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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ljdawson@lemmy.world to c/syncforlemmy@lemmy.world
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Afternoon everyone,

I wanted to go over a few points related to pricing, stats and the roadmap

Pricing

  1. Sync for Lemmy is completely free with ads (the same as Sync for Reddit)

  2. You can remove ads in the account picker or drawer for a one time fee of ~$20

  3. Sync Ultra also removes ads but it's not required

  4. I'll be working on regional prices over the coming weeks

There are now 24k installed users up from 100 the previous day!

I'm going to be spending the next few days going through all of the comments / messages and fixing any crashes.

As always thanks for the support and hope you're liking Sync!

Lj

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[–] Taako_Tuesday@lemmy.ca 49 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I paid 5 dollars back in 2016, and I was fully expecting to pay more for this version. 20 dollars for no ads is fine by me. However, I don't feel like the 100 dollars for lifetime ultra is worth it. Maybe someday when I feel like those extra perks are worthwhile

[–] m0nky@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think his only mistake was offering lifetime at all. Nobody knows the future of Lemmy; people are seeing $100 and getting a bit of a shock, we could buy two AAA games for that. A couple of dollars a month or annual is easier to justify. Then, if Lemmy does become the next big thing and lasts 20 years, the developer is taking a big hit. Lifetime at that price feels like there will be a loser for either the user or dev.

[–] EliasChao@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

I think that the possibility for Lemmy being around for the next 20 years is a compelling argument for pricing the lifetime version that high.

The dev needs recurring money to support himself, and having a ton of users not paying at all after a certain amount of time would only hurt him in the future.

I agree that it’d be better to stomach if there was a cheaper recurring monthly/yearly fee for it (in case it doesn’t exist right now).

[–] keefshape@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I paid like 80 bucks about a year ago. And here I am rallying for ljd to keep providing a solid client that works the way I want it to.

I followed like sheep, and baaaah take my money.