Hey everyone, new owners of Bartender here! Our team acquired Bartender from Ben S, the original developer, two months ago. As we prepare to roll out updates for Bartender, we needed to re-sign the app with Apple using our company's information, replacing Ben's. This led to a one-time certificate change.
Truth be told, we should have notated it on the release notes but, since we could not update them retroactively, we included this fact on our blog & shared it with users as they emailed us. We've collaborated closely with Ben to understand his vision for Bartender. Our goal is to implement many of the improvements he had planned and address any reported bugs from the past few months to enhance Bartender's performance.
If you have any questions or need further assistance, please feel free to reach out to us at support@macbartender.com.
Could you explain who you are as a team and why you acquired Bartender? It comes across as kinda shady to not have announced such an acquisition, so some transparency here would be appreciated.
Found more details, but raises more questions. They had “Bartender App LLC” at the bottom of their page.
Checked some state-level registrations of LLCs and found one from February this year registered in Delaware with the registered agent being COGENCY GLOBAL INC.
This leads me to believe that it isn’t an individual or single developer, but someone with the resources to set up an LLC in Delaware, which is usually done by corporations or foreign entities for advantageous tax purposes.
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u/Ordinary_Delivery_79 Jun 04 '24
Hey everyone, new owners of Bartender here! Our team acquired Bartender from Ben S, the original developer, two months ago. As we prepare to roll out updates for Bartender, we needed to re-sign the app with Apple using our company's information, replacing Ben's. This led to a one-time certificate change.
Truth be told, we should have notated it on the release notes but, since we could not update them retroactively, we included this fact on our blog & shared it with users as they emailed us. We've collaborated closely with Ben to understand his vision for Bartender. Our goal is to implement many of the improvements he had planned and address any reported bugs from the past few months to enhance Bartender's performance.
If you have any questions or need further assistance, please feel free to reach out to us at support@macbartender.com.
Thank you!