If they demand payment for third party dev they wouldnât be free open source anymore, your argument is asinine. If you donât want to use a paid app then donât, stop acting like someone else doing it is in some way hurting you personally.
Comment on As an OG Reddit Sync user of over 10 years, all this arguing really brings a tear to my eye. đĽ˛
codemaster@lemmy.world â¨10⊠â¨months⊠agoMy trust was already broken. These lemmy instances come free of charge, free of ads and free of trackers, and this pig of a dev comes around and pulls out an Ă la spez shenanigan and everyone praises him. He should be keelhauled. And the lemmy servers should block apps that insert ads unless they share profits. Iâd be happy to pay for features that add to lemmy, not for features that were taken away. Fuck sync for lemmy
Madison420@lemmy.world â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
havokdj@lemmy.world â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Not getting into this argument because I personally donât give a shit about the whole situation, but that isnât really how FOSS works.
The software itself is free, the servers themselves are a service however. That is not free, it may be free to US, but somebody is footing the bill.
That being said, if the sync developer is developing an app for a platform that itself does not use ads and relies solely on donation, ethically speaking he should at least donate some of the profit to the Lemmy devs (even if just 1%), considering that the app DOES rely on their software and they themselves are not seeing any of those funds whatsoever. I have no problem with donations whatsoever, but keep in mind that it isnât like sync is the greatest creation ever made and is totally self reliant, it 100% depends on Lemmy itself to function.
Whether he does or not doesnât matter to me because jerboa works perfectly fine for me, but that is just my .02. People are really getting way too fucking heated about this shit and seeing it start to infect spaces like shitpost is honestly turning me off to Lemmy.
People are treating the app like the second coming of Christ FFS.
Madison420@lemmy.world â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
It is.
Correct, the use of the service at the moment is free the fee l third party creators are charging for their service in development of that particular interface. Theyâre free to do that.
Who says he doesnât? You legit donât know what deal they may or may not have, stop assuming.
Bro itâs shit post⌠What standards are you holding it to here lol.
No people are overdueing a joke as always on shit post and as usual people hop in and get way too serious about throwaway jokes.
havokdj@lemmy.world â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
If he is donating, then he should tell people that he is donating. The whole idea of âif you tell people of your goodwill then you undid your goodwillâ is stupid. Yes, you shouldnât do something good with the expectation of a reward, but thatâs different when you are selling a product.
Itâs not even just about goodwill, it is also about longevity of the platform.
However, considering the facts that he is running ads and charging for ad-free access, I doubt he is donating by default unless he specifically mentions it.
Also, Iâm not holding any standard here, itâs just that like, shitpost is for actual shitposts. This isnât a shitpost, itâs just starting another argument. Itâs like the porn spam in /b/, there are other boards for that.
Itâs also not just here, Iâm seeing boards everywhere popping up with this argument. It is getting old.
unscholarly_source@lemmy.world â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
I mean⌠I personally do consider it the second coming of Christ đ¤ˇ
havokdj@lemmy.world â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
More fanatical than arch users, thatâs coming from one himself.
Misconduct@lemmy.world â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Feel better now?
codemaster@lemmy.world â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
A lot better
Invisinak@lemmy.world â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
I mean your name is âcodemasterâ where is your free to use lemmy app ? or do you expect to be paid for your coding efforts?
codemaster@lemmy.world â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Let me just bunch up some third party trackers and ads in a pretty UI and ask you for money real quick
Spliffman1@lemmy.world â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
And âkeelhauledâ, really? You are advocating violence and criticising somebody for doing an app that people can choose to get or not. Itâs hard, no impossible, to take you seriously
Spliffman1@lemmy.world â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Your irrationally emotional and crazed sounding response will actually encourage more people to use Sync, thanks bro
codemaster@lemmy.world â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Lemmy needs more drama. When all is perfect itâs too bland.
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Spliffman1@lemmy.world â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Actually maybe you have a point there you idiot lol
explodicle@local106.com â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Blargoroni! Whatever you do, donât eat rotten vegetables, itâll make you sick!!! Booga booga booga! Iâm ca_raaaazy_!
(Does this make you want to eat rotten veggies?)
Spliffman1@lemmy.world â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
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Spliffman1@lemmy.world â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Your brain appears to be a rotten vegetable đ
explodicle@local106.com â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
This makes me want to eat brains
unscholarly_source@lemmy.world â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
How do I give more money than I already have to this pig of a dev who made the Lemmy experience so great to me and countless others such that it is now in the top 10 social apps on the Play store?
Rossel@sh.itjust.works â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
lmao
angelorohit@lemmy.world â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Iâm confused. Are you suggesting a better way to monetize non-paying users or are you saying that the dev should make the app free for everyone to use without ads?
codemaster@lemmy.world â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
He should not add anti-features where there are none and then ask for money to remove them. Thatâs just being an asshole. He should ask for money for good features that lemmy lacks, not turn Lemmy into Reddit
kmkz_ninja@lemmy.world â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
âAnti-featuresâ = 1 very obvious ad every time I load a new page.
victron@lemmy.world â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Yeah, how come some nefarious people charge for a calendar app, if days are free!!?oneTurd D:<.
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