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[–] schwim@lemmy.world 51 points 1 year ago (5 children)

For those offended by subscription for ad-free experience and data collection, consider Connect for Lemmy. No data collection and no pay-to-browse scheme.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kuroneko.lemmy_connect&hl=en_US&gl=US

[–] kuro_neko@lemmy.ca 67 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Connect dev here. I can promise Connect will never have ads or subscriptions.

[–] President_Pyrus@feddit.dk 16 points 1 year ago

Connect is a good app, but it just isn't as polished as Sync yet. I will stick with Connect for the time being though.

[–] twistedtxb@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I sincerely don't know why would someone downvote your comment.

[–] random_prime@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you. I'll donate. Would you consider making it open source? I used to be a fan of Sync and had their one time payment for ultra version. But this current release is subscription only and I don't want to any subscription. Again thank you. The app is great so far.

[–] ljdawson@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago

One time remove ad and lifetime ultra were added this evening into sync.

[–] Xero@infosec.pub 0 points 1 year ago

I will be donating to you. $20 to remove ads is nonsense.

[–] tatochipcookie@lemmy.sdf.org 24 points 1 year ago

I'm okay with paying the subscription fee. I purchased Sync for Reddit Ultra back in the day with a one time payment and that was great, but it was one of the most supported apps I have ever bought in all my years of using computers and phones. For several years, I got a well supported app, and I felt like I got a steal of a purchase. I don't feel that the annual fee for Sync forLemmy is a cash grab by LJDawson, especially if the app just keeps getting better and better. It's already the most polished Lemmy client out now.

[–] Izzy@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

People are willing to pay for a better experience.

[–] Izzy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think you are missing the problem here. Paying for a good product or extra features is one thing. Paying to remove the ads that you added in the first place is another. Lemmy is funded entirely by donations and doesn't have any ads.

It's a pretty bad look that is fundamentally against the goals of Lemmy as ad free an open platform with a free API. Otherwise we are going to go down the same rabbit hole again and again like what happened with Reddit.

[–] zik@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The ads/subscription support the developer, who works on this as his full time job. This means we get a better app.

[–] Izzy@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So you are ok with ads and paid subscriptions to remove them, but you aren't ok with Reddit charging for access to its API? How do you reconcile the contradiction here? Reddit developers have to eat too. They are just a business trying to make money. What if Lemmy instances started charging for its API and priced out third party apps then added ads/subscription to their own app? All just part of the cycle?

[–] zik@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm fine with paying for a service I like and I did subscribe to reddit for many years. But even though I was a subscriber they cut off access to my apps. So screw them.

I understand that nothing's free so I plan to donate to lemmy.world to help them with their costs.

[–] ahal@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

There's no contradiction. It's just a free market. Reddit charged an absurd amount for their API and offered an inferior product as the only alternative. So people left.

If a Lemmy instance wants to charge for access or serve ads, that's fine too. But they better have some competitive advantage or people will leave for an instance that doesn't do that.

Another difference between Reddit and Sync is the scale. I support my local coffee shop over Starbucks for the same reason.

Funny how no one expects a coffee shop to run on donations.

[–] ahal@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm getting tired of people telling me what Lemmy is supposed to be about.

Every individual instance has their own goals that are completely independent from the core Lemmy project. If the creators of Lemmy don't like that they shouldn't have made it open source.

[–] FuckSpez@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, connect is good, I'm using it right now. Wish it could be open source though.

[–] vox@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

don't like the excessive padding and lack of stuff everywhere tho, feels so empty.