I can finally use my favorite ****it app to browse lemmy!!

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[–] 52 points 2 years ago* (4 children)

After the astronomical pricing debacle with Sync for Lemmy... I instantly bought Boost ad free! Thanks @rmayayo@lemmy.world <3 Loved Boost for Reddit and I'm excited to keep using your app for Lemmy!

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Sync is out of their fucking mind with pricing. They were my preferred reddit app, but not for Lemmy

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  • [–] 28 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Oh BEYOND out of their minds. Sync is certainly a great app. But like, I can buy a game for what they wanted. I was a Boost user on Reddit, had that labour of love feel to it.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago*

    It wasn't a labor of love if he was charging for it, it just had a "small time dev" feel. A dev that just happens to have a fanclub encouraging every single decision he makes, no matter how dumb.

    Let's also not forget he tried to make it a subscription at release, only to quickly walk that back once people got pissed. He claims it was always the plan to have a one time charge, but seeing as how he wants as able to add it within 24 hours, there's no real reason why it couldn't have been there at release date except that he didn't want it to be.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    I'm really glad to hear I'm not the only one who balked on seeing the price. Off to Boost it is then!

    EDIT: Editing this comment from Boost. Already prefer it to Sync. Can't get my head around their pricing at all...

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    I paid $1 for Reddit Sync Pro and used it for hours a day for 13 years. In that time the developer provided dozens of updates, multiple major overhauls, and continual usage of functionality that requires the developer to pay ongoing API fees to provide.

    Sync for Lemmy pricing is exactly as much as it should be.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (2 children)
  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago*

    I've legit already "boosted the rocket" in Boost for Lemmy. My issue with Sync was the fucking audacity to ask for 30$. My google opinion rewards will slowly funnel their way into rocket fuel out of mere respect for him being humble.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    Lemmy is fairly shit, but I spend a lot of time here nonetheless. I've probably got more than 30 euro worth of value from it. But, that said I cant bring myself to pay that kind of money for an app.

    Again the other other side of that is subscription fees but we all hate them so I think the pricing is justifiable but not for me personally

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Sorry I'm out of the loop, but just searched it. Looks like Sync is $2/month or $17/year, is that the pricing people were upset about or? Because that hardly seems like anything to bulk at, but I don't know the whole situation either.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    People were far more upset at the one time fee to remove ads being 30$. The monthly subscriptions include extra features. I used sync with an adblock so I never saw the ads anyway. I wouldn't have seen them on boost either but it's the principle behind it.

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  • [–] 42 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    I prefer open-source apps (very happy currently with Voyager, see !voyagerapp@lemmy.world), but huge respect for the fair pricing!

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I am loving Voyager app too much. Not going back..

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I am on Lemmy for the first time today because of it!

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago

    Counter-Strike 2 and Boost for Lemmy releasing at the same time. Let's go! 😁

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    Using it right now. Really like it.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Proprietary and actually read the privacy policy, it's really unsettling

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    [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    Super excited! I had signed up in advance and saw it on my home screen today.

    Great app.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    The more the merrier! ☺️

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    The moment I finally started using lemmy for good.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Nice. Instantly bought the adfree version.

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 2 years ago

    I forgot to mention the post was submitted using Boost already!

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Boost was my app of choice for reddit. Being able to just import all my settings directly from old app makes it feel as if I never truly left

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    This makes me sad. I'm loving it so much, I can't give feedback to the developer.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    This is the one. For me at least.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Ooo has notifications too

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Yay! Great work, I love it. Thanks!

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The app is nice, but you get the Google ads in the free version. Personally I think you can have mostly the same experience without Ads on some other app like Connect.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago*

    It should be a price upfront. Instead it bakes ads into the app, ads which aren't even present on the instances. I find it a bit disrespectful towards the hosts who maintain their instances for free and only ask for donations.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Great timing!

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Trying it now!

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    [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    I think it would be great if the navigation bar applied material you design.

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