diff --git a/news.json b/news.json index c09f70c..3acf249 100644 --- a/news.json +++ b/news.json @@ -108,5 +108,10 @@ "message_id": 197, "text": "Hello everyone, sad news today.\n\nGrindr has implemented Google's new PairIP protection.\nThis system implements advanced native-backed VMProtect-esque protections to Android apps. \n\nThere is no bypass publicly available online right now, and we don't have the time nor the expertise required to implement one.\n\nThe current releases are *probably* the last ones we will be able to publish, at least until someone develops a new bypass. But this is probably the end.\n\nIt's been a wild ride.", "date": 1774135930 + }, + { + "message_id": 198, + "text": "Unfortunately the monthly cost for the download server utilized by the manager is now exceeding our financial ability to support. In ordinary times we'd ask for donations to help support the cost of keeping the project running. However, because Grindr has made the continued maintenance and development of this project unfeasible with the recent introduction of PairIP DRM, we're now going to use this as a cue to start winding down GrindrPlus operations.\n\nThe first thing to go will be the auto-download functionality of the manager. The GrindrPlus server will no longer host any files and the version selector in the auto patcher will not show any available versions. You'll still be able to use your existing installations and manually download the APK files and use the manager to patch them with the custom files option. I have set up a mechanism to perform these changes when it would start costing more money than our previous threshold. I would estimate this to take effect sometime in the third week of this month.\n\nThe next thing to happen will likely be Grindr enforcing updates past versions where GrindrPlus is able to support. When this happens, the repository will be archived and no new code submissions will be accepted.\n\nAfter that, the telegram and discord may continue to operate or they may be archived - which option will be taken hasn't been decided yet. Expect this to happen sometime after Grindr kills the mod.\n\nOnce again, we thank you for joining us for these few years and we wish you all the best going forward.\nYou can find a \"Custom install\" guide in the post's comments. If you want to ask for support, please join the Group Chat at @GrindrPlus.", + "date": 1775125106 } ]