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Appreciation post for Liftoff not collecting user data or injecting ads. (lemm.ee)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Holodeck_Moriarty@lemm.ee to c/liftoff@lemmy.world
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I was looking forward to trying Sync today now that it's live, but my enthusiasm was immediately dampened after seeing the "Data Safety" section on the Google Play store.

Liftoff has been great, and want to say thanks for making an awesome app. This will continue to be my daily driver.

Edit: for clarity, because the post got way bigger than I expected.

Sync looks like a fantastic app, and the dev/s should charge whatever they feel is fair for their efforts, even if that's through the usual ads + ad tracking.

My intent was just to post here in /c/Liftoff to thank the Liftoff devs for managing to somehow offer an awesome app without any of that.

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[-] Lord_Logjam@lemmy.world 141 points 11 months ago

Sync has just updated to allow a one off payment to remove ads. Dawson is also adding a one off payment for lifetime Ultra as well.

[-] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 21 points 11 months ago

But lemmy doesn't have ads?

[-] can@lemmy.ca 33 points 11 months ago

It's a monetization strategy for the work he's put into the app. I see why people don't like it but I never intended to see a single ad in Sync anyway

[-] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 18 points 11 months ago

Ahhh that's a no from me. I'd pay if I like it, but injecting ads into the feed and I'm out. Just trying liftoff now. Seems solid.

[-] Cheems@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

I like liftoff a lot. There are a couple of features I'd like to see (such as an option to automatically hide child comments) however they've already added other features I've suggested.

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

Shouldn't some of the ad revenue be going to the Lemmy servers? Seems kinda wack.

[-] 9point6@lemmy.world 37 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I've read elsewhere that this app is his full time job, and this is obviously my opinion, but FWIW sync has by far the best UX of any app I've ever used and I've been using it for about a decade.

[-] Blazingflames6073@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Weird, I remember him having a job and sync being a side thing. Something the moderators mentioned after LJ pushed that big update on sync for reddit and some users attacked him to the point he took a break.

[-] 9point6@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

I think that may have been before he went full time on the app, I could definitely be wrong though

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