I am disliking this sentiment. I am on the Fediverse because Sync's developer and many others were betrayed by Reddit and I wanted to show solidarity and to 'punish' Reddit by leaving. The Fediverse's values are admirable, but I do not share them all. I believe in supporting good projects, even some that are private if they don't pose a risk of destroying something bigger, and Sync is a good project that can be easily abandoned without consequences if something goes wrong.

[–] lotanis@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think we need to separate the system from the product. With Reddit they're the same, with a single owner. With Lemmy/ActivityPub, just like with email, there's an underlying system that nobody owns. It's an ecosystem of pieces created by lots of different people.

It is a good thing that people are building products on top of that. Some of them are FOSS and some of them not. As long as no-one gets too much control of the underlying system then that's great! Users retain choice and can choose FOSS apps if they want, or they can choose something like Sync.

I agree it would be sad if the only apps were paid, but I think a mix is a sign of a healthy ecosystem.

[–] elfahor@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As to your last sentence: the issue would not be these mobile applications being paid, it would be these being nonfree (as in freedom). I'd pay for good Foss apps (though I'm happy I don't need to)

[–] Torvum@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's elitist to not accept a developer that has a specific goal set in mind for a project and is developing it without intent of forks.

There's no mandate that you must use this client, unlike Reddit's official app.

[–] chetradley@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

If you only want to use or support open source apps, by all means do so. I tried Jeroba and Liftoff for a while, and while they had their merits, I am happy to pay a little money for the experience I get with Sync.

[–] Gnubyte@lemdit.com 5 points 1 year ago

Huge agreement here. We can't all play bongos and make no money all day. Some of these people do this for a living and if they make a good product and consumers are fine buying it, fuck it let them be happy. I'm assuming that's what's going on here.

[+] BaconIsAVeg@lemmy.ml -14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It amazes me the how far Reddit users will bend over backwards to suck this dude's schlong. Must be a mobile-user thing.

[–] RavenFellBlade@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's amazing how divorced from reality the FOSS obsessed can be whenever anyone mentions non-FOSS apps. Nobody is bending over backwards, and nobody is sucking anyone's schlong. If Sync were to have been FOSS, you'd be first in line to sing its praises. This trollish behavior doesn't win anyone over to the "All Software Must Be Foss" camp at all. Must be a PC Master Race thing.

[–] BaconIsAVeg@lemmy.ml -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I had a mobile app for Reddit on my phone, you know when I used it last? 9 months ago when I was sitting in a waiting room waiting for an oil change. Every other time when I'm away from the computer I'm doing non-fucking-computer things.

This guy's whole shtick was to make enough money to quit his day job, so he wrote a wrapper around someone else's content using their free API. "Oh he did it all by himself, that's amazing!" It's really not, especially if you'd rather not share the subscription profits with other employees.

The FOSS alternatives? Done by guys with day jobs. They're passion projects. I can respect that.

But you lot, who will drop to your knees the minute the guy wants to repeat his shtick now that Reddit kicked him to the curb? Zero respect at all.

[–] RavenFellBlade@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

"Wrote a wrapper". Oh, is that all? It's just that easy, huh?

Then why can none of these FOSS apps deliver the same experience, if Dawson is such an untalented hack?

You either have no clue of what you're talking about, or you're a troll. From my perspective, there is no substantive difference. If it's such an easy shtick, the do it yourself, and do a better job. Put up, or shut up. Nobody asked for your respect, and I'm certain you know precisely where you can shove it.