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.
this post was submitted on 02 Aug 2023
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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.
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.
Yeah, fuck him. Long time paying and vocal supporter here. I'll get the cracked version on Mobilism when it's released
For some people, that's the price they paid for their entire low/mid-range Android phone.
Storing data usage, personal ads, 21.99β¬ 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.
It's worth noting they did already have a subscription model in place with Sync for Reddit. The difference would've been in losing the ad-supported free version of the app due to the API changes.
And instead of just making it subscription only he decided to kill the entire app..........to then come here and milk the Lemmy crowd and show them ads lol.
Reddit was the one who killed the app by implementing the API changes (it actually killed a number of apps earlier than expected that day).
No, what killed the app were the devs choosing not to switch to a subscription-only model.
$170 AUD for a lifetime "ultra" license.
Absolute farce of a price
It's like having Reddit back, this is amazing. π
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!
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