Please note this is just a beta and there are going to be bugs, but it works and it works nicely. Have fun.

  • Crackhappy@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Man, when the Pro lifetime comes out I’m there but at this point I’m not going to engage at all with either being tracked by advertisers or being forced to go through all that. There are other open source apps that don’t do any of that which may not be quite as good but the difference is worth it. Lemmy doesn’t have any ads. Why should I subject myself to ads or being tracked to use what is already free?

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      1 year ago

      Because you know what sync provides and why it’s worth spending money on it. I get these arguments and they are valid but no one forces anyone to use an app. You can just ignore it. I also prefer open source apps and don’t like subscriptions but I bought the Ultra even if I just want to remove the ads. Also the price is not that big so i think of it as a donation.

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        1 year ago

        It’s a nice app, but so is Jerboa, which does not have ads. If there was a one-time ad-free purchase; I would strongly consider it; but I’m not going to pay a subscription to avoid ads on an already ad-free website.

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          1 year ago

          This is also the dev that got really hurt over his paying customers not liking when he completely changed the app they paid for under their nose with no option to roll back, and quit pushing updates for a while after that. It was a whole thing.

          I’m not paying a dev that can’t handle feedback and has an entire fanclub cheering on literally every single decision.

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          1 year ago

          I believe the developer is working on a one-time payment Pro version that removes ads. Ultra has additional features for a subscription fee.