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Appreciation post for Liftoff not collecting user data or injecting ads. (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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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[–] GiddyGap@lemmy.world 47 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sounds like you didn't actually try the app. It's super fast and smooth. Lots of customization, great UI. I happily pay for that effort.

Sync will surely make the lemmy ecosystem more attractive and bring in a ton more people, which is a great thing for everyone here whether you use the app or not.

[–] jarfil@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ok, so I have been trying out Sync... and well, yes, the UI is slightly better, but most of the "fancy" stuff is only in the paid version... which is kind of steep for stuff I could wait a year or two without.

Most interesting feature I've seen, is the search function, but it still fails in many places, so that's somewhat bittersweet. Curiously, it's one of the free ones, so... well, I guess I'll leave it installed for a while and see how things go.

[–] moitoi@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

More people isn't great. It's how social media begin to sink. It was like this on Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, etc.

[–] designated_fridge@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, Google+ was such a hit thanks to its lack of users

[–] moitoi@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There is an optimum. But, the more is the best isn't true for communities and social media.

[–] MiniBN@jlai.lu 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe, but we are waaaay under that "optimum" right now, so for now the more is the best

[–] moitoi@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Optimum doesn't mean a lot or infinity. It varies from community to community and social platform to social platform.

Reddit peaked sometimes ago. But Lemmy is not reddit and it's not focused on the grow.

[–] Laticauda@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

The problem with those sites was not the amount of users.