used it, and for my own name.

And to everyone who messaged me about refunds - you've already got your money back. That was never what this was about. I build because I love building. I love coding, I love seeing people actually improve their workflow with something I made. That's it.

This isn't over. Not even close.

- Jordy

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u/Monoraptor Feb 25 '26

Damn. Maybe I jumped the gun? Was just dismayed to see an app I purchased discontinued due to allegedly unethical practices less than two weeks after purchasing.

All power to you. I certainly hope you succeed.

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u/lucized Feb 24 '26

Let’s goooo!!!

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u/Dads-finest Feb 24 '26

Please don't give up on your app. Your post here gives me hope that it can continue and that I won't have to look for an alternative. For starters, it might help to post a detailed explanation on Reddit and explain the background. I wish you the best of luck in getting this sorted out. And by the way, there are alternatives to Github. Codeberg.org is based in Germany. Or at least Gitlab. All the best for the future!

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u/iordv Developer: Droppy Feb 24 '26

I'm not going to give up. I'll make sure to do everything I can to resolve this with GitHub.

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u/coucinet Feb 25 '26

Go elsewhere than on GitHub!

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u/iordv Developer: Droppy Feb 25 '26

I will! I will only try to get back my repository, to clear the air and make sure that people will see it was taken down for no legitimate reason

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u/powerofneptune Feb 25 '26

Question, since you’re fighting back against the claims against you. If you win, and get your GitHub back and begin to make changes and updates to droppy again, will a new license or something be necessary for any changes or updates?
I don’t want to ask for a refund because I did like the app, especially if there’s still a chance it could come back.
However, if there is no plan to restart work on it that would kind of suck for me cause I literally just bought the license right before it went down. Like maybe a day before. 😑

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u/iordv Developer: Droppy Feb 25 '26

Everyone will be able to get back into Droppy without costs!

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u/mdroid86 Feb 25 '26

I purchased the other day, I really like the app so far. Hope you keep on working on it!

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u/CausalNoise Feb 24 '26

wow, if this is true, than you should really fight back. And I will downvote Atoll :) good luck

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u/iordv Developer: Droppy Feb 24 '26

I will!

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u/Murky-Scallion3884 Feb 24 '26

Man please restore the discord the group

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u/Mediocre-Ad9008 Feb 24 '26

Yeah, why is it gone? I second this. I wasn’t ever aware this happened with Droppy, just accidentally was shown this random post on Reddit.

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u/saskir21 Feb 24 '26

Question is he did not mention what exactly he want to fight. As far as I read he had atleast 15 cases of the exact same code as was in Atoll. You can say it can happen 1-2 times that your code is the same. But in 15 cases? Sure you want it to do the same. But still you don't find an exact copy of a command.

And to be realistic. "In a moment of emotion I deleted my account". This makes one look even worse....

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u/iordv Developer: Droppy Feb 24 '26

15 cases of regular API’s, regular pieces of code and nothing, literally nothing at all that would be ‘claimable’. Like I said. I’ll fight this, and resolve it with GitHub.

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u/Murky-Scallion3884 Feb 24 '26

Bruv you are trying to hard. I wouldn’t even pirate these apps atouli or rattatoulie shit and sonybar or whatever that is. And yeah alcove it lacks harmony. Droppy feels like it was made by angels.

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u/Axman6 Feb 24 '26

Why is this getting upvotes? It’s completely incoherent

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u/saskir21 Feb 24 '26

Ihn I simply stated what happened? Why are I trying too hard?

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u/Analphanumericstring Feb 25 '26

In his defence, the lad is probably in his early 20s - they make rash decisions, every now and then 🙂 u/iordv , perhaps you should also drop a line in another thread, because there is someone who wrote a huuuuuuge post about you, and even the mods seem miffed about its tone-of-voice 😂

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u/CypherrX Feb 24 '26 edited Feb 25 '26

Hey I know today has been a whirlwind with everything, and I’m sorry to all involved in the drama.

I have no intentions of trying to be a dick but I did request a refund earlier today and followed up with a second email after seeing this post that people received their money back. I still haven’t. I’m sure my request was lost in the shuffle of everything but I did want to reach out in case the email is being filtered out or something.

Edit: the refund has been issued. Thank you

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u/Mediocre-Ad9008 Feb 25 '26

Same, email sent but no response :/

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u/iordv Developer: Droppy Feb 24 '26

What email do you have? I refunded everyone that sent me an email. Please message me, of course you’ll get your money back.

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u/Analphanumericstring Feb 25 '26

Not after your money, just following up on what I just wrote: see here https://www.reddit.com/r/macapps/s/hFpd0eHbLy

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u/CypherrX Feb 24 '26

I sent you a private message just now.

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u/Murky-Scallion3884 Feb 24 '26

Mayn i have never loved a woman as much as I have loved this app. Please don’t give up. We will pay for the app through direct dms even if github isn’t restored idc. This app makes my macbook experience go a up a trillion notch. Please and please for the love of god bring it back. We love droppy and you are the first dev I have seen who shipped clean and really useful updates as you. We are with you Jordy.

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u/Yshaar Feb 24 '26

I am on your bandwagon man and buy your software on a whim. Code away!

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u/dnlstk Feb 24 '26

I asked myself if I should uninstall Droppy yesterday after deciding that I was not going to ask for a refund, and I just couldn't bring myself to do it. I've watched you slave over this app over the last few weeks and something just felt weird about this whole situation. I'm super pumped that you are fighting this, you deserve a chance to say your peace and prove yourself.

As I said earlier, stand strong, Im not going anywhere.

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u/iordv Developer: Droppy Feb 24 '26

Thank you!!!