Sync was only released within the last week to the public, it’s going to take a little more time to finish working out the bugs. I am excited for sync because it was my preferred Reddit app and I’m hopeful it’ll be as good here. As for the ads… I use adguard dns and I haven’t seen any ads yet… Hopefully that continues. I agree $20 is steep but I thought I read somewhere that was one time payment. Someone else will have to confirm.

Jeez, some people are really pissed about the cost of removing ads. The developer needs to eat like anyone else, and he either gets the money from Google tracking you, or from a payment to hide those ads. Considering that the userbase isn’t very large, it IMO is a fair price for never seeing an ad again in that app, the dev will not collect a penny more from your usage at this point.

We’ve been pampered by mobile apps being dirt cheap for so long, and the dev’s track record with Sync for Reddit IMO speaks enough that he’s going to support it for a long time.

I feel kinda the same I did love Sync Pro on Reddit but I can’t justify the price of the lemmy one.

Connect is getting there the only things I think it’s missing for me personally are editing posts which voyager does so I know it’s possible and a lot of images should show up in line instead of opening the browser.

I spent more than $20 on a pizza the other day. Considering the many hundreds, if not thousands of hours, I used Sync for Reddit over 5 or 6 years, $20 is a no brainer. That said, I wouldn’t pay the $100 lifetime considering because I don’t need the perks associated with it and who knows if Lemmy will be around that long (I hope it will but you never know).

If he pulls in a dollar a week in ads per user, that’s what, half a year of income for him. The ads would continue making more over time. That’s a random example, not actual numbers the have been shown.

So, what’s the price point that works? What percentage of a year’s income is he allowed to charge? If you drop the twenty today, and use it for ten years; ten years where he’s doing support and compatibility work, at what point is it okay?

That twenty will be the last income from that user unless they decide to do ultra as well.

People asked for a one time ad removal. They got one that reflects a generous estimate of what income would be lost over time.

I’m a long term Reddit sync user and the price is a lil high for the one off payments but knowing how much I used it for Reddit it’s a good deal. Right now I’m paying monthly because my Google opinion rewards more than pays for it so it’s not like it’s even my money being spent

This app is still in beta, it isn’t finished yet, that’s why you can’t post. I’d rather use Sync in beta than the other apps.

Yes the app has ads, this is his job, he has to be able to eat, the ads aren’t intrusive.

$20 is nothing, you have to remember Lemmy’s userbase is SMALL, so he has to up the price compared to his old Reddit version, other apps may have charged $5 of whatever, but that doesn’t mean they should have done, it should have been more.

I’ll easily spend $20-30 on a single dinner, but an app I use every day for hours it’s too much? I’ll spend $60 on a game I’ll play for 10-20 hours, but on an app I’ll use for far, far, longer it’s too much?

Personally even in the beta state, it feels far more polished than any of the alternative apps. If you don’t like Sync or the price, don’t use it. But to be personally, Connect, Jerboa, Thunder, Voyager, and the rest, are inferior (and yes, I tried them all)

Life is expensive man. And this is the dude’s sole income. Also apps have long been improperly priced. A buck or two really isn’t sustainable for what most developers put in.

I think the price is just the reality of pricing nowadays. You could’ve bought reddit sync ten years ago ad free for like $2. That’s ten years of free updates for an app most people would use everyday for hours on end. That’s not really a sustainable business model and why a lot of people are transitioning to subscriptions, for the recurring revenue. For me, the $20 is fine and honestly the $100 is too for ultra. If you spend two hours a day on sync for the next year that’s averaging to three cents a day… And I know my usage definitely exceeds two hours a day. Plus all the features and track record of sync make me pretty confident in its future. Ultimately it’s up to you to decide whether this app is worth it. If you think connect is better, great, stick with connect.

Things cost time and money to make, it’s that simple. People need to eat. $20 for lifetime support and updates on an app you use every day is very reasonable.

More than anything, I want to support the developer of this app so that he can continue to work on his project.

To be honest, the data collection was enough to keep me on Connect instead of Sync. With that being said, I was excited for the release of Sync. It wasn’t my primary app on Reddit, but having developers for Lemmy apps is great, and the developers who had successful Reddit apps already have a solid idea of what to do. Sync is not finished, so there are valid complaints to be made! But it also already looks more polished than Connect in many ways, in my opinion.

In terms of the price point, I don’t actually think it’s unreasonable. There’s a one-time lifetime purchase available, and as I understand it the app is being developed by a single developer trying to support himself. I get that the price might be outside of some people’s casual spending range, but luckily there’s a free version with ads (and many, many other free apps without).