Tap the account switcher in the top left corner and you should see the option.
See my comment for a screenshot. I don’t know why I can’t seem to post a screenshot in the body of post. Every time I try it gets removed.
Yeah, nah. That’s too pricey to remove ads for a single app.
You’re not paying to remove ads. You’re supporting the development and making it worthwhile for the developer to continue to create the app.
That it happens to remove ads is just a side benefit. You can remove ads from all apps using a VPN based ad blocker anyway (on android).
I paid €2.51 to remove ads on Sync for Reddit. I would have spent maybe a tenner but it’s over €20 for the Lemmy app. As much as I love Sync, that’s a big nope from me.
Remember, Lemmy has a lot less active users than Reddit. Even if ALL active Lemmy users on Lemmy.world buy the app at its original $2 price, it’s still not enough to sustain full time development. Both higher one time purchase price and subscription is needed for the app’s survival, even then I’m still not sure if it’s enough for the dev to sustain themselves. I’m getting the ultra subscription for this reason because I don’t want the app to go away, and I encourage people that really like the app to do so as well.
The userbase of Reddit is over 10x higher.
That’s quite the understatement. 400 million vs 60,000 monthly active users.
But why male models?
I picked 10 cause the price was about 10x higher.
No, we’re paying to remove ads. And $26 CDN to remove ads feels really high when I paid $3.69 to remove ads in Boost and $4.49 to remove ads in Relay in 2019.
I like how you bothered to speak of supporting the dev yet mentioned how to stop ads with a VPN based blocker.
Paying to remove ads is supporting the dev. This is doubly true when you can get no ads without paying (though sync will still have blank spots where the ads were supposed to go).
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It’s a lifetime option. They may well make $20 over the next 10 years.
In 10 years I will have replaced my phone 5 times, so make it $4 for the time I actually use it.
Yes it is steep for me in Quebec with taxes it is 31 $ . But I had the option to use 20$ in google play credits from Google rewards. 11$ is an ok deal. Remember that sync is the first Lemmy app from former Reddit devs and that the developer worked really hard to release it.
Yes we are paying to remove ads.
If people want to keep supporting the dev, just buy the subscription or check if he has a donations link. But this purchase is just what it says: Remove Ads.
You’re like, really smart… Nothing gets past you!
Why not support a FOSS, then?
Sure, but if you’re someone who wants sync specifically (say, if you used it for reddit), then you need to support it if you want it to stay in development.
It’s just really weird to pay twenty dollars to not have ads on a platform that doesn’t inherently have ads - a platform that has been purposefully designed to avoid the needs for ads or the trappings of capitalism. To voluntarily reinfect yourself into that ecosystem seems at best weird, and at worst sort of a violation of what the fediverse is about.
I understand the sentiment. Most devs that release Lemmy apps do so as a side projects. They don’t make money doing it. In fact, they actually losing money and time to work on their side projects. It’s actually amazing how many apps we now have in just a short time.
That being said, Sync developer is one of a few dev who work on a lemmy app full time. This results in higher quality app, even though it’s still in beta right now. But since he’s literally doing this for a living, he’ll need to make some money to continue his work. People was begging for him to make an app for Lemmy, and he actually does it. Whether he’ll continue doing this or not will depends on whether he can make a living or not. And since the market for Lemmy apps is so small, there is no other choice but to charge a higher price to make the calculus works. For a lot of people that rooting for him, paying $20 or $17/year is no brainer if it means they get to have their favorite app working on Lemmy.
If there’s no other choice why is it the only app making that choice? I also don’t think that proprietary closed, profit incentivized systems are inherently better. The kbin PWA app is beyond sufficient.
I’m not saying there is no other choice. Lemmy core devs are paid by a grant to work on Lemmy full time for example. Other apps developers may have a different funding model (donation, or even out of their own pocket), but for Sync, the dev is a commercial app developer so he does what he do best: making a paid app.
This platform needs money to keep going. If donations do not cover expenses, it will either find funding or just close. So, it may end up using “trappings of capitalism”.
If it’s too expensive (and $20 is too expensive), not enough people will pay and it will close.
At the moment, I have access to half a dozen apps to access the fediverse which are all free and perfectly OK.So maybe, making this your full time job just isn’t viable at the moment.
Last thread was complaints of not wanting subscriptions this thread is complaints of too expensive 🤷. By all means keep the ads or use another app. Imo it’s not super surprising to be pricey when it’s a one time purchase instead of the subscription.
Welcome to the internet
“We want this”
“No not like that”
Sync is good enough to get 20 bucks easily. If I wasn’t on iPhone, I would immediately.
God forbid you pay $20 once to support the dev and for an app you’ll use 1-2 hours a day for potentially the rest of your life…yet you’ll pay $10 for a streaming service you’ll never touch for months on end…
My man, I’m not using lemmy 2 hours a day every day for 60 something years
Everyone’s usage is different…but I’m sure many people used Sync for Reddit as much since it was out.
This is why subscriptions are becoming the norm
Jesus, dude! It’s a one-time payment for lifetime of no adds! Plus you support the developer.
People are spoiled.
That’s realllly steep for a single app.
I bet if they sold a version called Sync-Budget for $4 they’d sell more than five times the amount than Sync-Ultimate.
As much as I browsed reddit throughout the day for the past 5 years…$20 seems like nothing. Hell I spend $10 a month of a few Patreons for ad free content.
Hey if it’s not stopping you, more money to support the developer and signal more Lemmy content! I’m personally doing the $2 sub until Boost for Lemmy comes out and may switch. Dunno yet, may come back and buy Sync too.
Yes, but please consider donating to instance admins instead, who have monthly bills for hosting your content.
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it was 12.99 for a hot second if you grabbed it when it first went live. I was thinking about it, but then saw it went to 19.99 just recently. Imma gonna wait.
An hour ago I would have sworn it was $16.99. I had to edit a bunch of comments where I told people the price.
Yeah I was gonna grab it at 12.99 but then it got changed. I honestly thought it was gonna be 9.99 but oh well
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I saw that, balked a bit and then went eh whatever i like sync so i bought it. I would have reacted differently at $20.
$33.99 AUD. I guess I’ll just wait for Boost.
Any news when it will be published?
22EUR
That’s so aggressive just to remove ads. I get it that devs need to eat but holy shit man.
I think people (me included) have a very poor sense of what apps are worth.
$20 for an app you use nearly every day for years is unthinkable.
$20 for a single decent meal at a restaurant is fine.
Seems odd to me that anyone should think $20 spent on an excellent app is too much.
I think the issue is that Lemmy is still developing and we don’t know what it’s going to look like even 6 months from now. $20 for unlimited access isn’t bad at all if you know you’ll get your money’s worth. I’m still hesitant with Lemmy because there are features that it lacks. I’m optimistic that they will be added, but I can’t be sure.
Except for the years of development the dev has a track record for developing the same thing but for reddit. /s
It’s okay… whiners on this thread will spend $20 for two Starbucks drinks which last you minutes of taste enjoyment…but browse Sync everyday and complain $20 for life is too much…
Just one developer.
€21.99 in Belgium.
Screenshot:
That username masking works really well 😶🌫️
It’s been reported as a bug. I decided to remove that portion of the screenshot.
Will there be a premium app in the store? I recall the reddit version with IAP periodically having issues with purchases not being recognized. I’d rather spend my money on that then.
Google doesn’t permit multiple versions of the same app anymore plus the dev already fixed that issue 1 year ago
This caused major issues with Google before, so I don’t think so.
Aaannd… Done.
Amazing work @[email protected]!
100% Done
15 euros in eastern Europe
€23 in Poland 😬
I guess you’re Western Europe now. Welcome aboard.
I’ve been using Sync since you gave away the free Pro version years and years ago. Just bought addfree without having used this version of Sync at all. Even if it sucks I owe you for all the years I had on that other site. Cheers!
I wish ljd would do regional pricing. There are parts of the world where $20 is prohibitively expensive.
I bought the yearly subscription before there was a lifetime option. Is it possible to switch?
Cancel your subscription on Play, go to Sync Ultra settings and click the Reset button at the bottom.
Me too. I don’t see an option to make the switch.
Just got the update and… Yeah, it’s almost $100 on my currency. I’m not sure if I ever saw an app this expensive before, not that I buy a lot of apps, but still. Love the app and lj has always been awesome, but will have to pass :(
I’m seeing it as $100 as well.
