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.
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.
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.
Holy shit, please keep those datamining screen estate wasting cancer cells of a dogturds away from Lemmy
Seriously
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.
Yeah, after years and years on Reddit sync, buying pro multiple times, and buying Ultra when the API changes were announced, I think I’m done.
