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Post launch day chat (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Afternoon everyone,

I wanted to go over a few points related to pricing, stats and the roadmap

Pricing

  1. Sync for Lemmy is completely free with ads (the same as Sync for Reddit)

  2. You can remove ads in the account picker or drawer for a one time fee of ~$20

  3. Sync Ultra also removes ads but it's not required

  4. I'll be working on regional prices over the coming weeks

There are now 24k installed users up from 100 the previous day!

I'm going to be spending the next few days going through all of the comments / messages and fixing any crashes.

As always thanks for the support and hope you're liking Sync!

Lj

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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The backlash has surprised me a bit. I agree the price is a bit steep but considering the userbase is only a fraction of what Reddit has, it's understandable that the price would be higher.

I just didn't expect such negative reactions to either the ad component or the price. A lot have mentioned that it could become a form of gatekeeping for newcomers. I just hope it won't turn out that way.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I paid $30 for a launcher (Niagara). It was worth it. I'll give Sync a few days and will probably end up throwing down some cash. Seems solid so far.

[โ€“] ChronosWing 1 points 1 year ago

Ah fuck yeah, Niagara is such a damn good launcher.

[โ€“] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

All the backlash comes from the elitists that have been using Lemmy before the reddit API change, and I guarantee everybody will shut up about it in a week or so.

Lemmy users when reddit users transfer over: omg welcome to our humble little boards! Feel free to use it however you desire!

Lemme users when a developer makes an app for it: NO YOU FUCKING WORTHLESS MORON YOU'RE SELLING YOUR SOUL $20 IS MORE THAN I'VE EVER HAD IN MY LIFE AND YOU WANNA THROW IT AWAY??? THIS WEB APP THAT HAS NO ANIMATIONS AND NO FEATURES AND RUNS LIKE SHIT IS THE BEST AND ANYBODY WHO ARGUES WITH ME IS A SHILLLLLLLLLLLLL