I’m absolutely thrilled to have sync on the Fediverse, and will happily pay for a yearly subscription to help ensure LJD has sufficient compensation to keep the app up-to-date with whatever changes come to the Android/Lemmy APIs years down the road.
The problem with (even excellent) free apps for platforms like this, is they require consistent maintenance to keep up with both the platform they run on (Android), and the platform they serve content for (Lemmy). That is not a trivial amount of work, and is absolutely deserving of continued, recurring compensation IMO.
A one-time payment might make sense for a simple native game that gets produced once, has no web component, and never needs another update for its entire lifetime, but not for this. You aren’t paying for a singular product, you’re paying for a service. You wouldn’t go to the barber and winged about needing to pay every time I get my hair cut.
I didn’t use Sync with reddit but since it’s the best one for Lemmy… Here I am! On Sync! Enjoying it!
i use sync btw
What is the different between sync and every other app?
Not a whole lot. Definitely not $2/month worth of differences.
Overall, Sync is less buggy and has a nicer UI than other apps. It lets you customize how you want to see content a lot more, with 6 different layouts (from compact to full cards) and has everything you need for quick actions and gestures. It’s just one of the more feature complete options because it has 10+ years of development behind it.
Other apps may get there eventually, but right now Sync is one of the best.
I’ve been using Jerboa, but I would like to try a different app. I do NOT want to use Sync, though, because even though everyone says they don’t sell data, it says right in the store that it collects personal information and messages and I’m not ok with that. I don’t care about paying a couple bucks for something quality to get rid of ads, but ads or not, you don’t need my personal data. So, what would you recommend I try next? I’m having trouble deciding because like half of them are early access.
