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What's more infuriating is that Lemmy itself doesn't have ads but Sync has, sadly.
I understand, but the dev works on this app full time so he has to earn a living somehow. Even the core Lemmy devs are able to work on Lemmy full time because they got some funding from a grant.
In my recollection sync for reddit had multiple long gaps in communication from the dev, including pretty shortly after subscriptions were first announced. I appreciate the desire to be paid, but I didn't find it clear that there were ongoing development or support efforts.
He took a few months off here or there for irl issues. I've been using Sync for nearly a decade, my personal opinion is that the drama is overblown. Even if he disappeared I would have gotten my money's worth out of the app, I used it daily for 1 - 2 hours a day.
Agreed, I've been using sync since 2016 and yeah the Dev disappeared here and there for a bit but it was always for personal reasons. Shit happens. The drama was definitely a bit much IMO.
That being said, I'm absolutely sick of everything turning into subscriptions, I'll wait for either the lifetime option or just removing ads.
Oye, Timothy
Oye beltalowda, fo keng to im gut.
I mean i agree the dev should be paid for the work. But it just seems a bit odd to require a subscription to remove ads using a service that does not have ads or backend cost from a api. I think there should be no ads or at the very least a one time purchase to remove just ads. Like I understand a subscription for like power user features. And i am not some cheap ass complaining I have probably given the dev 100+ dollars in support between patreon, ultra subscription, ultra lifetime purchases.
But the dev already confirmed that they'll put a one time payment for removing ads though, just not in this beta release.
That information should be front and centre.
Yeah LJ clearly underestimated how much people hate subscriptions here
Really should have checked any thread on lemmy.ml about Sync then.
But when you serve ads on a platform that doesn't have ads, why would I use the ad enabled app when I can just go on the actual site?
Everyone needs to make their own decision but IMO Syncโs UI is a million times better than the actual site even with ads.
But there are tons of other third party apps that are ad free that are just as good as Sync.
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No, I'm with you. I had Sync Pro for Reddit and would happily do the same here. Like you, I just don't want another subscription.
I'll admit to being a bit confused because I've been using sync for a couple of hours now and have yet to see an ad myself.
Yeah I just started using it and I haven't seen an ad. I know what ads for Sync looked like on Reddit, too.
I've noticed that no ads are shown when you disable all tracking and reject cookies. Might be EU only though.
I'm Canadian, dunno if we'd have a similar effect.
Iโve seen ads but I have also seen empty ad placeholders.
Yeah, I'm not too happy about that. I'll give this a few days, at least, but I can't stand ads. It never occurred to me that they would be brought in for a platform that otherwise has none. I paid for a lifetime subscription on Sync for Reddit. For Lemmy, Connect is close enough to the Sync experience that I'm about to say fuck this and go back to it.
I am happy as well with Voyager as web app for both Android and PC.