Please note this is just a beta and there are going to be bugs, but it works and it works nicely. Have fun.

  • Ljdawson (Sync dev)@lemmy.worldMEnglish
    1·
    2 years ago

    Hey everyone. Happy to finally get this out, it’s been one busy month.

    I’m looking to add a lifetime option for ultra & option to just remove ads. Keep in mind this is the first release, lots more to follow.

    Cheers!

    Lj

    • WarmSoda@lemm.eeEnglish
      12·
      2 years ago

      What ads are being removed?

      Edit; oh God theres ads on the app?? I thought you were talking about ads somewhere on lemmy.

      Edit again. Yes I now know there ads on the app. I thought the first edit made that clear. You can stop replying telling me there’s ads on the app. I know this. Stop acting like reddit.

      • Ado@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        Probably the ads placed in the app to help pay for development costs of creating a free app.

            • WarmSoda@lemm.eeEnglish
              1·
              2 years ago

              Seriously? Do you know what time is?
              At the time the app had just released and I didn’t know there were ads in the app. As time went on I found out there are ads in the AP. That’s what the first edit is. In fact I even told you why I asked in the edit.

              Fast forward to long after all of this happened, and you come strolling in “I can’t read and don’t understand series of events so I’m going to chime in with a dumb question”

  • Oddbin@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1·
    2 years ago

    My excitement is tempered by two things, the ultra cost being a subscription (I get the “why” I just hate more subscriptions) and also the pretty crappy targeted adverts “consent” whereby you have to scroll through page after page of third party vendors to turn off the “legitimate” interest which is, let’s be honest their way around consent by just ignoring what you want. That’s put me right off in all honesty sorry.

    • Crackhappy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      Man, when the Pro lifetime comes out I’m there but at this point I’m not going to engage at all with either being tracked by advertisers or being forced to go through all that. There are other open source apps that don’t do any of that which may not be quite as good but the difference is worth it. Lemmy doesn’t have any ads. Why should I subject myself to ads or being tracked to use what is already free?

  • Futurama@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    2 years ago

    I’ve never spent $100 on a program before, but I’ve got a lifetime ultra membership now. Excited to see this app for lemmy!

  • delirium@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    2 years ago

    contains adds

    contains in-app purchases

    collects data

    shares data with 3d party orgs

    Nothing against sync, but this is not what I’d expect from lemmy app tbh. There’s a lot of free open source options that don’t sell your data.

    Asking to be paid for your job is OK, but injecting ads in ad-free opensource service, selling user data? This is just reddit-app-moment in my opinion

    • RecklessDwark@lemmy.caEnglish
      01·
      2 years ago

      Asking to be paid for your job is OK, but injecting ads in ad-free opensource service, selling user data? This is just reddit-app-moment in my opinion

      Tell me you’ve never paid for a service, without telling me you’ve never paid for a service

      Sync does not sell user data. It uses only the basic prerequisites for an ad service Settings shortcut: Privacy > Privacy policy

      If an independent developer, who has worked on an app for 10 years, and has had their work ruined by a greedy company, turns around and makes an app for an entirely new community, within a month of losing his main source of revenue, and it’s as polished, smooth, and user-friendly as can be, doesn’t deserve to put food on the table, then quite simply, you’re incredibly misinformed.