Please put your money where your mouth is.

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.]

FreddyNO,
@FreddyNO@lemmy.world avatar

Outrageous price for an app. It doesn’t even provide the content. It’s just an app to show it. We have completely free options. That is it’s competition, not youtube. Such a strange thing to compare it to. Youtube provides the framework and code and hosts the videos. It isn’t simply a frontend app.

mayonaise_met,

Maaaaybe. But so far it’s not quite RIF.

Salami5052,

I hate it when people see a $100+ price-tag for a lifetime subscription and complain. A OTP is literally a user that cannot be charged again, and if lemmy keeps growing, it will provide value for many years.

I used sync pro for almost 10 years and paid something like $5 for it, such pricing is unsustainable for the developer and I totally understand the subscription model

Dude has the best app for lemmy and provides a good boost to the ecosystem which benefits all. Development time costs (a lot) of money and the dev has every right to charge what he wants.

JDubbleu,

I’m pro supporting devs (I’m also one myself), but I’m even more anti-subscription for software. I’d 100% buy a lifetime subscription for $20, however, $100 for a mobile app is insane in my opinion. The developer can set their prices how they please though, and I’ll continue using the ad supported version until the price comes down.

Salami5052,

That’s fair, I believe there is an add free otp for $20 now I believe. It is not the ultra variant or whatever

rambos,

Im still looking which app is for me, but honestly sync seems like the best atm. I am hosting pihole so adds are just blank posts every now and then. It doesnt bother me, but I dont like it. I dont mind supporting devs, but adds and subscription can just stop me tbh. Im not saying it will, 22€ is not much for lifetime sub imo. It just feels like its not in lemmy spirit. If it was without adds I would probably never consider other app after trying sync and more likely donate. But yeah, I understand that donations are not reliable income

Plswrk,

Fuck this ad invested, data collecting, closed source piece of shit. Use infinity instead.

BlinkerFluid,

Yep, fuck this. Free is better than $17. Better spent on a shitcoin bet.

SymbioteSynapse,

Jerboa has no ads. Why would i pay $17 a year for removing ads that sync puts on their app themselves? There is nothing that sync is bringing to the table that jerboa doesnt have ad/subscription free.

kmkz_ninja,

Except it doesn’t crash almost every time you try to load more comments.

morphballganon,

Ok replace Jerboa with Connect

CobraChicken,

It’s by far the nicest Lemmy app I’ve used on Android. I used to use sync for reddit too.

It’s a no brainer for me.

1ird,

Prices are ridiculous, especially for returning users. The Lemmy app is basically the Reddit app. You can’t convince me that at least 85% of the code was re-used from it. If you used the code from the app I already paid for (twice) I feel like I should get a discount.

Subscription models suck too.

MegaUltrChicken,

Would be nice if they had a discount for those that purchased app before…at least for the OTP.

Lafuma300,

Same here. I waited for this App, am happy it is here, but I was shocked by the pricing. I paid for sync twice, and was willing to do it again, but this is ridiculous.

1ird,

Exactly. I’d pay again if the prices were sane.

bumblebrainbee,

Excuse me? People can barely afford food. A huge chunk of the population will never own their own home. Everyone is asking for tips and wages are not going up. Why pay for something when I can access it for free right now? Sure they may have worked hard to make an app, but it’s not my job or responsibility to pay them for a service that I get for free. I’m not paying $1.50 a month to have what my current app has. That’s stupid.

some_guy,

Forgive me for speaking to you like a westerner, but you typed like one so I’m assuming we have somewhat-similar environments (but not assuming on individual details of your life).

If you live in a developed western nation and can’t afford $1.50 / month, I don’t know how you have time to post on forums. I don’t mean to be a troll, but that’s my gut-reaction. Apologies if I offend.

morphballganon,

I missed the part where they said they couldn’t afford it. They probably could, but why bother?

Dinodicchellathicc,
@Dinodicchellathicc@lemmy.world avatar

Even poor people cant work 24/7. I’d agree a $1.50 stretched over a month isn’t much. A Twix is twice that. Maybe that half a twix is life or death for some people?

NikkiNikkiNikki,
NikkiNikkiNikki avatar

I'd love to have my fate be decided by the chance of getting a left or right twix

kmkz_ninja,

Cool

YourNewDaddy,

Um… No. There are plenty of free options I will use instead.

WereCat,

Sync for Reddit Pro was 2.99€… I was expecting that much or up to 5€ for Sync for Lemmy… But these prices are just ridiculous. As much as I like Sync I just can’t justify this kind of pricing when there are so many free alternatives without ads and tracking.

Right now I’m using Sync and it’s really nice but it’s not that much better than Jerboa for my use case.

kameecoding,

I was paying 12 a year for Lastpass and that at least has uses, now using bitwarden, because it does the same and is free

Salami5052,

I originally paid $5 or something for sync pro in 2014. That worked out to be almost 9 years of daily use for me and was way too cheap for the utility that was provided.

Lifetime subscriptions for $5 are not really sustainable for the developer, eventually the pool of new users dries up. I think 17$ a year is very reasonable, if not cheap (for users in western countries).

Salami5052,

In 2014…

WereCat,

August 2019

marciealana,

I don’t need the ultra features. I didn’t even need the pro features. I bought Sync pro for Reddit as a “thank you” to the author. A subscription is a bit different. I would be more willing to spend a couple bucks on each feature release than a subscription.

Dr_Cog,
@Dr_Cog@mander.xyz avatar

It’s.the principle of it.

Sync’s dev is being greedy. Most of the reason why I left Reddit was because they were being greedy.

I’m not supporting that shit.

Pillarist,

You sound like the type of person I wouldn’t want to work for… you’re here posting so you’re interested but not if the labor has to be compensated? Crack that whip, big daddy!

If the steaks that smell so good you’re here at the restaurant cost too much, LJD isn’t telling you to go to McDonald’s with your poor ass… Just slap “dns.adguard.com” in your provider hostname and enjoy a great app?

TinyPanda,

I dont really think hes being greedy, hes just continuing the business model of sync from before. $20 for a lifetime of no ads isnt crazy is it? In 2015 i paid $5 for lifetime of no ads with the reddit version.

There are a ton of FOSS lemmy clients if you dont like it.

20watts,

Apps on play store needs to pay a fee annually/monthly. Where do you think the dev would get the money from?

blunderworld,

So the ‘principle’ is that developers shouldn’t be compensated for their hard work because it inconveniences you, is that right? Comparing a $20 lifetime purchase to the Reddit API pricing debacle is completely ridiculous. You sound incredibly entitled.

scarrtt,

VPN to Romania and you can subscribe to YouTube Premium for about $4 a month. Add SponsorBlock and it’ll even skip in-video ad reads, which really feels like magic

Zetaphor,

Or install ReVanced and enjoy all of that for nothing, including Sponsorblock

lorkano,

If you are already using add-ons, why would you even use premium. Just use Adblock plus sponsorblock

scarrtt,

Premium is a great service for $4 a month and it’s just handy to be able to use the real YouTube app when you need to. I personally use SmartTube on my Android TV and I absolutely love it.

I also use NewPipe x SponsorBlock on my phone if I want to listen to podcasts without any ad reads and it’s occasionally handy if I want to listen to music on YouTube and not keep my screen on although I use Spotify for music most of the time.

PlexAmp is great for my MP3 collection which is all on a Plex server in the cloud along with all my movies and TV shows. UI is a little quirky but it has all sorts of cool features like AI powered suggestions that use GPT4 tech and lots of other cool stuff

NatoBoram,

github.com/…/uBlock-vs.-ABP:-efficiency-compared

lorkano,

I am using ublock myself, I just used adblock term because its most recognizable

WereCat,

Because I use YT Music. YT Premium is just 1.2€ more than Spotify Premium so I may as well just go for YT Premium.

forgotaboutlaye,

If you are VPNing already, Argentina is less than 3eur for a family plan.

fmstrat,

Would rather donate my time or money to FOSS like Thunder. Service models aren’t the way for me.

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