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
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I do find it a bit odd to monetize a client for a service which is 100% free. Not necessarily against it, but it bothers me slightly.
It bothers me a lot. Also considering OP and the ones with the same thoughts are using lemmy instead of reddit but still support fucking sync, i realize all of them are hypocrite or just stupid.
I only used Reddit because of Sync. I don't give a shit what site provides the content. I want the revenue for the app to go to the UX creator.
If you are saying i dont give a fuck about privacy policy of company, ideas and believes of company owners and other shit; if you are saying just give me content and better ux, then it seems that we are not same. cant argue with that.
I didn't say any of that. I am saying I care about the UX first. I don't use meta/Twitter/alphabet social products for these reasons.
I would like to see instances also get a funding mechanism to support them without corporate overlords.
If you care more about your experience, then go pay to reddit and get an api key, then use some 3rd party app that suits you. Also reddit has a lot more content and more active
No?
May I politely ask why? Since you can have a lot more content and desired interface.
I actually can't have my desired interface, as Sync for Reddit was what I wanted and stated clearly.
I didn't say I don't support the infrastructure,and it's an incorrect inference you make of my preferences. My position is "yes pay for UX." My (unstated) position is also "yes, pay for infrastructure, but be willing to move instead of being tied to hosts"
You seem to infer that bc I am willing to pay for UX, I'm against paying for the servers, which simply isn't true or what I said.
What do you think is wrong about sync? The developer has had a low cost well supported product for quite a while. I must be missing your point.
At the federal minimum wage in the US, it's a little under three hours of work. Assuming full time work, that would be .14% of the gross income for the year. As a nonrecurring purchase, that seems low cost to me.
Makes money over fediverse
Closed source
Collects data
nothing wrong with that
nothing wrong with that
the data collection modules have not been initialized in the Sync code
But continue evangelizing.
Wtf you mean by "nothing wrong with that", if its not wrong then fuck off from lemmy, go to reddit there is a lot more content over there
And how the fuck do you know the data collection modules are not initialized, and will not be initialized
Why do you assume that content is the reason I chose a platform? Why do you gatekeep and dictate people's choices?
And also from the Sync discord:
Because you all mentioning about ux again and again, which is all about interface and content for a forum platform. Before 20 years tracking and subscription models werent around but now they are everywhere and people slowly became ignorant(especially post-millenial people). As a result we now dont give a fuck about free, open sourced, private things. Thats why i am judging, but if there are things i miss please dm me, i would really like to hear where i am mistaken.
Sorry about data tracking, i didnt know
I'll be transparent as to why I paid. And I only speak for me, not any other Sync user. Sync has been the app I used the most in the past decade. Sync has been what I - personally and subjectively - found to be my ideal android app experience, above all other apps. The majority of the time my phone is on is with Sync open. And this was all for free, for nearly a decade.
Reddit has taken that away from me. And the reason I'm willing to pay is to compensate the Sync dev for the value he has personally given me. While I believe in FOSS, I believe more in the principle of fair trade. And I have judged that, in my specific circumstance, he has given me more in value over the past 10 years than the price he currently asks for. And again, I only speak for myself.
And yes, the source of information comes from the serving platform (whether that's Reddit or Lemmy instances). I would have been willing to pay for a Reddit API key if that meant being able to keep Sync. But they don't offer it. And once I am able to migrate my profile to a different instance, I plan on donating to that instance if they take donations.
I've done the same with any service that has given me value, including Wikipedia. Again, this is based on fair trade and value.
Fair enough, have fun browsing lemmy over sync.
But i still recommend and hope all to use foss
What in the world are you on about?
Oh the irony of this comment.. calling others hypocritical and stupid when they themselves don't have the full context into the reason people beg for Sync... The irony is too strong
If its closed source, have a subscription model, and collects data i would rather not use that 3rd party app. Those things come before UX for me and if you are someone who came from reddit(like me) instead of payin for an api key and still use 3rd party app you must have the same side with me or you are just lying to yourself or dont know why left reddit(i expressed this situation with stupidity).
As i said, there is a lot more content on reddit, go over there pay what you pay to sync for lemmy and use reddit. Same thing with lots of more content.
You are entitled to make any assumptions you want about my choice. I'm glad you have your criteria for choosing the platforms and apps you like, and I celebrate that.
Unfortunately, you don't really know my reasoning for my choice of platform and app, so telling me to go to Reddit based on your mis-assumptions about why I like Lemmy and Sync really highlights the core issue here.
Anyway, good luck to you bud. I hope you have a great Friday.