• sYnoxjj@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Storing data usage, personal ads, 21.99€ just to remove ads or a subscription model.

    I’m a dev myself and I get that everyone needs to be compensated, but right now I have only one thought:

    “You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain.”

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      1 year ago

      I honestly can’t believe what I’m seeing on Lemmy RE: Sync. Lemmy itself doesn’t have ads, neither do the iOS apps that I’ve been using - Memmy (which is AMAZING) and Liftoff, yet here comes Sync injecting ads in and having absurd subscriptions or one time fees…and I’m seeing comments about people “crying because I’m so happy” and “can’t stop smiling” lol.

      Seems the reddit app devs who made their millions off the back of reddits free content are now coming here and just going straight to reddit 2.0 money making mode lol. They’re now charging people to use their app that is using a free API. These are the same devs that chose to close their reddit apps completely instead of offering a subscription model that would pay for the api access. Make it make sense.

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        It’s worth noting they did already have a subscription model in place with Sync for Reddit. The difference would’ve been in losing the ad-supported free version of the app due to the API changes.

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          And instead of just making it subscription only he decided to kill the entire app…to then come here and milk the Lemmy crowd and show them ads lol.

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            Reddit was the one who killed the app by implementing the API changes (it actually killed a number of apps earlier than expected that day).

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              No, what killed the app were the devs choosing not to switch to a subscription-only model.

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      Been a long time supporter of sync. Honestly a bit sad to see there’s nothing for those that had pro/ultra before :/

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      Yeah, just seeing that it will collect data about me for personalized ads was a turnoff. There are plenty of Lemmy clients without ads. I can’t imagine seeing ads while using Lemmy, either.

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      Sync Ultra and Adfree are two different things altogether.

      Ultra comes with adfree as a perk among with a ton of other stuff, but if all you care for is adfree, that’s $9.99 lifetime.

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      I’m not advocating for anyone to buy a price they’re not comfortable with, but personally I reasoned that, having used Sync for nearly 10 years, it would be like paying 10 bucks for each of those years for an app that I have used the most out of all the apps in my life

      Sync was a huge part of my life (will continue to be), and I am happy to compensate for that.

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      Or you use discord and direct engagement with users to cultivate a fanclub around yourself, and set them lose to brigade everywhere and defend literally every single decision. Then they’ll cheer you as you become the villain