• FierySpectre@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Developers deserve to be paid for their time though…

    Sure for many it’s nothing but a hobby and they’re happy to create something for free. But that doesn’t mean every developer needs to do the same.

    And yes ads are a privacy nightmare and putting them into your app is bad. So either you only use apps from hobbyists or you pay for access (whether that be a set price for a finished product or a subscription for a service).

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      1 month ago

      Paid apps are fine. I’m generally not OK with in-app purchases, because the overwhelmingly majority of them are abusive microtransactions.

      Allowing ads is not OK. Privacy is a massive issue, but even without privacy concerns all ads are malicious.

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      1 month ago

      Most F-droid apps are side projects people do for fun