The developer works full time for the app, even when it was a Reddit client. If you guys can't view an ad every once in a while to support something you use daily, then delete your Lemmy account. Nobody eats for free.

[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Imagine defending advertisements.

Sorry, but I'm not a fucking product. I don't care who's pushing them.

[–] Reamen@lemmy.ml 27 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I agree. That's why I pay for apps and services that are well designed and supported. The "free" mentality always leads to advertisements being pushed into everyone's face.

Without financial support, most Lemmy instances wouldn't exist. I'd rather support apps that have free versions with premium subscriptions, or donation models, but it's all the same thing to me. I want to go back to world where we just pay for stuff.

[–] stappern@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago

Lol that world was shit. I never payed for Vim so I'm not sure what you are on about. Free software is superior.

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[–] jonsnothere 15 points 2 years ago

Then pay for the software?

[–] OtakuAltair@lemm.ee 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

...or just pay 19 dollars to support the dev and get rid of the ads

[–] stappern@lemmy.one 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Why would I do that? I can use a Foss client and get 0 ads.

[–] OtakuAltair@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

For more features and customizable UI probably.

[–] stappern@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

the existing apps have all the feature and customization i need

[–] OtakuAltair@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Understandable. Voyager and Thunder are pretty good.

[–] tinned_tomatoes@feddit.uk 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Have you actually tried Sync? It has significantly better UX than the alternatives currently, and the feature list is unparalleled (I've really missed being able to filter out specific users or communities from my feeds).

[–] stappern@lemmy.one 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

yes i did, i dont see anything thats worth moving from liftoff or infinity. for sure nothing worth paying for...

[–] OtakuAltair@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Having used them all, Sync is already well worth the 20$ to remove the ads imo

The sheer level of customizability and polish isn't even comparable.

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