Yeah you should definitely be donating to instances first. Clients come later.
OtakuAltair
joined 1 year ago
IPHONE*
Profile -> Remove ads removes ads permanently for 19$
The Ultra subscription is for if you want to support the dev further.
Chad mindset
Sync is free if you don't pay 20$ to remove the ads. The payment is more of a way to support the dev really, since you can get rid of ads by other means.
I would much rather pay some money for a great app though than use something non-functional because it's free.
Free and open source software. This post is criticising Sync for not being foss when it never claimed to be
Voyager is awesome! Very pleasing indeed. Was using it until today.
It does have its issues though. I'm already noticing Sync is much more responsive and faster. Part of that is probably due to Voyager being a PWA.
I actually find Sync to be just as pleasing to use as I did Apollo when I used ios. I dig the slightly more compact yet lightweight feel it has.
If the instances properly moderate according to their rules and ban rule-breakers, then yes.
The toxic users will coagulate into isolated instances instead
The yearly subscription is for Ultra. The ad removal option in profile -> remove ads is permanent.
LJ has always been very open with the community the whole time Sync was for reddit. You could post about it in !syncforlemmy@lemmy.world if you're worried about tracking
'Piggybacking' is a weird way to put it when good clients are an important part of a website, and Sync is a fantastic one. That's one of the big reasons people moved off of reddit, no?
Yeah that's... the goal