I have about 5 different apps installed right now, and while I plan to test them all out, curious what people’s conclusions are thus far.

  • drekly@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3610·
    1 year ago

    Sync has always been a superior UI/UX to anything else.

    And I’m happy to pay $20 for the developers work. Ads would barely pay him anything anyway.

    I feel like all you lemmings are getting way too hung up on the whole ads = spyware thing. It’s not the app that’s the issue, it’s the ad platforms - and those platforms are how he makes money. Don’t like it? Pay $20 for a lifetime without ads.

    Sync is good because it’s a full time job for the Dev. That means the guy needs money to survive. I’m more than happy to help towards that, so I can have a better experience.

    I used sync for Reddit for a loooong time, $20 is nothing compared to the value I’ve gotten out of it.

    • grumpyrico@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      i wouldn’t have a problem to pay 20$ flat to support the dev … its a lot of time doing and maintaining an app

      for now i dont see a reason to switch from voyager which shocks me bc i never thought a webapp could feel “that native”

      the problem i see if i wanted to switch to sync ist, that without a google account i couldnt pay which basically kills it for me personally.

      • drekly@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        That’s an absolutely understandable point of view.

        I’m just disappointed in the people who seem to think they deserve everything for free.

        Of course you can use free apps, that’s fine! It’s great to have options.

        Personally I enjoy the experience of using sync compared to the other apps on my phone (my own activity within Lemmy has spiked since it’s release!) And for that reason I’m happy to support its development.

      • mrgigglez@lemmy.worldEnglish
        81·
        1 year ago

        But that is 6$ a month. Not a flat ad free forever 20$ you are comparing apples to oranges.

      • Thetimefarm@lemm.eeEnglish
        51·
        1 year ago

        Thats because twitters business was advertisement and Musk fucked up one of the most important features for brands. Had they offered twitter premium in addition to verification that got you more features like youtube premium does that would have been fine.

        If you can’t tell the difference between a small developer and god damn twitter, idk what to tell you other than I guess you do your job for free because paying people for their tallent is bad apparently.