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Sync Ultra is a very reasonable $17 a YEAR. YouTube Premium is reaching that per MONTH. I have sync downloaded and it was the first thing I did. Thanks lj for the beautiful app.

[EDIT: That was a poor comparison, as pointed out in the comments. Leaving it for discussion sake.

There are many counterpoints and actually good discussion happening down below. Even if you don't agree, thanks for showing me a different perspective!

If you want to support Sync, make sure to support the Lemmy Devs and your instance holders as well!

*This post was made early in the day before the update added the OTP option.]

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[โ€“] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 62 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I understand, but the dev works on this app full time so he has to earn a living somehow. Even the core Lemmy devs are able to work on Lemmy full time because they got some funding from a grant.

[โ€“] the_gmg@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In my recollection sync for reddit had multiple long gaps in communication from the dev, including pretty shortly after subscriptions were first announced. I appreciate the desire to be paid, but I didn't find it clear that there were ongoing development or support efforts.

[โ€“] Ducks@ducks.dev 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He took a few months off here or there for irl issues. I've been using Sync for nearly a decade, my personal opinion is that the drama is overblown. Even if he disappeared I would have gotten my money's worth out of the app, I used it daily for 1 - 2 hours a day.

[โ€“] AmosBurton_ThatGuy@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Agreed, I've been using sync since 2016 and yeah the Dev disappeared here and there for a bit but it was always for personal reasons. Shit happens. The drama was definitely a bit much IMO.

That being said, I'm absolutely sick of everything turning into subscriptions, I'll wait for either the lifetime option or just removing ads.

[โ€“] Ducks@ducks.dev 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Oye beltalowda, fo keng to im gut.

[โ€“] Cakeboss16@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I mean i agree the dev should be paid for the work. But it just seems a bit odd to require a subscription to remove ads using a service that does not have ads or backend cost from a api. I think there should be no ads or at the very least a one time purchase to remove just ads. Like I understand a subscription for like power user features. And i am not some cheap ass complaining I have probably given the dev 100+ dollars in support between patreon, ultra subscription, ultra lifetime purchases.

[โ€“] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But the dev already confirmed that they'll put a one time payment for removing ads though, just not in this beta release.

[โ€“] can@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That information should be front and centre.

[โ€“] OtakuAltair@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah LJ clearly underestimated how much people hate subscriptions here

[โ€“] can@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Really should have checked any thread on lemmy.ml about Sync then.

[โ€“] jaye@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But when you serve ads on a platform that doesn't have ads, why would I use the ad enabled app when I can just go on the actual site?

[โ€“] nogooduser@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Everyone needs to make their own decision but IMO Syncโ€™s UI is a million times better than the actual site even with ads.

[โ€“] SuperIce@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

But there are tons of other third party apps that are ad free that are just as good as Sync.