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Hey Boost, could you maybe vet your ads a little better? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 months ago by brown567@sh.itjust.works to c/boostforlemmy@lemmy.world

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I would much prefer this piece of shit die in obscurity, thanks

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[–] nawa@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Because apps with ads (specifically Sync that I use) have better UX and more features than anything open-source. Sorry but that's it.

[–] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 months ago

I guess everyone has their own level of tolerance for ads.

To me, anything ad supported has a terrible "UX". I'd put up with a lot to avoid ads.

Obviously you don't care about ads and that's fine too

[–] Abby@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago

Have you tried clients that are focused on good design like Voyager or Photon?

[–] barsquid@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Better UX

Ads

IDK something isn't adding up.

[–] nawa@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yes because ads are the only thing making a difference in the comfort of using an app. Comfortable design (that doesn't try to cram a million things into a small phone screen) and intuitive navigation mean nothing I guess.

[+] barsquid@lemmy.world -11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Not cramming things into a phone screen

Ads

Are we in the same reality?

[–] nawa@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Perhaps you could get off your high open-source horse and try reading what I actually wrote. I'm talking about cramming in a million buttons and 0.1 line height so there are 20 comments shown at once. I don't need my mobile app to look like old.reddit.com, I need it to be actually readable and usable from a small screen. Ads (which are shown in the feed and can be scrolled past) have nothing to do with that.

[–] emeralddawn45@discuss.tchncs.de -3 points 3 months ago

Lol sync users are so brainwashed and will say anything to justify it. Connect is so nice and usable, i haven't had a single issue with it since I started using it months ago. Jerboa has also come a long way, but was a little raw at the time and so I mostly got used to connect.