Comment on As an OG Reddit Sync user of over 10 years, all this arguing really brings a tear to my eye. đĽ˛
Madison420@lemmy.world â¨1⊠â¨year⊠agoIf 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.
havokdj@lemmy.world â¨1⊠â¨year⊠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¨1⊠â¨year⊠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¨1⊠â¨year⊠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.
Madison420@lemmy.world â¨1⊠â¨year⊠ago
Why? What business is it to you and youâre not supposed to disclose charitable donation anyhow, itâs not to get credit.
Itâs open source, you could pay a dev today and they could leave today, pay doesnât create production or lemmy wouldnât exist in the first place.
Why? Because you wouldnât?
It is a shit post moreso when crybabyâs go throwing tantrums over jokes, if you donât like it ignore it and move on like a grown adult.
Then go somewhere else dude, youâre complaining about the community at this point not the content.
unscholarly_source@lemmy.world â¨1⊠â¨year⊠ago
I mean⌠I personally do consider it the second coming of Christ đ¤ˇ
havokdj@lemmy.world â¨1⊠â¨year⊠ago
More fanatical than arch users, thatâs coming from one himself.
unscholarly_source@lemmy.world â¨1⊠â¨year⊠ago
What if youâre both a fanatical sync user and an arch user?
Because thatâs me đ