With the ad adjustment came these banner ads on the top of comment sections and they are atrocious so much so I don’t bother reading comments anymore. They all have the obnoxious white backgrounds and they flicker since they move. It feels light no matter my phones britness they are blinding and since content doesnt get loads of comments the banner is just distracting while reading. I’m on board with ads as I haven’t paid to remove but this specific style changes how I’m using sync now.

  • CrayonRosary@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Either pay for it or use a free app like Thunder.

    I’ve been using Thunder for over a week in protest of Sync’s dev walking out on us mid conversation and not saying a thing or looking at any bugs for four month. “Us” being the people who paid good money for the app ($20 dollars), who test the betas, write bug reports on github, and participate on Discord.

    He left us with bugs that crash the app, broken markdown, uneditable titles, and more very basic things. He rushed out a minorly tweaked version of Sync for Reddit, took our money, then bailed.

    And when he comes back everyone’s sniffing his butt and wagging their tails like they’re so happy to see him! But he left us out to dry for four months.

    I’d like to see an open source app eclipse Sync in every way so no one has to be forced to choose between not using a great Lemmy client, paying $20, or suffering horrible ads.

    Thunder is pretty great right now. And if the main dev or devs walk away, someone else can pick up the reigns. And it’s completely free.

    So I’m giving Thunder a real try and reporting bugs and offering suggestions.