I have about 5 different apps installed right now, and while I plan to test them all out, curious what people’s conclusions are thus far.

  • newIdentity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    102·
    1 year ago

    It’s not about paying the Developer. It’s about paying the developer that much. $20 just to remove ads is a lot and a price people are not willing to pay

    • ruckblack@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      84·
      1 year ago

      They’re welcome to use whatever other app they want, or deal with ads. Options abound. I seriously doubt the sync for lemmy dev is swimming in cash. We’re not talking about shoveling money at a company like reddit, we’re talking about supporting a solitary, highly trusted dev who’s worked hard to create a great app.

      • jrlionheart00@lemmy.worldEnglish
        67·
        1 year ago

        you fail to realize that the dev barely did any work to the app, it’s literally a direct port from reddit to lemmy, yet he’s recharging people money at a very steep price too and he’s running ads on the app when the official lemmy site has NO ads nor does it’s official app Jerboa.

        • ruckblack@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          52·
          1 year ago

          Lmfao recharging people money. Base sync for reddit was free and then you could pay like $5 for lifetime support. Sorry the dev is looking to be compensated for his work, I know $2 per month is a “very steep price.”

          Use Jerboa.

    • negativeyoda@lemmy.worldEnglish
      52·
      1 year ago

      I mean, I paid $3-4 for Sync literally years ago. Once. I personally don’t have a problem kicking the dude shekels given that I literally paid pennies a month for how much I used it. To play devil’s advocate, groceries cost twice what they did 2 years ago. Everything is more expensive across the board and it sucks, but these are the seas we swim in

      • rDrDr@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        1 year ago

        Except the ad market is down. An ad supported user is going to generate $2-3 in revenue over the lifetime of the app at most. The pro version price should be in line with that. Or at least not vastly more.

        I don’t mind paying for a good appz even $20, but I just don’t know if I will get that much use out of it. If another app comes around and I like it better, that’s it.