• Master
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      There is nothing to argue with. You are bashing a program without any correct facts. Its like watching an anti vaxer demand facts about why the microchips are sterilizing the penguins. It only makes sense in your head.

      FYI lifetime Ad free is 12 bucks (20 now). Ultra lifetime is something else entirely.

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      You’re right. Your local instance deserves that money more so than any app. Maybe if there was a revenue share I could get behind it but not like this.

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        It would be a logistical nightmare, but I would love a Pay What You Want model with a percentage going to the Lemmy backend developers and a percentage going to your local instance.

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      You will attract the fanboys base. But, I second this. People should give the same amount of money to an instance before giving to these closed apps. Without the instances, they couldn’t use the apps.

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        Why assume that people paying for an app haven’t already donated to an instance or two?

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          I’m not assuming. My point is that the dev has to share the revenues with the instances. Without instances, the app is useless. It’s not the case so users should give the same.

          The other point is that a paid third party client adds a layer what makes the instances less visible. This lack of visibility can lower the donation. Also, you will end with one or two people thinking they pay for the app and so for the instances.

          A reminder is always good.

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      All you Sync dick suckers in this thread have lost your minds.

      You should head to the discord. People there literally choking on dev’s balls, it’s insane.

      Your point is correct. While I love the UX and UI, the data collection is a fucking disgrace. Good thing I know how to block trackers, as I’m going to use a patched version of the app as soon as somebody releases one.

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        My motto is if an app has ads, the dev must be not that good. Otherwise you’d be able to pay for features because they’d develop features worth paying for.

        Glad some people here are pointing that out.

        Also, having people pay to remove ads on a ad-free platform is just disgusting misuse of open source generosity.

        Instead, try to add something instead of infiltrating it with ads just to make money off.