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Sync for Lemmy is live on Google Play Store
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this post was submitted on 02 Aug 2023
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Bruh, you can't spare two whole dollars for something you're going to be using every day? Like, I use Jerboa, which is free, but I still signed up for dessalines patreon to support their work.
The future is either free to use, but put up with ads, or pay a meager amount to support the developers so ads arent required to sustain the product.
Or, we can just like ...buy it once...like most other software that isn't tied to a first-party hosted service?
I'd like to unsubscribe from your vision of the future
There will be an In-App Purchase later on. Keep in mind this is a beta and not the full release. For the beta the option is ads or ultra. For the full release it will be ads, pro (one time purchase) or ultra (subscription).
IMO that's a good way to go
In this scenario you'd pay for updates though right?
Well games receive patch fixes and even content updates after release and most of them are pushed through to the people who purchased the game at no extra costs. Yes dlc's do require you to purchase them but updates that fix bugs and improve performance resulting in an improved experience are usually free of cost
Well it's been updated with a one time payment purchase option. That'll get you updates with no recurring costs.
Yeah I know. I was just replying to your comment about paying for each update.
FYI there will be a one time payment option once the app is out of beta.
It got pushed out on the today actually.
These prices are for Ultra. Ultra is voluntary and only for super fans to support the developer. There will be a pro version that is a one time payment and it removes all the ads and is very affordable. But the developer didn't want to start charging for the Pro version while bugs still exist and is waiting for the Beta to be over.
The option to remove ads has been added - it costs $20 USD. The lifetime Ultra costs $100 USD.
I'm somewhat with you on this, but most software that's updating its pricing or is new, is using a subscription model. 2$ really is fine I think, even less with the yearly thing. I'd still like to see a OTP
The developer has confirmed on Discord that the one-time lifetime payment is planned for the full release.
That's nice to hear!
It's already live apparently, just update to the latest version and it's "remove ads" under the account switcher section.