I meant it. I had done it before. I know what hardware costs, not just in money, but in decisions you make at 2am about components that may or may not arrive, about inventory that ties up capital for months before a single unit ships. When I moved into SaaS, the relief was real. Software scales. Software does not sit in a warehouse.
After a pause of more than a year (because I had to do some other things), I'm now continuing the development, have just released a "first" update, see here.
I plan to work on App Finder now near full-time for the next 1 to 1.5 years, the list of planned features is long :)