The developer worked his ass off to repurpose his app to Lemmy for us.
I was more than happy to pay for his time. Hard work deserves reward. If people aren't going to pay him and use the free version, which you're welcome to, then he makes his money from ads (which pay fuck-all)
You're just a bunch of cheapskates who want to be entertained for nothing.
ya went a little too far at the end there. nothing wrong with not wanting to pay a subscription fee lol. its not a noble cause to pay some dude who made an app we dont need
its not a noble cause to pay some dude who made an app we dont need
Do you think professional independent developers shouldn't be paid for their work? Do you think this kind of development is effortless?
I don't understand why people keep parroting this. The app is free. It's a professionally developed app, where the quality tradeoff is either ads (which can be blocked) or your choice of ad removal payments.
This isn't some company trying to exploit the community here, this is a full time app developer who just had his livelihood completely cut off. People begged him to make a version for Lemmy, and he did. He deserves to be paid for the hours and work he put in to make it happen. You can't make an app if you can't buy food or pay rent.
And if you don't like that, then don't use it. He's never pressured users into paying, and he's never suggested everyone on Lemmy should just send him money. He isn't even spamming posts advertising the app, enthusiastic users are.
Why is everyone so upset?
I'm not the one who's upset. Look at the guy I replied to. I'm literally not using the app and it's not my responsibility to support the creator lol. I'm literally just saying I'm not a cheapskate because I'm not using your paid alternative.
The major issue for some is regional pricing. Where I'm from lifetime costs around $110 in regional currency
He was implementing regional pricing this morning and looks like that should be happening today and tomorrow. I think that's part of the reason so many people love Sync since the dev is ultra responsive.
All the self righteousness of lemmy is strange.
There's not just better opinions, even small decisions are morally imbued and if someone steps out of line...
Wait, does using sync cause hurricanes? Earthquakes? Will the four big ponies of the lempocalypse arrive and snort angrily?
Otherwise, I get that a surge of people elated they have something you don't/can't have is off putting. FOMO is real.
But it doesn't need all the meme-shade.
Voyager is free and the pwa feels close to a native app.
Voyager just started their TestFlight app version a few days ago and it’s really great (on iOS.) It added haptic feedback which is very nice, and fixes the freezing issue. Otherwise it’s identical, I think. I’d guess there will be an android app sometime.
I’m also testing Memmy and using Mlem - both are coming along great, but Voyager app version is the cleanest and my favorite atm.
Looking forward to trying Sync when it comes to iOS. Never tried it for Reddit - only used Apollo.
Just paying a visit to lemmy because Sync is out, and all I've seen is this. Lemmy is just another reddit, isn't it? People here are no better like what they believe themselves to be, still the same everywhere.
You are correct, people here are just as braindead as reddit. They have that superiority complex going on too, it's pretty funny.
Its not about the app for me (although the clean interface is appreciated) just the users it'll bring with it. I like the ratio of tech literate people on Lemmy but more users means more abundant niche communities, and that was the best part of reddit for me
Yep, it's literally just another Reddit. The main benefit is that it's decentralized so it's not under the control of a single corporation, but yeah, it's mainly ex redditors on a service designed to be an alternative to Reddit
I'm just happy we have all of these choices.
The FOSS apps are fantastic already and Sync is there if you want that too.
Based neutral take
Jesus Christ guys, there's like one inline ad every 30 posts. Quit bitching
Not a big fan of the price, but it's free to use if you want and the app is amazingly smooth.
Also, if you decide to use this app for many years, the one time payment isn't that bad at all.
I don't understand the people hating on Sync just as much as I don't understand the people hating posts criticizing sync.
It's an app. Let people use what they want to use lmao. Growth for Lemmy is a good thing regardless
God forbid you have to pay for stuff.
God forbid you ~~have to~~ can pay for stuff if you want.
It's a third party app. One of many. With an optional purchase to support the dev. Honestly...
$20 one time for a well developed app that I use multiple hours a day is inexpensive.
I pay almost as much to multiple streaming services PER MONTH for a shitty experience and sometimes not a completely ad-free experience.
Anyway, in all honesty I chose the $1.99/mo because it gives the dev $24/yr into perpetuity. I also donate to instances. I also use Connect and Jerboa and Liftoff. It's whatever.
I never see Liftoff recommended in these kinds of threads. It's my favourite app so far out of Thunder, Connect, and Jerboa.
What do you mean? So far I've seen it mentioned in every thread about sync.
Sync is free.
There is a paid version sure. But the free version is still excellent.
I'll repeat what I said in several other threads at this point:
I loved the old app, I still love the new app, it’s a pleasure to use compared to the alternatives I’ve tried, and I find the ultra subscription rate both reasonable and worthwhile to support a product I truly enjoy.
Sync is good for me. There’s plenty of other options if it’s not good for you.
I'm using it right now. Working just fine so far, exactly the same as the reddit version, and I haven't been asked to pay $20 for it.
Connect seems good enough to me
I've been using Connect. I'm testing out Sync the last couple of days and I think I like Connect better.
Or jerboa, I use that right now
look i dont got much money in the bank but people need to start donating to foss creators cause it's getting dumb, musescore sold out to ultimate guitar and theyre going to shit cause guess what? no one gave money. the linux distro im using is ome of the biggest jn the world and it barely scrapes 1000 usd a month. when i get a job i'll start giving money but people seriously need to chip in, im not mad at sync at all i get it
FOSS = principled free software without obligation because the labor was "donated."
That's what I'm learning on lemmy. It's blowing my mind.
Edit: exiting to make sure I'm understood. I get FOSS. I understand it's role. What I'm learning is there is a while corner of the internet determined not to spend money on software.
And feeling significant moral outrage if someone else does. It's bizarre. I've seen religious people less zealous.
The ads aren't even working yet lol it's still in beta. I don't get why everyone is complaining.
This meme is dumb. There are more options than just the web ui and sync, most are free.
Connect let's me block to my hearts content.
No more Swedish memes and weird furry porn and celebrity creepshot communities.
I've personally been using Infinity for reddit and now I'm using the Infinity beta for Lemmy and it's been like an exact clone. Perfect for me.
And no I'm not capitalizing reddit. Lemmy good
I don't even understand this headlong rush for an app. And especially being so desperate for an app that you'd use one that embeds ads unless you pay to remove them.
It just seems completely backwards to me.
With Reddit, it made sense - it was awful in a mobile browser, the official app was complete garbage, and either way it was buried in ads So you could (and I did) use a third party app and get a cleaner and more useful interface and no ads.
But Lemmy's already fine in a browser and it's ad-free. So what's the point?
I could maybe see, somewhere down the road when the apps are complete and established, it might be interesting to experiment with some and maybe find one that's got just the features I like most. But that's not what I'm seeing. What I'm seeing are people desperately clamoring for an app - any app - it doesn't matter how primitive and janky it is - they just desperately need to have an app right now, today, this instant. As if lemmy is completely unusable without one.
And it's just... not that way at all. Sure, it could be better, but it's fine.
So I just don't get it.
The guy made a good app. He deserves to get paid. To me it's that simple and i am in no way offended.
A lot of us are reddit refugees that used Sync as our primary way of interacting with content. For those people (like me), Sync for Lemmy is the easiest transition from Reddit Sync, with all the controls and customization we got used to over time. I didn't even bother with Lemmy on mobile because the Fediverse multi-site experience kinda sucks and would rather have a more familiar and user-friendly experience. Maybe I'll explore other options in the future but the ad-supported free option is really not a problem for me right now.
I like the 20$ app-free version. Sounds like a solid business idea 🤔.