Sync Ultra is a very reasonable $17 a YEAR. YouTube Premium is reaching that per MONTH. I have sync downloaded and it was the first thing I did. Thanks lj for the beautiful app.

[EDIT: That was a poor comparison, as pointed out in the comments. Leaving it for discussion sake.

There are many counterpoints and actually good discussion happening down below. Even if you don’t agree, thanks for showing me a different perspective!

If you want to support Sync, make sure to support the Lemmy Devs and your instance holders as well!

*This post was made early in the day before the update added the OTP option.]

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70 points

As someone from a third world country, fuck no. That shit is too expensive for me. Maybe to you privileged folk it’s reasonable. To me it’s nonsense.

I feel shitty about it too since I was a long time sync pro user, I thought sync for lemmy would also have an affordable pro version but fuck me I guess

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The dev has said that he’s working on making pricing regional in the next few weeks.

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4 points

You actually have the only reasonable response in this thread

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-7 points

Ultra =! Pro

Adfree is available as a separate lifetime purchase for 10 USD.

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‘Remove ads’ is ₹2000 ($24.17) in India.

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7 points

Wait a couple days, regional pricing is not working yet. That’s a Google problem.

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2 points

Where is the one time purchase?

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Did you upgrade to beta 25 yet? Generally you might wait a few more days until all the pricing stuff is working properly, google is still rolling it out.

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7 points

You have countries where people don’t earn $1 a day. Once they cover their basic needs, $10 is like wining the lottery.

It’s where Youtube does better. The price of premium is adapted to the local situation.

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2 points

“People have a right to ad free social media!” would be hard to fit on a sign.

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4 points

I’ve been working in developing aid for ages, and while true that there are places where people earn below $1, those people hardly have smartphones.

And if they do, they can use the ad supported version just fine.

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6 points

Still too expensive.

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5 points

I’ve used sync for reddit just over 12 years long. If I get the same time out of lemmy, that’s 80 cents per year.

If that’s too much for you, I can’t help you.

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Living in a first world country is not “privilege” there are people who didn’t choose where to be born.

Just use the free app like I did when I lived in Venezuela (I was born there)

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Dude, delet this

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16 points

Buddy that is literally the definition of privilege

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21 points

Dude you don’t know what privilege means huh

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Another Venezuelan here. Im still living here.

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Privilege is not something necessarily gained on purpose. Being born to a wealthy family is privilege and not a choice either, but there is undeniable privilege. It’s not a negative thing, it’s something one should be aware of where they may have it and recognize it. It’s not something to feel guilty over, it just… is.

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-45 points

Bro, go away. I’ve seen you way more than I want

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10 points

Lol I’m a bit stoned and this made me laugh. I love how you spoke to that person like they were your sibling.

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