• ShustOne@lemmy.one
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      I mean isn’t that true for literally every user that doesn’t pay? I’m not sure why we are mad at Sync users when we don’t even have a strong call to action to donate to instances.

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      “use my instance please”

      “No not like that!”

      Holy fuck this is what we left Reddit to avoid…

      Lemmy had a garbage web UI. And the other apps I have used are not nearly as smooth as sync.

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      You think Sync users don’t also donate? I paid for sync and donated to Lemmy’s development. Considering donating to my 2 main instances as well.

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      That’s literally Reddit’s argument against third party apps, the reason a good chunk of Lemmy users left reddit is they disagree with that approach…

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      But it’s fine if I cost an app dev their time and instances money and give nothing to no one? Genuine question because I don’t understand all the sync hate.

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        My lemmy server is selfhosted (pawb.social), and the running costs are pretty negligible after initial costs.

        We get plenty of donations honestly, but that is obviously not universal.

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          I just said we pay. You seem to think I’m talking about Sync.

          I’m not. Technically, I guess I could be talking about both server and sync.

          What I’ve seen on Lemmy is I can say I paid for Sync and donate to the server and someone will need to come along to tell me all of that money should go to Lemmy.

          That’s too either/or. And it’s making Lemmy look… incapable of nuanced thought. Or entitled.

          It’s not everyone, but it’s common enough it looks really odd.