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Or Voyeger or any other opensource Lemmy client.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Infinity won't let me log in. So far I'm really liking Sync. And I'm completely fine with a subscription at it's current price. I'm happy to support devs. 8 don't like working for free. Not sure why they should have to. And so it's either ads or subscriptions. Pick your poison.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

And so it’s either ads or subscriptions. Pick your poison.

Please think really hard for a moment and try to consider whether there are more ways to purchase something than by subscription or ad support.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There would be a lifetime one time payment option coming up.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Okay. But I feel one time purchase is a good option

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That is actually what I was referring to, yes. It is a much better option than a subscription.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No I wasn't. I was talking about a one-time purchase, which is the default option for most products in existence.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

One time payments would be great, but the devs make a lot more from subscriptions. You don't see services like Netflix or Hulu offering one time payments options. As a consumer, I love it, but the devs might not be able to sustain the app from that model. I'd be interested if you have any other ideas though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Netflix and Hulu, you're paying for content. Completely different.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You've moved the goalposts. First, you said this:

I’m happy to support devs. 8 don’t like working for free. Not sure why they should have to. And so it’s either ads or subscriptions.

In other words, if you don't pay a subscription or see ads, the developer gets no money at all. You're using the app "for free."

Now you're saying that it's not "for free," just not enough to make a living. And what's more, you're using a mere suspicion to justify your very confident insistence that we need to "pick our poison," and that a one-time purchase is just not an option.

Basically, my point is that you need to choose what point you want to make and stick with it, because your argument has changed dramatically in the course of just two comments.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yes the app is really well made