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[–] Kovu 22 points 11 months ago (4 children)

lmao:

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

I just paid to disable the ads and tracking. It's worth it for me, a longtime Sync user.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Might as well keep using Connect. It's a nice app.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Yeah back on Connect myself but the previous release as it now has pag numbers which just really seems a strange thing to add and for some reason just niggles me enough to make it annoying. But that's just me

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

yeah... i certainly won't be using it

it's a shame, as it has some nice features that no other client has; but the privacy policy is just incredible

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Most of us who were excited for this were eager to support the dev and therefore no ads or tracking

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Well worth the 20$ to remove the ads and support the dev!

[–] [email protected] -4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

*per year

also, as a closed-source app, there's no guarantee that actually removes tracking. i'm not going to say sync does this, because that would be libel, but there's nothing stopping sync collecting everything it can collect anyways and selling them to the highest bidder, just not showing actual ads in-app

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

The yearly subscription is for Ultra. The ad removal option in profile -> remove ads is permanent.

LJ has always been very open with the community the whole time Sync was for reddit. You could post about it in [email protected] if you're worried about tracking

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The yearly subscription is for Ultra. The ad removal option in profile -> remove ads is permanent.

i'm going to take you at your word, as i can't see that option to prove or disprove (you sure it's in profile, not settings?)

LJ has always been very open with the community the whole time Sync was for reddit.

i know. i never really used sync after the redesign, but i have full respect for mr dawson.

You could post about it in [email protected] if you're worried about tracking

honestly there's no real point, many people have done so already. but i personally don't like the privacy policy, and the fact i would have to agree to firebase & crashlytics to use the app (i'm actually pro opt-out telemetry; but not un-opt-able and not via google). and sync is nice, but it's not that much nicer than thunder

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

It was pushed out as an update yesterday a few hours after the initial open beta launch. Make sure yours is fully updated.

The dev actually listened to user feedback after the big redesign and I was able to customize it to what I wanted.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

It was pushed out as an update yesterday a few hours after the initial open beta launch. Make sure yours is fully updated.

so it was. i still maintain that £18.99 is a bit steep though.

The dev actually listened to user feedback after the big redesign and I was able to customize it to what I wanted.

yeah, that's what i heard. but i'd already moved on to slide, and now i'm happy enough with thunder

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Should it be possible to login to the app using kbin.social credentials? Doesn't seem to work for me.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

It isn't, Kbin hasn't finished its API and therefore doesn't currently support third party apps.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

In the future, but right now Sync is only a Lemmy. In the meantime for kbin Artemis is pretty good and where public beta this week.