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Is there a one time payment option to remove ads?

Or is sync ultra the only way to remove ads?

I would love to support sync, but the subscription fatigue is real.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Is there a one time payment option to remove ads?

Dev said he will ad a ad removal feature

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Honestly I would prefer to be able to buy a separate "Pro" version from the Play Store, without an in-app purchase. There have been issues in the past where in-app purchases didn't get recognized or when ads suddenly started appearing for people who bought the ad removal option.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

He said that this won't happen because when developers publish "copies" of apps Google sees it as "abuse".

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

lj said he fixed that around a year ago.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That doesn't mean it won't ever happen again. I just have less trust in an IAP model. It's inherently more fragile because it does a license status check with Google every time you launch it, whereas a one time purchased app doesn't need to ask permission.

[–] ljdawson 5 points 1 year ago

It does. I completely reworked it

[–] hightrix 4 points 1 year ago

Excellent to hear. This app is a no go until that option is available.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That's good to know!

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

It will continue to be so weird for me to go from no ads to ads (or paying a subscription) just because you like the interface a bit more. All the free UIs already available seem perfectly usable and roughly equivalent in convenience.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah, if subscription is the only way to remove ads then I'm fine with the Foss options like liftoff. And I'm blocking ads system wide on my phone, so it's not like I see any ads on Sync. But, I would still prefer to be able to pay to remove it, since I have moved away from using apps that have ads in favor of Foss or paying to for the ad free version over the years.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Yep, I had my credit card out (figuratively) and was ready to buy the ad free version, just to support the dev - but I turned right around when I saw the price (AUD$34).

I don't see ads either, it was literally just about the support for me. I'm weighing up whether to go back to Connect on principle, and if Adguard stops working on Sync, I'll definitely just walk away.

[–] CYCLR 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hey, any tips to block ads system wide?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Easy way is with an adblocking DNS. Simple ones to use are Adguard and NextDNS

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

dns another comment suggested or something like personaldnsfilter or rethink which creates a local vpn. Both are on the play store or f-droid.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Yeah. I don't see a compelling reason to switch to Sync when there are so many other alternatives that are free and without ads. And then comes the subscription! Get outta here. I'm not even going to mention the data tracking. I'm sticking with my FOSS apps, thank you very much.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You will own nothing, and you will be happy.

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[–] wilberfan 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)

subscription fatigue is real.

I LOL'd at that phrase. So true. That being said, $17/yr feels pretty reasonable to me.

So far, I'm seeing placeholders for ads in my feed--but no actual ads. But I have multiple layers of adblocking set up at home, so...

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

$17/yr feels crazy expensive. After only a few years it's the price of a AAA video game which obviously has an order of magnitude more development put into it. The money wouldn't even be going towards Lemmy where the real costs are since they are the ones actually hosting it all...

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Apps used to be, what, $5? Now everything's a subscription and you end up paying 10x as much money if you use the app for just a few years. I will never buy into the subscription model for services that used to be single-payment. Never.

[–] BURN 7 points 1 year ago

$1.29 forever

I miss the days when buying something was actually an option

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[–] wilberfan 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

$17 is almost 20% less than it will cost me to see OPPENHEIMER in 70mm IMAX. The former lasts a year, the latter 3 hours. Which will be more engaging? πŸ€”

[–] madcaesar 4 points 1 year ago

Your point makes no sense. If we are going by amount of work per hour / price, if Oppenheimer costs 17$,then sync should cost like 2c...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

How much of that ticket price went to the projectionist? I feel that would be the equivalent of Sync in this comparison since the actual hosting and creation of the content is elsewhere, Sync is just one person who shows it to you

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

I can't see ads (only a placeholder) due to my adblocker, but cannot purchase a subscription anyway (no play store)

Screenshot of Sync for Lemmy with an ad placeholder

Spoiler

Screenshot of Sync for Lemmy with an error connecting to Google Play

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Get the duckduckgo app and go to settings and enable the BETA feature to disable trackers from apps on your device.

You will see blank spots that say sponsored content but you will not see the actual ads. Good enough for me.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's a $20 one time payment option.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When you tap the profile switcher in the upper left corner

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago
[–] cory_lowry 8 points 1 year ago

The dev is working on one and it'll be released soon

[–] chairman 7 points 1 year ago

Yes. But please update to the latest version. This option JUST got introduced.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

There is now

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

While I really like the app, I still find the communities need to grow before I invest in it. So far it's been great. Just feels a little empty.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Where are they putting the ads? I haven't seen one yet and would prefer to not be hoodwinked.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In the feed. If you have a DNS adblocker they don't appear.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

That explains it. I haven't seen any ads or even placeholders.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I've already seen some placeholders in my feed. Not sure yet if the ads aren't ready yet, or if my myriad adblockers are doing their jobs.

[–] 3nyder 4 points 1 year ago

Maybe just launched with the beta, but on my menu on the left there's an option to remove ads

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

@poquitocabeza

blokada is the way my friend ... not only for sync .. but for every other app

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It sounds like there will be a one time purchase option (Sync Pro) but I haven't seen a timeline.

Personally, I'm doing the monthly subscription until Pro comes out. I appreciate that the dev got this beta up and running so quickly so I'm treating the subscription as a "thanks for your hard work." Like you, I'm overburdened with subscriptions, though, and can't maintain that long term.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That one’s an iOS exclusive though, while Sync is an Android exclusive.

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