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Man, I am really out of the loop here. What's happening?
Apparently sync was a popular reddit app (I think, I never heard of it before), which has now launched for lemmy. The result being that 50% of all posts on lemmy is now about sync for some reason.
Guerrilla marketing or just very very dedicated fans?
Long time sync user. It's fans. It's just Tha good.
The app team is one man: Ljdawson. It ain't guerrilla marketing.
As one of the people who came to Lemmy because of Sync, I'd say very dedicated fans. It was hands down the absolute best Reddit app on Android. Still feeling salty about what reddit did, so I followed Sync here.
Do you have a link to the app? What makes the app worth 20 bucks?
It's free. It's only on google play. The 20$ is to get rid of ads forever. There's also a subscription model which I'm not a fan of but it only costs 17$/year.
I'm a sync user and I love sync because of the customisation and the UI. It was pretty much my perfect reddit app.
Why pay money for an app when there's tens of apps which do the exact same thing but don't include ads in the first place?
Pepsi, Coke, or Budget no-name cola? Windows, MacOS, or Linux? Sometimes it's a personal preference.
I like the UX of Sync. I've made QOL feature requests in the past and they've been implemented. For an early beta, it's extremely well polished. I can afford to support the developer for a quality app, so I do.
I can certainly see the merits of each app, and have used a few of them. I just prefer Sync.
But that's me. It should have no bearing on what you or anyone else uses.
Give me a free coke clone and I'll pick it most of the time. Your comparison lacks because everything has to be bought (except Linux).
FOSS apps are free and will always be free.
But yeah, if you prefer one app over another and you're fine with paying money to use it, go ahead.
But... I'm not paying money to use it lol
Personal preference, idk. I'm not trying to convince you, just stating the facts
which app does the same thing?
I was just lurking on connect till sync came out personally
Same, connect worked good but... Sync is my home lol
The dev, who I think is awesome so grain of salt, put ads in it.
or you could pay 20$ to make then go away.
or you could pay some number, I forget, but it was a subscription and a bit high for a reddit client style app. according to lemmy people at least.
sync for reddit was exactly the same but cheaper.
this angered some people but delighted the many reditfugees. including myself, who has been jonesing for a reasonable social media experience since apps got kicked off reddit. The various clients out there are admirable to some degree but Sync is an ABSOLUTE DELIGHT to use. and this is just a beta. I am a rabbitd fan...since sync for reddit was a beta.
I feel like I'm back. and Lemmy people operate on a different level compared to reddit people. the Dev can have a whole big pile of money from me as far as I'm concerned.
but I always understand to some people in particular the traditional lemmy crowed - whom I've quickly come to respect and greatly since joining - think this should be ad free and payment free. or at least cheaper. and fair enough.
but for me, a lowly reddfugee. I'm feel like I'm back baby. woohoo!!!
So... after paying sync the ad go away money I donated to lemmy the same 20$, and I will surely buy the subscription to sync when it is out of beta and match the amount as donation to this instance. take my money you impressive bastards.