this post was submitted on 02 Aug 2023
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Sync has just updated to allow a one off payment to remove ads. Dawson is also adding a one off payment for lifetime Ultra as well.
But lemmy doesn't have ads?
It's a monetization strategy for the work he's put into the app. I see why people don't like it but I never intended to see a single ad in Sync anyway
Ahhh that's a no from me. I'd pay if I like it, but injecting ads into the feed and I'm out. Just trying liftoff now. Seems solid.
I like liftoff a lot. There are a couple of features I'd like to see (such as an option to automatically hide child comments) however they've already added other features I've suggested.
Shouldn't some of the ad revenue be going to the Lemmy servers? Seems kinda wack.
I've read elsewhere that this app is his full time job, and this is obviously my opinion, but FWIW sync has by far the best UX of any app I've ever used and I've been using it for about a decade.
Weird, I remember him having a job and sync being a side thing. Something the moderators mentioned after LJ pushed that big update on sync for reddit and some users attacked him to the point he took a break.
I think that may have been before he went full time on the app, I could definitely be wrong though