Thanks for making Lemmy feel like home, it wouldnât without you!
The reality is itâs a free world, regardless of what morality you put on things there are going to be things that happen that you donât like. Thatâs 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 werenât for the drama of Reddit doing that, I and millions of other users wouldnât be here right now as weâd still be on Reddit.
Even people who werenât using the 3rd party apps left Reddit because Redditâs 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 donât want to use a paid app, then thatâs okay! Weâre 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 donât 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 Iâm sure, just because weâre on Lemmy instead of Reddit in the first place is proof of that! âď¸
moriquende@lemmy.world â¨1⊠â¨year⊠ago
They bring something to the table: the app. Itâs a lot of work to build an app, and takes a lot of time and knowledge. Itâs perfectly okay to monetize your work. If you donât like it, why not build one yourself? The servers are there, and they are free. So is the documentation, and the protocols.
whataboutshutup@discuss.online â¨1⊠â¨year⊠ago
Their invasive tactics are concerning. If weâd eat that, other devs may follow. It may become the new reality.
Servers arenât 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.
moriquende@lemmy.world â¨1⊠â¨year⊠ago
Nothing is free. If you value the app and donât 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? itâs not like we can only choose one or the other.
PopOfAfrica@lemmy.one â¨1⊠â¨year⊠ago
The problem isnt that its paid, itâs that they use google AdSense.
I do not trust a Dev willing to send my data through Google servers.
whataboutshutup@discuss.online â¨1⊠â¨year⊠ago
It may snowball into other apps wanting it too? The first to take this step out of blue is asking to face some resistance. Itâs natural. Iâm surprised no one else is against them.