There was something that just felt wrong about the sync app thread in one of the lemmy.world communities. Just post after post of “yay, it’s like having reddit back again.” Reddit can fuck off. I like the novelty and slight roughness around the edges.
It’s more having a familiar app back, the look and feel of it all it’s so familiar to me that it’s great to have back. And it feels better than liftoff in my opinion
It’s worth twenty dollars to not see ads that don’t exist in the first place?
It’s worth introducing capitalism to the fediverse?
It’s worth twenty dollars to not see ads that don’t exist in the first place?
To me, yes. I spent a decade on sync pro for reddit, so it wasn’t even a thought. Others don’t have to feel the same way or use it.
It’s worth introducing capitalism to the fediverse?
I like the dev. I like supporting the dev to continue improving an app I like.
Value is subjective, but I do consider worth it to fund LJ’s work on the app.
He has been working on Sync for years full time, which is why Sync was/is one of the most polished and frequently updated apps out there. If there’s a small price to pay for it, so be it, the guy has to eat.
I don’t think a person selling an app is capitalism. There’s no means of production, there’s no apparent attempt to appropriate and profit from stuff that rightly belongs to the people who actually made it. Unless Sync is actually written by a bunch of people who are not getting ownership of the project?
To you old people angry at changes: is it illegal to enjoy stuff? Is it not good that Lemmy attracts people from reddit? This sounds to me like good old conservatism. Also if Sync dev turns into a capitalist pro slavery billionaire, Lemmy should be the place to welcome refugees.
As an old person with opinions:
What’s wrong with people sharing their opinions on a social media site? It’s what we’re all here for. If you’re annoyed that so many different people have this opinion, well… Here we are. Sometimes discussion is one-sided and sometimes it’s not.
I don’t want Reddit’s ads shoved down my throat and I don’t want a third party app’s neither. Not having an option to unlock ads permanently is a deal breaker for me. The developer just comes across as greedy tbh
You refusing to pay for services you use comes across as greedy tbh
Viewing ads is a form of payment. Deal with it, dude, or don’t use it. It’s not hard.
