Please note this is just a beta and there are going to be bugs, but it works and it works nicely. Have fun.
Hey everyone. Happy to finally get this out, it’s been one busy month.
I’m looking to add a lifetime option for ultra & option to just remove ads. Keep in mind this is the first release, lots more to follow.
Cheers!
Lj
So happy to see you are back and active. Thank you!
What ads are being removed?
Edit; oh God theres ads on the app?? I thought you were talking about ads somewhere on lemmy.
Edit again. Yes I now know there ads on the app. I thought the first edit made that clear. You can stop replying telling me there’s ads on the app. I know this. Stop acting like reddit.
Probably the ads placed in the app to help pay for development costs of creating a free app.
No shit. Thanks Mr obvious. Lol
My excitement is tempered by two things, the ultra cost being a subscription (I get the “why” I just hate more subscriptions) and also the pretty crappy targeted adverts “consent” whereby you have to scroll through page after page of third party vendors to turn off the “legitimate” interest which is, let’s be honest their way around consent by just ignoring what you want. That’s put me right off in all honesty sorry.
Man, when the Pro lifetime comes out I’m there but at this point I’m not going to engage at all with either being tracked by advertisers or being forced to go through all that. There are other open source apps that don’t do any of that which may not be quite as good but the difference is worth it. Lemmy doesn’t have any ads. Why should I subject myself to ads or being tracked to use what is already free?
If you use dns.adguard.com you won’t have any ads.
Because you know what sync provides and why it’s worth spending money on it. I get these arguments and they are valid but no one forces anyone to use an app. You can just ignore it. I also prefer open source apps and don’t like subscriptions but I bought the Ultra even if I just want to remove the ads. Also the price is not that big so i think of it as a donation.
It’s a nice app, but so is Jerboa, which does not have ads. If there was a one-time ad-free purchase; I would strongly consider it; but I’m not going to pay a subscription to avoid ads on an already ad-free website.
Yeah I’m sticking with voyager/memmy
This is also the dev that got really hurt over his paying customers not liking when he completely changed the app they paid for under their nose with no option to roll back, and quit pushing updates for a while after that. It was a whole thing.
I’m not paying a dev that can’t handle feedback and has an entire fanclub cheering on literally every single decision.
I believe the developer is working on a one-time payment Pro version that removes ads. Ultra has additional features for a subscription fee.
It’s out now. $20. No thanks.
It’s amazing how many cookie consent banners aren’t compliant. There has to be a button where you can clearly reject all, where it has equal look and feel as accept all. By default all non required cookies must be disabled, but the fact we can turn off the legitimate interest options shows they’re not required, and so they’re not compliant.
Basically every banner should have a reject button that’s just as clear as the accept. I’d you’re going through any extra effort to reject then it’s not compliant.
Thanks for pointing that out. Big no for me. I shuddered when I saw Facebook mentioned there.
Then there’s me, who actively went hunting for where I could pay for this app as soon as I opened it
This dev has never been anything but respectful of his community. I have no qualms paying him the equivalent of 2 beers a year for something I have used for multiple hours a day every day for more than a decade. Easy value proposition.
The targeted ads thing I guess I get, but I haven’t had ads on Sync for so long it honestly didn’t really phase me because I planned to buy ad free anyway. Hopefully that bit gets streamlined.
It’s a service, why should you pay once? It’s like water and electricity, ongoing cost needs to be balanced by ongoing revenue. Especially when the utility is also ongoing.
If you prefer paying once, get some dividend ETFs and use the dividends to pay for the service. Yes, it’s expensive, but you can also sell the etf again when you stop using the service.
One of the dumbest comments I read here.
can you enlighten me?
contains adds
contains in-app purchases
collects data
shares data with 3d party orgs
Nothing against sync, but this is not what I’d expect from lemmy app tbh. There’s a lot of free open source options that don’t sell your data.
Asking to be paid for your job is OK, but injecting ads in ad-free opensource service, selling user data? This is just reddit-app-moment in my opinion
Asking to be paid for your job is OK, but injecting ads in ad-free opensource service, selling user data? This is just reddit-app-moment in my opinion
Tell me you’ve never paid for a service, without telling me you’ve never paid for a service
Sync does not sell user data. It uses only the basic prerequisites for an ad service Settings shortcut: Privacy > Privacy policy
If an independent developer, who has worked on an app for 10 years, and has had their work ruined by a greedy company, turns around and makes an app for an entirely new community, within a month of losing his main source of revenue, and it’s as polished, smooth, and user-friendly as can be, doesn’t deserve to put food on the table, then quite simply, you’re incredibly misinformed.
Why isn’t it availabe on F-Droid?
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F-droid is click an install - with ads. You don’t have choices that way.
So much more costs now? With a free platform and a app that’s alredy been made, just modified?. 32dollars for lifetime… hmmmm…
I mean, if they’re going to continue maintaining it and adding features I think they’re entitled to price it how they want. Buy it or don’t. Other apps will come and prices will probably fluctuate accordingly once more come out and there are more users actually buying the app.
Also, Lemmy does not work exactly like Reddit under the hood. I’m sure a lot of work went into reworking it for Lemmy.
The old version for reddit was 32dollars. Picture is from sync for reddit. It was fair, But he new prices are greedy
Oh, thought it was for Sync for Lemmy but in a different currency and was really tempted to try a VPN. But yeah, the new pricing is just way overboard. I’d love to support creators and developers, but that is too much for me personally.
Excuse me? 32$ is a steal, in Germany lifetime costs 110€ and as a former Sync user who loved it and paid for the DEV version, I’m not gonna use it for Lemmy.
My god, it’s actually like it used to be. Thank you a million times !ljdawson@lemmy.world <3
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HUGE improvement over the web platform. Keep up the good work!
Wow I can’t believe how much smoother Sync is than other Lemmy clients!
Feel just like sync for Reddit :D
Thank you!
On another note will there be the option to purchase sync like it was for sync for Reddit?
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No, he made a beta publicly available. There’s a difference. Anyway, this was already pushed out. Update your app.
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Maybe an unpopular opinion, but 22€ for the ads-free option sounds a bit expensive to me. I bought Sync Pro for reddit for 3€ in 2018.
sync was hands down the best reddit app. and now, even in early beta, it’s already the best lemmy app. lj deserves what he’s charging.
The pricing is a bit much, especially compared to other services like Tutanota that actually runs servers and provides a service in addition to developing the applications. $20-$30 for the onetime purchase option would be more sane.
I know I bought Sync Pro for Reddit, but I know that was nowhere close to these prices.
EDIT: Found the Remove Ads option, and that is more reasonable priced.
When I saw the restore purchases, I almost thought I could restore the lifetime ultra I got for the reddit app lmao. Hope there’ll be a discount when lifetime gets added for old lifetime buyers :)
