I assume by FOMO you mean the increased license price as time goes on, but as far as I understand (that decision was made before me), the idea is that the product becomes more valuable over time as a result of more features being added. You can still buy a one time license as of right now.
As far as abandonment is concerned, I can let you know that hasn’t been discussed. Bryan recently went on his first vacation since working on Oni, but work has resumed since he returned.
Feel free to let me know if you have any other questions — the Discord is always open!
I have a hard time believing that's the main motivation
I backed it early and paid less for a half-implemented editor but wanted to show support.
The later you back the more that's actually built.
What main motivation do you think the seller has? It's basically an early bird discount.
>It's basically an early bird discount.
When has that not been a marketing tactic
Interestingly, I've seen some devs turn the concept on its head and charge more up front, kind of to say "only buy in now if you are really doing this to support development, and in return you'll get an early release build - but you aren't buying the game early."
As far as abandonment, I had a fairly subtle issue with it shortly after starting to try it, and on github I opened an issue and got help troubleshooting it in a day, we were able to identify the problem and there was a fix in the build the following day.
Same, though I went back to MacVim. I thought they might bring something new to the table, bit it felt so much like VSCode + a vim plug-in, except with a subscription.
I was really just hoping for MacVim bit with a nicer UI.
I also wanted to vote against the pricing model, because I think it should be a one time purchase. The creator and his company behind the editor tries to create a serious FOMO on likely customers. I considered it to be a red flag on a potential abandonment. Additionally, I felt it would be easier for Visual Studio code become faster than Onivim 2 can have support for all Visual Studio code extensions.
On the plus side, Onivim 2 has some smart defaults which made it a joy to use. I encourage anyone who thinks about buying Onivim 2 to first learn how to fine tune VS Code to look and feel like Onivim 2 because you can.