• t0fr@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Not interested in something that supports ads or subscriptions. It definitely doesn’t fit the ethos or average desires of most lemmy users from what I understand.

    The free and open source applications for lemmy are working out for me, so I really have no need for something like this that goes against what I believe lemmy stands for

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      1 year ago

      Sometimes you have to pay for keeping things free, if that makes any sense.

      FOSS can’t exist in a vacuum. The developers spend a lot of time on things and they need to be paid for their efforts, otherwise we won’t get great products like Sync.

      If you want things that are well maintained and supported, then there has to be income for those owners to provide those services.

      Sync for lemmy is a top tier client. I’m willing to pay to get and support that model. It’s not like the 17 dollars a year is a big deal. I spend more than that on a single sushi roll sometimes.

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        1 year ago

        That’s true. But does not change my opinion or preferences. But the choices I have at the moment I suppose, is remain with the current application I am using (which is adequate and serving me well), try out an ad based application, and choose to pay to get rid of the ads. I am at a point where my choice of remaining where I am is the most appealing.

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        1 year ago

        You can donate to keep the quality. I agree the ads based system is against the spirit and philosophy of Lemmy. Lemmy isn’t a reddit and this is where the dev of sync did a mistake.

        Donating isn’t the only possibility. The dev could make the app a one time payment (I know he said it will come) without free version. If people want to use Sync, they have to pay for it. It’s for the job and hours behind it.

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      1 year ago

      Even king neckbeard said “I’m happy to pay for software so long as it’s free” - if you want to purity-test, complain that it’s not FOSS. Devs need to eat too.