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Sync for lemmy is now out!
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Finally out 🙌
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this post was submitted on 02 Aug 2023
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Its nice but its an ad supported experience, I'd rather just pay for the app than pay a monthly/yearly subscription. Good new option, just not one I'll be using specifically.
Use private dns which blocks ads. I am using that and there are no ads.
Great idea! Is Adguard still the all around best?
Yeah
NextDNS is more customizable and less Russian.
Yeah.
We said it the same time XD
A lifetime purchase option has been added. A little pricy though imho.
for how long?
Permanent.
The subscription model is not a great idea considering lemmy is not as popular as reddit.
I hate ads and will never download an app that has ads for a platform that doesn't have ads, just so I have to pay to get rid of ads (which of course includes tracking you for the best ads).
"No added ads" is a non-feature.
I understand people wanting to support the dev, but is their code so bad that they really have to add ads to make money? Apollo never had ads.
You can either charge for good code or for no-ads.
Charging for no-ads on an opensource platform is just sad. Why not enrich instead?
Edit: Apollo was made for Reddit, some smug corp. and even they didn't have ads. Ads on opensource is misusing opensource.
Ads shouldn't even be a topic of discussion. Before Sync there were no ads related to Lemmy. How much harder can you piss in the face of all other people contributing.
iOS users are more likely to pay for apps. ad-supported is common. Of course you could so both.
I'm a dev myself. I'd never disrespect my userbase by adding ads and tracking to my products. Instead, they can choose to pay for real features.
Edit: But Sync are free to do as they wish. Just weird that they add ads to an ad-free platform. You're paying for the problem they created, not for innovation.
If you read my comment you know I never said I expect anyone to work for free. Don't put those words in my mouth, if it is what you are thinking yourself.
Yes I prefer up front payment over ads (in the EU you have a right to withdrawal your purchase if you regret).
I prefer not having tech at all over having Google's ads. Even 1 ad before being able to remove those ads, on an ad free platform. Any developer working with Google ads is not trustworthy.
Instead, support and donate to your instance. Those people work just as hard if not harder.
Just a heads up, Sync's just been updated with a one-time payment for permanently removing ads. The Sync dev is just one guy working on it full time, so I think the pricing ($20/€20) is fair.
That's great. Enjoy it.