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Never before have I been so excited for a beta app. Thank you Ljdawson!

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[โ€“] [email protected] 64 points 1 year ago (2 children)

My only criticism is the subscription fee instead of a one off charge for the full set of features. I would like a lot of them but I don't need cloud sync or another ongoing cost to worry about.

[โ€“] [email protected] 87 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I've just pushed beta 25 which adds the option to remove the ads as a one time purchase.

Hopefully they'll approve the update within the next 24 hours

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Does it just remove the ads visualization or actually disables all related data collection and tracking?

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure analytics is optional even if you didn't pay a dime but feel free to correct me on that

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I don't know. That's why I was asking lj

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

<3 can tell you did some on the backend.. smoother than reddit's client

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Wow you work fast.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

That's great to hear!

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Loving it, keep up the good work.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Excellent, I'm looking forward to this!

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But lemmy does not have ads. I'm confused

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lemmy doesn't. The app might. I don't use sync but if I'm an app developer I could make money plugging advertisements into my app. If I design the UI well enough, and make the ads unobtrusive, I might just make enough money and not piss anyone off.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Agree. That's a no from me. I'd pay if I like it, but injecting ads into the feed and I'm out. Just trying liftoff now. Seems solid.

[โ€“] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (2 children)

He wrote in another thread there will be a lifetime price for us who hates subscriptions. It's coming.

[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

That's good to know. I bought several Reddit apps over my 15 year history with the site, I don't have a problem supporting developers but I absolutely hate the subscription model. It feels like letting a colony of ticks leech off of you when literally EVERYONE is doing it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It better be coming within the 20th of August, cause that's when my Google rewards balance is expiring.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He said in another comment in this chain he's submitted the update with the one-time ad removal and is just waiting for approval.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Well, looking at the prices, I guess it'll do with a small discount...

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's already here (although maybe not in all regions?), it's an option in the drawer: