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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?

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45 points

Are we not free to decide which software we use? If so, then your question can only be answered individually.

Your second question confuses me a little. There is nothing inherently pro or anti capitalist about the tech, especially in light of the first point.

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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.

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Not full time, he was a student iirc which is why he went MIA for like a year

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He went MIA when people hated v20, apparently he was a bit burnt out already and the response to the update was the tipping point. But LJ does make a living out of Sync.

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3 points

Schrödinger’s Ads

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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.

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So developers shouldn’t be allowed to make money for the time and effort they put in to making apps?

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It’s worth twenty dollars for a better experience with more polish than any other app. No question.

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Easily

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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?

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