Afternoon everyone,

I wanted to go over a few points related to pricing, stats and the roadmap

Pricing

  1. Sync for Lemmy is completely free with ads (the same as Sync for Reddit)

  2. You can remove ads in the account picker or drawer for a one time fee of ~$20

  3. Sync Ultra also removes ads but it’s not required

  4. I’ll be working on regional prices over the coming weeks

There are now 24k installed users up from 100 the previous day!

I’m going to be spending the next few days going through all of the comments / messages and fixing any crashes.

As always thanks for the support and hope you’re liking Sync!

Lj

Edit: testing edit

  • Polar@lemmy.caEnglish
    505·
    1 year ago

    I just wanted to say I’m sorry for the backslash you’re getting for charging money.

    I’m also sorry people expect it to be $1 because the Reddit app was $1 back in 1825. I genuinely believe it’s children complaining, because no functioning adult would complain about a price increase when rent has tripled or quadrupled since the $1 Reddit app. It’s also annoying to see that people think that saying they bought the Reddit app for $1 and enjoyed it for 10 years is an argument. It goes to show it was severely underpriced.

    It must be frustrating to have that type of response. Lemmy users seem to be really entitled when it comes to software, and the response you’re getting scares me for the future. I really hope the Boost developer doesn’t cancel his app after seeing how entitled Lemmy users are being right now.

    What frustrates me more is the people complaining are continuing to use the free open source apps. Like great, you already have an alternative you prefer. Shut up. Stop bringing others down.

    I wish you the best. Thank you for choosing to develop for Lemmy. I have my eyes on Boost, but I’m gladly using your free tier for the time being.

    Thanks again!

    • Taako_Tuesday@lemmy.caEnglish
      15·
      1 year ago

      I paid 5 dollars back in 2016, and I was fully expecting to pay more for this version. 20 dollars for no ads is fine by me. However, I don’t feel like the 100 dollars for lifetime ultra is worth it. Maybe someday when I feel like those extra perks are worthwhile

      • keefshape@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I paid like 80 bucks about a year ago. And here I am rallying for ljd to keep providing a solid client that works the way I want it to.

        I followed like sheep, and baaaah take my money.

    • momoitin@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      The people complaining about the price are the people that truly have no understanding how much love and care goes into creating good software. 20 dollars to remove ads for however many hours sync is going to save me with searching for each instance is well worth the cost for supporting development in the future.

    • chemsed@lemmy.caEnglish
      41·
      1 year ago

      What bothers me with this controversy is that it’s not clear for me how one can earn a living in the lemmy ecosystem if everything is FOSS. Also, one should understand that the app is in beta, but there was so much hype around that app.

    • Aasikki@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      I’m fine with a price increase, but 4 times the price is quite the increase. Haven’t made up my mind if it’s worth it for me yet, if it was 5€ or maybe 10€ I would have immediately bought it.

      • poquitocabeza@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Agreed, $10 would’ve been an insta buy.

        At $20 I guess maybe I’ll get it once v1.0 comes out, we’ll see.¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

    • Lemmington Bunnie@aussie.zoneEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Under AUD$2 to AUD$34 is quite the leap, and more than double what I anticipated.

      I was very happy to drop AUD$10-15, and I’m aware that what I paid in 20 dickity 13 was a steal.

      Quadrupled app costs would have been a bargain in my eyes.