Cause I like it at least $30 worth more than anything else I’ve tried.

$30 is way more than I want to spend to remove ads, but sync provides a customizable and visually appealing interface to access the website. It takes time and effort to make and I understand why the developer wants to monetize their app.

I spent whatever it cost to remove ads from the Reddit version and felt like it was money well spent.

I think this is the thing to remember, right here:

We don’t mind paying because we want to support the dev, so he can continue to make Sync for Lemmy as awesome for Lemmy as Sync for Reddit was. (And let’s not forget that it started out awesome enough to bring a lot of users to Lemmy as soon as it was released)

I’ve heard/read a lot of FOSS-or-die people donate to their favorite devs or apps or projects, so why is it so hard to believe that some of us are okay with donating to this? I paid to get rid of ads in Sync before I ever saw a single one - because I wanted to support LJ. Dude has done awesome work.

@DARbarian @Moneo why do the other foss apps have absolutely terrible UX?

Because we have spare money and we love Sync! Also its developer is amazing and has a great track record.

You make a fair point - there are plenty of free apps for Lemmy with no ads or purchases at all. For me personally, I use Sync (and paid for no ads) because I used it for years on Reddit and struggled to find a Lemmy app that worked/looked exactly how I wanted.

The price is on the high end, imo, but I don’t consider it unreasonable given that I would’ve wanted to donate to the creator of whatever app I settled in anyway in order to support their work. The only difference to me is that this was a one-time upfront payment rather than a monthly donation on Patreon.