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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-31•9 months ago People want to get paid for their work? Shocking! And other people don’t want nagging spyware ads? SHOCKING! You know, Twitter and Reddit developers also want to get paid. That’s why they killed free API access. Funny how you came to Lemmy anyway…
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish13•9 months agoComparing a solo dev to large corporations isn’t really convincing me.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•9 months agoAnd I’m not convinced by the claim that putting spyware into apps is the only way to make money.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•9 months agoLiterally no one on the face of the earth has ever said that. We’re actually talking about an app that has a paid option without ads.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•9 months agoIt uses trackers even when paying, btw.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•9 months agoSource? The sync dev said that google’s ad code isn’t ever initialized if you pay. Don’t see why it wouldn’t be the same with boost.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•9 months agoA comment in a crosspost. It said that analytics (which is not ads but just as tracking) is enabled in the pay version.
minus-squarecandyman337linkEnglish9•9 months agoThat’s Google’s fault, not the dev’s. He’s just trying to make a living.
And other people don’t want nagging spyware ads? SHOCKING! You know, Twitter and Reddit developers also want to get paid. That’s why they killed free API access. Funny how you came to Lemmy anyway…
Comparing a solo dev to large corporations isn’t really convincing me.
And I’m not convinced by the claim that putting spyware into apps is the only way to make money.
Literally no one on the face of the earth has ever said that. We’re actually talking about an app that has a paid option without ads.
It uses trackers even when paying, btw.
Source? The sync dev said that google’s ad code isn’t ever initialized if you pay. Don’t see why it wouldn’t be the same with boost.
A comment in a crosspost. It said that analytics (which is not ads but just as tracking) is enabled in the pay version.
Oof that’s a bummer.
That’s Google’s fault, not the dev’s. He’s just trying to make a living.