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Please put your money where your mouth is. (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by TheBest@lemmy.world to c/syncforlemmy@lemmy.world

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Sync Ultra is a very reasonable $17 a YEAR. YouTube Premium is reaching that per MONTH. I have sync downloaded and it was the first thing I did. Thanks lj for the beautiful app.

[EDIT: That was a poor comparison, as pointed out in the comments. Leaving it for discussion sake.

There are many counterpoints and actually good discussion happening down below. Even if you don't agree, thanks for showing me a different perspective!

If you want to support Sync, make sure to support the Lemmy Devs and your instance holders as well!

*This post was made early in the day before the update added the OTP option.]

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[-] olpappy@mander.xyz 21 points 11 months ago

Am I the only one who thinks that sync pro for reddit subscribers should have their one time purchase be honored/restored?

[-] knobbysideup@lemm.ee 15 points 11 months ago

Not with the overhaul required. That said, the asking price is too steep.

[-] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 14 points 11 months ago

Yeaaaaa I would like that but I don't see it being possible or feasible, I bought sync dev years ago, don't mind throwing another few dollars in

[-] olpappy@mander.xyz 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yeah but the one-time purchase now is hardly another few dollars... Its $99 now, which is absurd.

Edit: I see now that there is a $20 version to remove ads. Still would be great if they honored folks who paid for reddit's syncpro, especially considering that version blocked reddit ads, and this version blocks ads inserted by the app itself.

[-] eco@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

It blocked ads inserted by Sync. No third party app ever displayed reddit ads to my knowledge.

[-] isthingoneventhis@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

:/ had to buy sync twice. Had it for a few years and one day it was like ! hey I'm not working anymore !

A bit frustrating but honestly sync is worth chipping some money towards.

[-] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

I actually don't see an option to buy it once at all, I'm not really wanting to pay a subscription lol

[-] isthingoneventhis@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I fucking hate how subscriptions are just the default now. Tbh I will probably just pleb it up with the free version.

[-] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

There was an update that added a ad free one time payment or a lifetime ultra sub.

I used sync for a loooong time on Reddit so...

[-] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 13 points 11 months ago

The devs time in rewriting and testing a whole new backend for Lemmy isn't free though.

[-] scarrtt@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I got Ultra Lifetime when it launched 13 months ago, $35 as I recall. People who didn't go the "supportive" route paid $19 for that year. This rubs me up the wrong way even though I don't care about the money, it's not actual adversity or anything. Just doesn't sit well. Also paid the previous prices when the app launched many years ago

[-] Golther@infosec.pub 3 points 11 months ago

I agree.

[-] eco@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Ultra Lifetime is arguable but as I understand it, it's not that easy because Google Play doesn't have a way to transfer subscriptions between apps like that.

Pro I don't think makes sense because it was pretty cheap to begin with. Pro ended up costing me $0.00062/day ($2.50 11 years ago). Kind of makes me feel guilty to be honest.