Comment on As an OG Reddit Sync user of over 10 years, all this arguing really brings a tear to my eye. 🥲

C3D@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• JJROKCZ@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I agree, just wish they would stop mentioning how their app is “just so great and only $20 to get no ads” in every single thread and every other post on every instance

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  • Klystron@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    My comment to that is in every single thread and every other post on every other instance someone is saying how sync is ad filled and tracker heavy. So let’s just all agree to never talk about apps, ever.

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    • JDubbleu@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I wasn’t a Sync user on Reddit, but Relay didn’t make it over to Lemmy. Sync has some of the most non-intrusive ads I’ve ever seen, and that’s coming from someone who is extremely anti-ads. They’re very different from the actual posts and super easy to just scroll past. It’s also very clearly made by someone who is great with UI/UX.

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  • electriccars@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Oh man, Sync is just so great and only $20 to get no ads you should give it a try!

    Play store link: Sync for Lemmy

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  • TheIceKaguyaCometh@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Are “they” in the room with us right now?

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    • bigmanjezza@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      what happens when you say sync in the mirror 3 times

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      • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        The water turns on.

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  • MrGerrit@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    But that’s more in response to people saying it cost over 100$ to remove ads and it has trackers.

    The ultra life time cost 100$, it stops the ads and also comes with some extra features that isn’t needed to enjoy sync.

    For 20$ the ads will stop and the trackers will be disabled.

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    • whataboutshutup@discuss.online ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Why would you need to pay $20 to access free content? Devs don’t pay any creator who makes you scroll Lemmy. They are useless and sell you air.

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      • redcalcium@lemmy.institute ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        If someone sell an air purifier, would you berate them for selling access to free air? Of course not, your can still get free air without it. The air purifier just make the free air feel nicer. Just like sync making browsing free Lemmy contents feel nicer.

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      • MrGerrit@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        You don’t need to do anything, just keep on using the FOSS apps. It’s all good. It’s all about having choice.

        The content isn’t really “free” the people running the servers need to be paid also. If nobody would donate or they don’t use any other form of getting funds, the servers wouldn’t last.

        Sync just provides a way to get to content in a nice polished way, at least that’s how experience it. I could watch ads but I paid for a more better experience.

        Both need to make money to eat and keep things running.

        When you take a taxi to see a movie, nobody thinks that the taxi driver shouldn’t be paid.

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  • ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The only comments I personally see are complaining about the price. Most people just use it. I subscribed instantly and knew I would before the price was revealed. I’m only saying it because it’s on topic now, but tend not to get into the discussion because in the end it’s up to the individual whether or not the cost makes the app worth using.

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    • anonymous_bot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I use Sync because it was my favorite client for reddit but I’m definitely gonna hold out on paying until there is a sale or something. My usage of Lemmy is not that high at the moment.

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      • ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        And I would never say that anyone should pay for something unless they feel it to be worth the price. Just like I wouldn’t tell someone not to pay for it because I think the price is too high for me.

        I’ve used Sync for as many years as I was on reddit. I paid almost nothing for the app back then compared to the amount of time I’ve spent on it.

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• whataboutshutup@discuss.online ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Unless it should? And we shall bully them? They should feel unneeded there?

  They put ads and ask for cash while showing other people’s free resources they put their mind to create? While no other client do so? And plenty of people\bots enable them? And call that a pointless argument on fediverse? Lmao.

  Their spines should be broken asap, and everything around Lemmy should stay free or donation-based. If it is not, next you see are paywalled apps and instances. No one would benefit from a trend of purchaseable clients but these devs, while they don’t bring content, or anything to the table. Their app is useless without others’ work, and yet they charge you 20-100 bucks for being a middleman between you and it. It’s senseless.

  Fuck sync devs. Fuck sync shills. Fuck them all.

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  • moriquende@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    They bring something to the table: the app. It’s a lot of work to build an app, and takes a lot of time and knowledge. It’s perfectly okay to monetize your work. If you don’t like it, why not build one yourself? The servers are there, and they are free. So is the documentation, and the protocols.

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    • whataboutshutup@discuss.online ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Their invasive tactics are concerning. If we’d eat that, other devs may follow. It may become the new reality.

      Servers aren’t free. Donating to your instance is better than paying forban add-free Sync experience. This way you also help other users by making downtime even less noticeable.

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      • moriquende@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Nothing is free. If you value the app and don’t like ads, pay for it. If not, use a free one or build one yourself. If you value the service a server is providing, pay for it. Why would you want to artificially restrict our possibilities? it’s not like we can only choose one or the other.

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  • electriccars@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Thanks for making Lemmy feel like home, it wouldn’t without you!

    The reality is it’s a free world, regardless of what morality you put on things there are going to be things that happen that you don’t like. That’s life.

    Like it or not Lemmy has had explosive growth because of apps like Sync. Because of them being killed off by Reddit. If it weren’t for the drama of Reddit doing that, I and millions of other users wouldn’t be here right now as we’d still be on Reddit.

    Even people who weren’t using the 3rd party apps left Reddit because Reddit’s actions left a bad taste in their mouths.

    So, morality of one guy charging for his honest work in creating the paid or ad supported app aside, you should be thanking the apps including sync for helping drive so many users to Lemmy.

    If you yourself don’t want to use a paid app, then that’s okay! We’re all allowed to respond or react to things how we want, but being incredibly divisive for something that a lot of people wanted and that really is inconsequential is almost universally frowned on.

    Just let people do what they want and don’t shoot them down for it. More options for browsing Lemmy = more Lemmings = more content.

    Much love my dude! We may disagree on this but we agree on many many many more things I’m sure, just because we’re on Lemmy instead of Reddit in the first place is proof of that! ✌️

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    • whataboutshutup@discuss.online ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Someone downvoted you for the first paragraph, I guess.

      I don’t think Sync impacted the reach of Lemmy just yet (it rolled out how many days before?) but it would, maybe. Especially for those who used it before.

      I spat acid not because I’m pissed at people who use it or devs especially, but for not seeing any critique. It seems like an important turning point for Lemmy as a community. And no one bat an eye. I acted as a counterbalance. A mad one, and picked some low-stakes fights. It was funny.

      Have a nice day, dude\ss.

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  • CurlyMoustache@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Are you OK?

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