With the ad adjustment came these banner ads on the top of comment sections and they are atrocious so much so I don’t bother reading comments anymore. They all have the obnoxious white backgrounds and they flicker since they move. It feels light no matter my phones britness they are blinding and since content doesnt get loads of comments the banner is just distracting while reading. I’m on board with ads as I haven’t paid to remove but this specific style changes how I’m using sync now.
Those legit made me change my lemmy client after 6 months of sync.
Yea it’s a bit unfortunate. In my opinion sync is the smoothest and most polished lemmy app. I get that ljdawson should be compensated for making a great app, but the amount of ads is kinda ridiculous now and the $20 ad removal price just feels exorbitant for a mobile app.
How much poop in the soup is too much poop before $20 becomes reasonable? Just deal with it, switch apps, ad block, or pay the man. There’s an option in there for everyone
I have switched apps. Didn’t realize I wasn’t allowed to share my opinion.
Why would you use literally the only lemmy client with ads, then complain about the ads?
Xxxxx(redacted as per community rule) was $4.92 CAD to remove ads while Sync is $27.99. For the record I think Sync is the better app but like maybe 4-5 dollars better not nearly 600% better.
The Boost dev also didn’t abandon their app\platform for months during its infancy where it certainly needed the attention then comes back and drop more ads in the app.
Because it’s from a dev I support because I like the app. I dont mind ads I’m just saying this specfic type of ad is very intrusive which LJ typically takes into consideration when implementing them.
Just use a Lemmy app without ads
No can do. I don’t care for any apps besides sync. Been using it since day one for reddit. Everything else feels weird.
I agree with that, the lack of swiping actions are a real deal breaker on other apps
I just downloaded voyager, it has swipe actions. I’m still using sync, but I’m always looking for alternatives.
Either pay for it or use a free app like Thunder.
I’ve been using Thunder for over a week in protest of Sync’s dev walking out on us mid conversation and not saying a thing or looking at any bugs for four month. “Us” being the people who paid good money for the app ($20 dollars), who test the betas, write bug reports on github, and participate on Discord.
He left us with bugs that crash the app, broken markdown, uneditable titles, and more very basic things. He rushed out a minorly tweaked version of Sync for Reddit, took our money, then bailed.
And when he comes back everyone’s sniffing his butt and wagging their tails like they’re so happy to see him! But he left us out to dry for four months.
I’d like to see an open source app eclipse Sync in every way so no one has to be forced to choose between not using a great Lemmy client, paying $20, or suffering horrible ads.
Thunder is pretty great right now. And if the main dev or devs walk away, someone else can pick up the reigns. And it’s completely free.
So I’m giving Thunder a real try and reporting bugs and offering suggestions.
Voyager isn’t anywhere near as customizable as Thunder. I gave it a shot and almost immediately uninstalled it. I haven’t tried Jerboa since the mass reddit exodus. It was pretty bad back then and had very unintuitive user switching.
If your looking for customisation you should try eternity you can’t even fully customize it under an hour its insane.
I plan to buy it just don’t have the money and I don’t like any of the other apps. I’m not gonna breath down the neck of the one guy working on this in his free time. He does a lot of work in the background and I’m actually fine dealing with the ads this specfic set of ads just makes using the app very uncomfortable to look at.
A lot of people act entitled to others free time and having on demand responses it’s exhausting for anyone trying to do anything when people slam on them for not relaying messages of every little thing they’re doing.
slam on them for not relaying messages of every little thing they’re doing.
That’s not an accurate characterization of it. He went from chatting all the time on Discord to completely disappearing for four months, leaving all us paid users in the wind to suffer all the bugs. From his communication since then, he hadn’t touched the project in the meantime. No one should pay for a beta app and then get abandoned for months. That’s just not right. I don’t understand how that doesn’t leave a bitter taste in your mouth.
If you call that “slamming”, you must work for a newspaper.
Better at the bottom?
On sync for reddit I was annoyed by the permanent ad bar at the bottom of the screen, because it is where the android buttons (home, back, app overview) are and sometimes I would accidentally click an ad.
I actually really like the new placement.
- I no longer accidentally click it
- It only shows up when viewing the comments on a post
- it’s gone when i scroll down/read long discussions. (And doesn’t annoy me for long when there are few comments to read)
Edit: also they don’t flicker for me at all (Fairphone 3). And the beta already has redgif support, so I don’t understand half of OPs complaints anyway. Darktheme matching would be really nice, but I have never heard of that being a thing supported by ads.
Would be more bearable at the bottom the issue of how bright it is would still play a factor. I’ve been with you since day 1 of sync for reddit so I won’t be scared off I know you can only do so much. The price for premium is a touch more than I can pull together but maybe one day as I would love to support the development of the app!
Its too jarring in the middle for users of Dark Mode. I’ve used your app and paid for premium on reddit. I haven’t here because the price to value isn’t there compared to other options at its current price point. I’ve been using your lemmy app since it released but this ad change had me immediately switch.
