Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but does Sync seriously charge to remove ads that they added to browsing Lemmy in the first place? I get charging for Reddit due to the API, but I have a hard time believing the app is that much better than the existing FOSS apps such that the privacy tradeoff with ad trackers and/or the monetary cost worth it for, well, anyone really. Seems kinda scummy and antithetical to the philosophy that drives much of the Fediverse to me, yet I see so many people defending it in a way that reminds me of the rhetoric used to defend Reddit. Seriously, am I just a crazy person?

[–] Rossel@sh.itjust.works 43 points 1 year ago (8 children)

LJ, the dev of Sync, makes a living off it. It's not a side project like most Lemmy apps are for their devs. This means that yes, it's monetized, but also, it's one of the most polished and frequently updated apps.

[–] ArtificialLink@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Im also suspecting ads got turned off for the beta. At the beginning of the day i saw them but now I don't. He said there will be a one time payment option as well.

[–] habanhero@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It was still there as of an hour ago.

[–] ArtificialLink@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

All i see are blank "sponsored content" boxes. And i changed nothing and paid for nothing.

[–] habanhero@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Interesting. I saw that as well but I'm running a network adblocker, so I thought that was the reason. Those boxes are still a placeholder for ads though.

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