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[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Sync for Reddit pro cost me โ‚ฌ2.69 in 2015. โ‚ฌ23 is a bit of a step up.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Yeah. I paid for Sync Pro and I'd gladly pay again (even though I've pretty much settled for Kbin), but I was expecting something like โ‚ฌ4.99 not โ‚ฌ21.99. Call me cheap but I'm not doing that.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

True, probably to adjust to how much the subscription model makes.

If you've ever used Infinity for Reddit, there is a version for Lemmy that just released too. It has no ads and is opensource.

https://codeberg.org/Bazsalanszky/Infinity-For-Lemmy

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

Thanks, I saw it in another thread and installed it earlier. I'm mostly using Thunder because earlier it was the only client with haptic feedback, but it's a bit rough around the edges. I used to use Infinity for Reddit before.

I don't mind paying more since Lemmy is a smaller market but I'll wait for a sale I think.

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

I'm still probably going to hold out for Boost for Lemmy to come out, so I'm just on the $2/mo plan right now.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lemmy has maybe 0.1% of the users Reddit has.

The dev can't rely on tens of thousands of people paying a dollar, he needs thousands of people to pay ten dollars. Or whatever the equivalent is.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I feel like $10 would be a lot more reasonable than the $25 it costs here.

[โ€“] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's cool. 60 cent can of tomato soup now costs $3.50

My rent went from $850 to $2300

Do you think you should pay 2015 prices in 2023?

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

I expect the price to increase for sure. But still, I've got options and can choose.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

No one said you can't. Just don't be surprised when prices aren't 2015 prices.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Crazy how when it updated this morning, pay to remove ads was 12.99. I went back in and it's now 19.99. Crazy.

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

Still says $12.99 for me. I also haven't seen a single ad on the free version. Not paying till I see one.

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

Just to reiterate. I love sync and will support the developer. Curious on how Lemmy pans out.

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

$12.99 is an annual subscription that gets you no ads, auto-translate and some other features.

$19.99 is one time, lifetime payment for no-ads only.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's 30CAD.

I like the app, nowhere that much tho.

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

exactly. I think the dev is banking on all the craziness for an app, why not charge more for the early birds. Strike while the fire is hot. Good for him, but yea, I'll wait. Lemmy itself isn't that full grown yet to warrant it either.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That $12.99 was for a year subscription and is still available as an option. $19.99 is the buy-once and have ads removed forever.

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

nope. it was the same 'remove ads' button. same functionality, just higher price. There is only one option.

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

The buy once option literally just appeared like an hour ago. The update just went live and didn't exist before this update.

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

the no ads option was cheaper right when it went up. price was increased like an hour later

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can now make a one-time purchase to remove ads. You can find the option below the account switcher.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

ยฃ19 OTP! WTF! Ljdawson tell me this is a mistake...

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

I paid ยฃ12.99?

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can now pay one time to remove ads without subscribing to Ultra.

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

What if we've already subscribed to Ultra but just want the one time payment?

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

I imagine the dev hasn't implemented subscription migration yet. Just cancel your subscription renewal and buy the one time option next year when your subscription ends.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Too expensive for a social app? Yeah. But I'll put some money into his development for this year to help bootstrap a new community and evaluate again next year.