this post was submitted on 04 Aug 2023
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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?
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.