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
this post was submitted on 03 Aug 2023
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My view is, I paid $13 for an ad free one-time purchase, and I used the old sync for years, so if I see news that the app has been sold out to some shady company I'll just switch back to the free ones I was using prior to sync. I trust the Dev until there's reason not to. I do feel the way the ads and trackers were just glossed over on release and kinda just defaulted unless you read through and manually disabled them was really strange, but I'm glad the ad-free IAP was implemented later the same day
Wait I thought it was $20 for the ad free version?
No idea in that case, I just checked and it was only $12.99 for me. It feels like everyone is getting a different price lol
It was only that price if you managed to buy it immediately after going live. The pricing was adjusted a short while later.
Yes, the underlying system is fully open, there are good, healthy alternative client, it's not a recurrent expense, presumably there's nothing stopping you using the current version forever.
As far as closed source goes this is probably as bening as you can get. The only leverage the devs get against you is not updating it.
In today's shitware-as-a-service hellscape, this normal deal is now a good deal.
Precisely, I trust the Dev from the constant engagement with the community as well as Sync being one of the most respected third-party clients from the Reddit hellscape for years with my use included. I have no reason not to trust the Dev based on rapport alone, but as long as things don't take a dive I'll keep using Sync as it grows to its potential. My biggest complaint was the subscription model, but the permanent ad removal was all I wanted because I don't need any of the cloud features that the subscriptions provide
This, but I'm holding out for boost for lemmy because I loved boost for reddit