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[–] MothBookkeeper@lemmy.world 180 points 1 year ago (29 children)

I have no idea why so many people are upset about Sync. There are so many FOSS alternatives. Just... don't use it? It literally doesn't impact you at all.

[–] 0933@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I’ve been living under a rock, what’s the deal with sync?

[–] poquitocabeza@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sync for Reddit was a popular app.

After the whole API thing the dev started developing sync for Lemmy.

The open beta was just released.

The free version includes ads.

You can remove ads with a subscription, or with a one time payment of $20.

The Reddit ad free version was like $5, so the price increase pissed some people off.

Also the FOSS or die people got pissed off.

There are many great Lemmy apps, I say just use whatever works best for you.

[–] DandomRude@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Denalduh@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I bought sync for reddit over 10 years ago and used it daily. I had no issue what so ever paying. The app itself is nothing short of top notch quality and you can tell LJ is passionate about his work. He's continously updating the app and making improvements. Hell, you can spend more at a fast food joint vs the single one time payment option.

[–] andthenthreemore@startrek.website 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The Sync for Reddit Dev has released an app for lemmy. People are salty because it's way better than any of the foss apps that are currently out.

[–] idle@158436977.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not sure what people were expecting. It's not like the sync dev had to start over. I would bet they were able to reuse a huge chunk of the source.

[–] ljdawson@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

5 weeks at 100 hours ish to get to public beta.

[–] idle@158436977.xyz 7 points 1 year ago

Well you did a great job, i was a Sync user back when i was on Reddit and I'm glad to have your app back.

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Infinity just dropped, so your time is limited!

Oh I'm definitely going to give it a try once it hits fdroid so it's easy to update. I'm not somehow thinking that Sync is inherently better than Foss apps. But it was always going to feel more mature. It's a conversion of an app that's been in development for 11 years, rather than a brand new app.

[–] MothBookkeeper@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Sync for Reddit was a popular-ish third-party Reddit app. The dev has been working on building a version of it for Lemmy, and the surrounding community has been pretty excited for it. Recently, Sync for Lemmy was released, and there's been a lot of fanfare, conversation, etc. In my opinion, it's the most polished Lemmy client by far. Some people are annoyed that the premium features cost significantly more than they did in Sync for Reddit. The dev said it's to offset the smaller user base, which seems reasonable to me, but it's spurred a lot of arguments about the paid model.

[–] june@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The big one is that it introduces ads while Lemmy is an ad-free platform, and the option to pay to remove ads isn’t regionalized, so for some people it’s wildly expensive to buy. There’s also some question about some of the permissions.

[–] BeepStreet@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

The developer is implementing regional pricing as we speak though.

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