What it change
Sync for Reddit pro cost me €2.69 in 2015. €23 is a bit of a step up.
Lemmy has maybe 0.1% of the users Reddit has.
The dev can’t rely on tens of thousands of people paying a dollar, he needs thousands of people to pay ten dollars. Or whatever the equivalent is.
True, probably to adjust to how much the subscription model makes.
If you’ve ever used Infinity for Reddit, there is a version for Lemmy that just released too. It has no ads and is opensource.
Pihole at home is blocking it so far. I’d like to pay the developer when the price is a bit more in range.
Thanks, I saw it in another thread and installed it earlier. I’m mostly using Thunder because earlier it was the only client with haptic feedback, but it’s a bit rough around the edges. I used to use Infinity for Reddit before.
I don’t mind paying more since Lemmy is a smaller market but I’ll wait for a sale I think.
I’m still probably going to hold out for Boost for Lemmy to come out, so I’m just on the $2/mo plan right now.
That’s cool. 60 cent can of tomato soup now costs $3.50
My rent went from $850 to $2300
Do you think you should pay 2015 prices in 2023?
I expect the price to increase for sure. But still, I’ve got options and can choose.
You can now make a one-time purchase to remove ads. You can find the option below the account switcher.
Tell me how
Crazy how when it updated this morning, pay to remove ads was 12.99. I went back in and it’s now 19.99. Crazy.
Still says $12.99 for me. I also haven’t seen a single ad on the free version. Not paying till I see one.
That $12.99 was for a year subscription and is still available as an option. $19.99 is the buy-once and have ads removed forever.
nope. it was the same ‘remove ads’ button. same functionality, just higher price. There is only one option.
The buy once option literally just appeared like an hour ago. The update just went live and didn’t exist before this update.
Man is it wild to see the change of heart people have had. From all out support of LJ and sync saying they’ll pay w.e is needed to now actually needing to pay what is needed and shitting on it.
Agreed, it’s sad to see.
I’ve been a user of sync for idk how long.
LJ is a one man shop and he pounded this out over the course of what? A month? Dude has every right to charge what he feels is right for the software.
Honestly at this point there’s no guarantee that lemmy is going to stick around very long, we’re already seeing big communities shut down and splinter. I say strike while the iron is hot and get yours.
I’ll admit I was a little shocked when I saw the pricing, and I will probably need to wait a week or two until I’m on a non-mortgage-paycheck to buy it, but I plan on grabbing pro to support him.
I used Sync for reddit for close to 10 years for like $5 I can afford to give back a bit.
Edit to add another thought: Sync is probably my most used app ever on my phone. I pay $15 or whatever per month for various streaming services, Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max etc… and I probably spend more time on Sync than any of those.
I’ve paid $50-60 for games I’ve put less than 20 hours into playing.
You can now pay one time to remove ads without subscribing to Ultra.
What if we’ve already subscribed to Ultra but just want the one time payment?
Can’t imagine he can handle all refunds for that reason. He won’t have time to work on the app.
I have no issue with him keeping the money I already spent on Ultra and then paying for the Pro. Worth it.
