i’d suggest he get some supplemental income then. the market for lemmy apps is oversaturated. sync has dedicated fans, but the overall response to this pricing structure should be proof enough that this wasn’t the optimum move.

this could’ve started with a regular ass subscription price to get rid of ads, and a message asking for donations with the intention to add more (maybe even paid) features later on, once sync is established as something more than a big name from the reddit days. instead we get a $100 price tag and an assurance it’ll probably be more worth it later on (i know users don’t have to pay for ultra premium or whatever to use the app, but it’s a matter of principal).

if you’re already a sync user it’s easy to do that on trust, but consider the perspective of someone who’s first real exposure to the app was this brushfire. the amount of vitriol that’s been thrown over comments on the level of “i think $100 is too much” hasn’t exactly given anyone warm fuzzies for sync.