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[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Although there was the option to purchase Pro as a one-time fee. This one unfortunately only has a subscription option (which I'm not too keen on).

Edit: ljdawson has confirmed there will be an one-time payment options for both Ultra and ad removal!

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Screw subscriptions. They're invariably a rip off and I'm not made of money.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Same.. I rarely buy apps. I'm definitely not subscribing to something.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

And not to an app to browse a social network, when there's free alternatives without ads

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I am in the same boat. Bought RIF years ago and there are a couple of other apps I got as a one time purchase but subscriptions mostly make me delete an app immediately. Stuff like Spotify or Netflix are exceptions of course but those apps are just the gateway to a paid service. Sync doesn't have to pay money on an ongoing basis to Lemmy. It's straight up a purchase to the developer for an app.

Not too concerned though, I use Voyager at the moment and it's just such a great way to browse Lemmy, I have no problem sticking with it!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Technically, they could be fair but they're just always extremely overpriced. If you buy an app for $5 and use it for 5 years, it comes out at 8 cents a month. You'll never find an app subscription that costs you 8 cents a month, but that would be a fair deal.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Afaik a one-time-purchase to get rid of the ads is planned.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Do you happen to have a source? This is what I'm hoping for.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yes, according to ljdawson on discord, lifetime ultra will be coming back. Not sure about pro though.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, I'm thinking more the ad-free pro option, rather than the Ultra. That's all l need πŸ™‚.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

It's on Sync's discord

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It'll probably have a one time fee option. The dev must know that not everyone will want to pay a subscription. I paid for removing ads on Sync for Reddit and I'll happily do it again, so hopefully there will be an option of just removing ads. I don't use either Lemmy or Reddit enough to justify paying a subscription, even though I really respect the dev.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

This is what I'm hoping for!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

While I've never used this app, it seems like there are so many good quality free/open source Lemmy apps now that an app with ads and subscriptions doesn’t really make sense.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

there will be an option to buy an ad-free version in the future (IAP).

https://lemmy.world/comment/1969752

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The future is now.