Not hating on open source, just let people use what fits their expectations and needs and stop deterring them with gatekeeping :P

UX = user experience

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    The one time payment to remove ads is 20$.

    People are really overblowing the price. As other ppl have mentioned, lemmy is less than a fraction of the user base of reddit.

    The 4x price increase isn’t crazy. Devs need to make a living. I talk to Lj every now and then on Discord. Dude has been scrambling since the Reddit shut down to get out a working product. I really don’t think it’s price gouging to spend 20$ for an app I’ll be using for maybe 30-mins to an hour almost every single day.

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      There is the ad revenue too though. If it is impossible to make a living and work on these apps with either reasonable app pricing or no ads, then why is Sync the only app for Lemmy with these strings attached?

      I just don’t understand what makes Sync significantly different or more expensive to produce than every other app available right now.

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        Bro it’s just a great fucking app, specifically for the design and user experience.

        Also I (very loosely) know Lj and want to support his work.

        You absolutely do not need to use Sync! Enjoy Lemmy through your app of choice!!

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          To be totally clear, I really am not intending to throw any shade towards users of the app. My opinion about the price is not a judgment on the users.

          I am glad to hear that it at least provides a premium experience. I just hope ads and expensive apps aren’t going to be the future of accessing Lemmy.

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        FOSS apps are hobbies. Sync is LJ’s job and will be better given the refinement it has received over years at reddit.

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        If it is impossible to make a living and work on these apps with either reasonable app pricing or no ads, then why is Sync the only app for Lemmy with these strings attached?

        Sync is a “professional” app. The others are mostly hobbyists. That’s the ultimate difference. Same as with Apollo. You had a bunch of open source reddit clients, but a hobby piece of software will seldom outshine a professional product. Sometimes it happens, but that’s the exception not the norm. Sync has been incredibly stable for me over the last day. Memmy on my phone and Connect haven’t been. No shade to the devs, but devs approach a solution differently when that is how they support themselves. Passion can only carry a project so far, speaking as a dev myself.