I’m sorry but as a person who’s developed apps in Android in the past, I can tell you that making dark theme for apps should NOT be a paid feature whatsoever. This is purely and utterly ridiculous and clearly shows how corrupt Snapchat Inc. is. This is a basic feature that’s been around in Android apps for a while now but they wanna act like it’s the next big thing? Fuck off.
It’s not a secret that Snapchat’s CEO was a massive Apple fanboy and regularly dunked on Android. It shows in how each platform’s app utilizes their respective resources (i.e. the Android version taking a fucking screenshot despite the camera2 API being readily available).
Maybe the Revanced developers can overcome this. A quick search shows it is an open feature request.
Never forget Snapchat would previously send snaps from android phones by accessing the view finder and take a screenshot of the screen before sending (ie not using the actual camera).
This news does not surprise me in the slightest.
The fact iOS users got dark mode ages ago, and Snapchat is not hiding the fact that it’s a PAID feature on Android is ridiculous.
Not only paid, but requires a reoccurring subscription.
Considering the poor treatment of Android users. I would leave 1 star reviews and delete the app for good.
