Sync Ultra is a very reasonable $17 a YEAR. YouTube Premium is reaching that per MONTH. I have sync downloaded and it was the first thing I did. Thanks lj for the beautiful app.

[EDIT: That was a poor comparison, as pointed out in the comments. Leaving it for discussion sake.

There are many counterpoints and actually good discussion happening down below. Even if you don’t agree, thanks for showing me a different perspective!

If you want to support Sync, make sure to support the Lemmy Devs and your instance holders as well!

*This post was made early in the day before the update added the OTP option.]

  • @[email protected]
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    1711 months ago

    Am I the only one who thinks that sync pro for reddit subscribers should have their one time purchase be honored/restored?

    • BoofStroke
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      1511 months ago

      Not with the overhaul required. That said, the asking price is too steep.

    • @Jakeroxs
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      1411 months ago

      Yeaaaaa I would like that but I don’t see it being possible or feasible, I bought sync dev years ago, don’t mind throwing another few dollars in

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        11 months ago

        Yeah but the one-time purchase now is hardly another few dollars… Its $99 now, which is absurd.

        Edit: I see now that there is a $20 version to remove ads. Still would be great if they honored folks who paid for reddit’s syncpro, especially considering that version blocked reddit ads, and this version blocks ads inserted by the app itself.

        • @[email protected]
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          111 months ago

          It blocked ads inserted by Sync. No third party app ever displayed reddit ads to my knowledge.

      • @[email protected]
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        511 months ago

        :/ had to buy sync twice. Had it for a few years and one day it was like ! hey I’m not working anymore !

        A bit frustrating but honestly sync is worth chipping some money towards.

        • @Jakeroxs
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          111 months ago

          I actually don’t see an option to buy it once at all, I’m not really wanting to pay a subscription lol

          • @[email protected]
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            111 months ago

            I fucking hate how subscriptions are just the default now. Tbh I will probably just pleb it up with the free version.

            • @Jakeroxs
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              111 months ago

              There was an update that added a ad free one time payment or a lifetime ultra sub.

              I used sync for a loooong time on Reddit so…

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      11 months ago

      I got Ultra Lifetime when it launched 13 months ago, $35 as I recall. People who didn’t go the “supportive” route paid $19 for that year. This rubs me up the wrong way even though I don’t care about the money, it’s not actual adversity or anything. Just doesn’t sit well. Also paid the previous prices when the app launched many years ago

    • @[email protected]
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      211 months ago

      Ultra Lifetime is arguable but as I understand it, it’s not that easy because Google Play doesn’t have a way to transfer subscriptions between apps like that.

      Pro I don’t think makes sense because it was pretty cheap to begin with. Pro ended up costing me $0.00062/day ($2.50 11 years ago). Kind of makes me feel guilty to be honest.

      • @[email protected]
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        211 months ago

        Don’t feel guilty. We were early backers before Ultra was a thing and probably before costs to run Sync were high