Not hating on open source, just let people use what fits their expectations and needs and stop deterring them with gatekeeping :P
UX = user experience
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I was excited to try Sync after all the hype (read: advertising) on Lemmy, saw that it had ads, and noped the fuck out.
You do you, but I'm not gonna use that kind of garbage. Ads don't "keep apps accessible". Instead, they poison your mind specifically and suck balls in general. The entire advertisement model is flawed, and certain kinds of people only put up with it because they don't know better.
Yup. I think apps should cost money. No ads. It's the freemium model that creates all the bad things about our experience.
As a Sync homer, I am absolutely ok with ads until I think Lemmy is worth the extra investment. I don't understand the hate. I could not get into Lemmy with Jerboa and I'm willing to deal with the ads on a UX that I enjoy for now. Just do what you like and ignore the rest. If a bunch of people like it, maybe just them enjoy it without hating on them.
Ultimately, it increases the popularity of Lemmy. Why try to gate keep? This is the same attitude that made Reddit unenjoyable.
Exactly. I have no problem with people trying to make money from software, but FOSS tools should be supported over proprietary ones wherever possible, and it’s nobodies fault that FOSS is often the better technical choice anyway. As someone with ADHD: fuck all ads, I demand a peaceful mind.