Yeah, because why should app developers get paid, right? They should all code for free at their local public library. Maybe live in a big ceramic jar like Diogenes.
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"Free" as in "freedom", not price. There's nothing stopping somebody from making money on FOSS.
Goddam Richard Stallman really screwed the PR up on that one with the "free" thing.
The F in FOSS stands for free, IIRC. The ability to access, use, share the code, etc. has more to do with the open source part of the acronym. I haven't really seen anyone complain about Sync being closed sourced so far... Just that you have to pay not to see ads.
Ive only ever seen FOSS developers get support through donations. Which is nice and all, but likely not enough for an independent developer like ljdawson to survive on alone.
Dont get me wrong, I like FOSS apps too, but the experience almost always suffers to some degree; its easy to see why. I just don't get why Sync is being singled out like some kind of evil tech monopoly lately. As far as I can tell, its just an individual developer who released a great app for free (yes with ads, you're the product, blah blah blah) with an optional lifetime payment to disable ads completely.
Free refers to freedom, not price. No part of "FOSS" has anything to do with money or price.
Well then what's the issue? Because every complaint I've seen so far has been about the optional monetary facet.
I think people are complaining about ads because ads imply tracking. I don't know, I use Jerboa because I value the four freedoms, I'm not out here protesting non-free apps because the free apps work well enough for me.
AFAIK the way ad revenue works is dependent on trackers. Paying to remove ads on Sync also removes all trackers according to many people who have tested it; still seems to come down to not wanting to pay the developer.
Which is fine, of course. I just think framing the app as sketchy or something is completely misguided.
Are Sync Free and Sync Paid Edition separate apps? Because if not, you still have some ad publishers framework on your phone and running. I'd guess it's Google, which means play services are required. That's a big no-go for degoogled Linux users.
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And companies think free in open source as in free labor.
Okay, I won’t push you from Sync. But if you have the money to remove its ads, please also consider supporting Lemmy directly or indirectly (Mozilla, among other things, funded the effort to find and patch TootRoot before it became a problem). If you don’t want to just donate, switching to Mozilla VPN will also help.
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I've been happy with Liftoff.
I have few to zero complaints with it
Is your community overview morking, for me it always gives an error recently
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I was happy with connect. Then I craved for foss. Now I'm torn between summit, thunder and arctius (formerly fennec)
Btw slide for lemmy just dropped. It still lacks community blocking. But it's nice, similar to lift off.
Isn't summit proprietary?
I believe it is foss. But you can verify it if you like.
https://github.com/idunnololz/summit-for-lemmy/blob/main/LICENSE
the page on github only has the icon and the APKs, there is no source code. Perhaps the Apache licence is only applied to the icon? I don't know... alternativeto.net marks it as proprietary
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Seeing the Sync for lemmy pricing, I just sent 20 USD to the Lemmy/Jerboa devs for offering all this for free!
I think the “hot take” that needs to be said here - and surprisingly I have not come across it yet - is that it’s totally fine if you’re willing to pay 20 dollars for the app.
However, please remember that the app itself is not self contained. It relies on the hard work of the Lemmy developers and the instance you use staying online. Please consider sending them some money as well down the line. If you get the app for 20 dollars as a one time payment, maybe some future payments - even if considerably smaller - can go towards the latter.
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I'm also a huge believer in open source. I'm using Infinity for Lemmy right now but I gladly paid for the ad removal in Sync. It genuinely is the best Lemmy app out right now. It just works and has so many customization options. Not to mention, since Sync uses Google for ads, when you remove the ads, the ad component isnt initialized so you remove the tracking. So nothing to worry about there either. 20$ lifetime for such an awesome app is totally fair for me. That's my opinion, you are free to disagree.
I used Sync for Reddit since alpha (back when it was Reddit Sync), so I gladly paid the $20 ad removal, even though I also happen to be juggling both Sync and Infinity right now. They're both so good.
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I'm seeing $99.99 for lifetime.
Edit: I was confusing Ultra with simply removing ads.
All this buzz and the app isn't even FOSS!
Shut up, don't use it if you don't want to.
Lmao wow so defensive. Haven't seen this type of behaviour since I left reddit
Defensive? I'm literally asking people to not judge others. I don't care about Sync and I don't use it, I'm on Connect.
Idk, half the apps look like they are just a fork of one app including sync. Why pay for an app that is mostly just a reskin of an open source project.
Cause people like different skins
Yeah totally, I keep a lot of skins in my closet. It's to get rid of the bodies tho.
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Infinity for Lemmy just dropped, typing from it now.
I paid for sync but will tryout infinity. Curious how it is.
Don't worry voyager I'll never leave you and captain Janeway
Wefwef/voyager all the way Ü
Wrong meme format if Sync is the one profiling you and the other apps are FOSS.
I installed both Sync and Infinity on the same day and I've mostly used Infinity since, I just don't get the fuss about Sync, I think it's only nostalgia from its Reddit users tbh (I used Boost for Reddit fwiw).
Don't let anyone pressure you into trying (or not trying) different apps if you have one you like. Sync happens to be the one that resonated with me the most, but other people won't feel the same.
What's important is Lemmy getting adopted doesn't matter what app people choose.
We have great apps with PWA as Voyager or old Reddit theme with MLMYM.
Never want to use a censored social agregator as Reddit.
Just an FYI for those who aren’t aware, a native Voyager app is available via TestFlight, and it’s very similar to Apollo.
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Jebora for the Win!
I support open sauce btw
What I’ve noticed is any third party app won’t matter until we get some more content that isn’t the front page buzzing about the exact same topic for multiple days. Right now ironically it’s all talking about Sync, when a lot of iOS users can’t even use it.
Is there a FOSS app that has the *peeking"-feature? (Long pressing a picture to get full size preview) That feature has been an absolute game changer to me.
I'm on thunder for the amazing design, ik it's slow but I'm used to it cos of my crap internet
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