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Holy shit y’all. Developers need to eat too. It’s totally fine to charge for an app or serve ads. LjDawson is a fantastic developer and really listens to his user base. Yes there are plenty of open source apps to use, but sometimes closed source is way more polished because the developer makes it their job to create the app. Living isn’t free. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
It’s like having Reddit back, this is amazing. 🙏
For as long as I can remember Reddit and Sync have been one and the same. I never used Reddit website or app, only ever used Sync to browse Reddit hosted content. I used it a lot. I’ve missed it a lot.
Between the Lemmy platform and Sync client, to all intents and purposes what Reddit was has been fully restored/migrated.
I know it’s early days, but I did not expect to see anything like this so soon and it gives me hope that Lemmy can grow and thrive into the network of people that always made Reddit what it was. Everything that’s needed is there - early, a little rough around the edges, but there. And being improved constantly.
Hallelujah!
Definitely agree. This has pretty much completely restored the reddit experience for me after I chose to delete my reddit account in the wake of reddit’s third-party app debacle. The Sync developer deserves major props. This app will surely make lemmy so much more attractive and accessible to a host of new users in the coming weeks and months.
It’s the same experience for me, but I still do a lot of Google searches based on Reddit content since there is a lot of information posted there over the years.
There’s also old.lemmy.world in case you’re more comfortable with that. Loving all the choices available so far!
Well said. I paid for the ad free version right away. Years of sync use gives me full confidence it’s worth it.
Let’s hope that all the subs gonna start appearing in as well… Complete with the footfalls + content Ofc. 👍🏼
Be the change you want to see! If the sub doesn’t exist yet, make it yourself, and people like you will come to fill it. Welcome home!
Storing data usage, personal ads, 21.99€ just to remove ads or a subscription model.
I’m a dev myself and I get that everyone needs to be compensated, but right now I have only one thought:
“You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain.”
I honestly can’t believe what I’m seeing on Lemmy RE: Sync. Lemmy itself doesn’t have ads, neither do the iOS apps that I’ve been using - Memmy (which is AMAZING) and Liftoff, yet here comes Sync injecting ads in and having absurd subscriptions or one time fees…and I’m seeing comments about people “crying because I’m so happy” and “can’t stop smiling” lol.
Seems the reddit app devs who made their millions off the back of reddits free content are now coming here and just going straight to reddit 2.0 money making mode lol. They’re now charging people to use their app that is using a free API. These are the same devs that chose to close their reddit apps completely instead of offering a subscription model that would pay for the api access. Make it make sense.
$170 AUD for a lifetime “ultra” license.
Been a long time supporter of sync. Honestly a bit sad to see there’s nothing for those that had pro/ultra before :/
Yeah, just seeing that it will collect data about me for personalized ads was a turnoff. There are plenty of Lemmy clients without ads. I can’t imagine seeing ads while using Lemmy, either.
Jesus, the absolute entitlement in this thread. Can everyone just chill until the app is out of the beta version? Some of us are fine with seeing ads until the lifetime fee is available, and some of us are fine paying a subscription until the lifetime fee is available. If you’d rather not use the app until then don’t, but trashing the dev for getting paid while he works endlessly to create the sync experience for us is so ignorant and childish.
Sync is by far the best user experience app for lemmy that’s available for Android, just as it was for reddit, and it’s worth the wait and the price until the pro version is available.
I hope the dev ignores the whiners and focuses on those of us that get it. How demotivating to see people run their mouths when they dint know what they’re talking about.
I’m sorry. I get a developper needs to eat but 100+ dollars for the lifetime is absolutely outrageous. That is more than some AAA games on release.
For some people, that’s the price they paid for their entire low/mid-range Android phone.
That’s for ultra which requires server costs. Ad free lifetime price is more reasonable (in some countries).
Server costs are nothing compared to what a lot of Lemmy instance admins are covering right now. The new price feels like robbery, as someone who got sync the first year it came out.
I would definitely contribute to my instance first but that’s still not an available option on my preferred one
I didn’t see the option for just ad free?
It pushed out a few hours after the open beta.make sure you’re up to date.
I’m not disagreeing here with your sentiment, but I don’t think comparing it to the cost of a AAA game matters. I’m sure you’ll spend more time in Lemmy over the course of a lifetime than on one game.
Yup this is way over the top for some reason. $50 is more reasonable and I would still hesitate. It’s a good app but there are many others too.
especially when they could drop it at any moment and since its proprietary the user gets fucked.
Plus its not clear if they still wont be selling our data to third party after premium !
Yeah, fuck him. Long time paying and vocal supporter here. I’ll get the cracked version on Mobilism when it’s released
I know there is some controversy with the ads and that it’s closed source but wow this app is really nice. I never used it for reddit I used rif so I didn’t understand the hype but I get it now. I’m holding out for an app with multireddit though. That’s the one feature I really want.
Sync for reddit had support for such things. I have no affiliation whatsoever but I wouldn’t be surprised to see such things in the future.
Long time Sync user and Ultra (lifetime).
Now I am really disappointed the lifetime membership isn’t transferable to Lemmy. Nothing. Not even a discount, a note, nothing.
Especially with that gigantic price increase, lol
How much did lifetime Ultra cost for the Reddit app, by the way?
20$ or something
$35. I paid for it 13 months ago
For me it was $2.50. Paid on Aug 27, 2015.
That’s Sync Pro, which was never under a subscription model and differs from Ultra. I bought Sync Pro in 2012 for a whopping $1.60 CAD.
There was Ultra “Lifetime” which I paid $35 for 13 months ago
That’s pro. Ultra is something else entirely.
You guys were all taking how you’d pay the developer twice for his work if possible, and how everyone should purchase the Pro version without question on day one etc.
Maybe it wasn’t you sucking the dev off sideways for weeks straight - but the community at large is and has been.
I mean, I like the app and all, but the price is steep. Steeper than it was for reddit and steeper than all the other apps as well.
As far as I know it’s the only one with a subscription model, and we don’t even have the “sync” feature that is its namesake.
money invested in proprietary software is money wasted.
I don’t mind supporting the developer. He can’t rely on tens of thousands of user to buy the app for $1 each on lemmy like he could on reddit. It’s going to be more expensive per user here.
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Ultra is another subscription with different benefits altogether.
Adfree is the regular pro version, which is way cheaper. Make sure you double check before you recommend pirating software.
Finally I can feed myself information at an alarming rate once more
My God, I missed Sync so much. Devs , thanks.
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You know, you have many fans all around the world. This must be great feeling. And your product is/was the meaning of Redd*t for a long time, now it’s will be Lemmy=Sync
It’s identical to sync for Reddit. You even added the ability to restore from backup from Reddit. You’ve done amazing work
I need an excuse to try a comment and this seems perfect. Thanks dude you’ve clearly been putting in some work. It’s like coming home.
Great job! 5 stars!
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It was seriously like hugging an old friend when I woke up to the download this morning! So happy and warm to be back!
I was about to uninstall the other Lemmy client was never going to return Lemmy until the notification
Interested in the lifetime membership but its so damn expensive!! Would wait to see how Boost is before deciding on which app I would be staying in.
Yeah, I’ll likely use Boost. It was the best reddit app.
Fingers crossed Relay joins the party.
The dev is sticking with Reddit to provide a sub model on Reddit unfortunately.
Last I heard they struck a deal with Reddit and are moving to a usage based subscription model, but I haven’t seen the pricing posted anywhere. Anyways, doesn’t seem like they’re coming to Lemmy. That’s the client I used too, but honestly I find all the clients comparable and I’m totally happy with sync. Unfortunately the foss options don’t have the same stability and polish, but I’m happy to support a small developer with a one time fee.
That’s for lifetime ultra. You can do a one time purchase to remove ads.
Yeah, gotta kind of see if Lemmy catches on before investing that kind of money. I’d be much more likely to toss them $20 or something more reasonable
It does feel nice feeling home again after years of using Sync though. That official Reddit app is so clumsy.
$20 is what it takes to remove ads. Ultra is another subscription with different benefits altogether.
You can remove the ads for 20$ now
Profile -> remove ads
Liftoff and thunder are much nicer clients i feel but its subjective
I use liftoff but for some reason it does not allow cross instance commenting. I am on connect rn
I was keen to try Sync but, after I saw my first ads on Lemmy with it and then saw the cost to remove them, I uninstalled.
I’m actually really happy with Connect, which has everything I want and for free.
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Mobilsm will have a cracked version soon. $115 is pure greed so he’s not getting a cent off me anymore
It’s good to be back ya’ll
Yyyeeaa! God this UI is a breath of fresh air compared to the Hell that was the regular reddit app for the last month or so
And I’m back in the game
ITT, bunch of people who have never used Sync for Reddit whining about Sync Ultra and the app having ads. 🤦🏻♂️
Privacy policy: AdMob
Personal Data: Trackers; unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example); Usage Data Amazon Mobile Ads Personal Data: Trackers; Usage DataI entirely agree. This is breaking the unspoken rules of Lemmy for me.
Its not open source , how we all know if its not doing that?
Logcat is your friend. Someone on one of these threads mentioned they confirmed via logcat that the dev is correct.
Can someone please explain a bit what is included as part of a “unique identifier”… does it mean the app sends Google what communities you’re visiting or content you’re consuming, so they can advertise to you personally?
I believe that every android phone has a unique advertising ID and the app match it in order to serve you ads based on you also Amazon Ads are here.
Starting with Android 12 (and maybe earlier, I think it may be a part of a Google Play update?), you can delete your advertising ID in settings - definitely worth doing!
Unique device identifier would be some information unique to your device that can identify it. A common example of such a unique Id would be your IMEI although that isn’t necessarily what they are using. Minecraft as an example creates a unique user ID based on your account that system administrators can use to keep your player records even after you change your Microsoft account name or gamer tag.
It doesn’t have to be specific data related to your activities in the app per se, but it could potentially be used in that manner depending on the app.
This is present in all apps in the playstore for serving ads. If you are running away from it you have to run from the entire internet. You want to live a life like the people in privacy sub reddit with that tin foil hat. For the developer to serve ads this is necessary.
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Exactly people really dont care about privacy nowadays , even calling us thin foil thats. Just look at the republican states asking Facebook to share messages about abortion with a mom and her daughter.
I think there’s some nuance there too. I’m not keen on the idea of my facebook messages, or google chats, or private emails, things like that going into other peoples hands (regardless of how much I can do to stop it), but purely ad-based stuff doesn’t bother me. I’m gonna be seeing ads for something, and whether or not they’re things google or amazon think I might want doesn’t really change the equation for me.
However, I do hold it to be true people should be in control of that if they want to. I feel like the choice is important.
Then sell all your shit and live without any device connected to the internet. If you believe a trillion dollar company can’t track what you like then I’ve got bad news for you.
Oh wait, even if you sell your shit, they just need to know who your friends are and they can create a profile of you… Woops! 🤷
What’s funny is that you’re trusting a bunch of random Lemmy hosts right now, but not companies that can be identified and that you can tell which laws apply to them.
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Lemm.ee’s host is such a nice dude, I don’t think he’d sell people out either.
Individuals can’t be corrupted in exchange for money, good to know 👍
I’m sure they would also protect your data with their life if authorities came knocking.
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Wtf are you talking about? No one its exempt from authorities search , if a government wants you they will find you. We are against companies!! Not governments. You just want to be against open source free software if you want to pay for an app go ahead but stop minimizing people that wants privacy.
I am self hosting my instance , how ignorant you can be. And even if I have my account on a server do you think a regular person would care or have the capacity to create a profile on me. I do believe a trillion company can track me and its not 100% but the less they have the better. Also why does it matter to you? Fuck off. Laws? No law can apply to this coporporations.
Would love to see you GDPR your data from all instances 😂
I dont install aps from the play store , and what’s wrong with wanting to not see ads or my data with Google? The less data they can have from me , the less the ads are relevant, the less likely to work in me.
Or just block ads…
This is all you need to see, folks.
lemmy users when a developer wants to earn money
