Hey ljdawson@lemmy.world or any other mod/dev/anybody.
Is Sync still a thing? I saw you haven’t commented on lemmy for 2 months now. There are no updates here or on the Play Store. Lemmy v0.19 is rapidly coming with breaking changes. Are you prepared for that?
Thanks in the name of the community!
Someone asked him on the discord and new update is coming with the lemmy 0.19 release. Which shouldn’t be too far away now.
I can’t speak for the Dev but I am guessing they have other things on the go. Releasing this app as quickly as they did and following up with subsequent releases for bugs and quality of life features probably meant neglecting anything else that wasn’t of major importance.
They are probably getting back on track with that stuff?
LJ has always done development in spurts and its always been worth it
Well, I can confirm I’m using it to write this comment, very smooth experience for me.
I’m using the free version, so far any ads I’ve seen are not intrusive and tbh fairly rare
Also on free version, also haven’t seen a single ad.
However, this long absence that LJ is renowned for highlights the reason paying £100 is too steep for things like Ultra or whatever it’s called.
Tbh I think that pricing level was really only for the long time fans who wanted to significantly contribute.
I am a long time fan, but the price is just too high to justify for me, unfortunately.
That’s a premium tier price tag for less than premium tier service (in the sense of long patches of development silence).
Yeah, I couldn’t justify dropping that much for lifetime but a buck a month I can swing for a bit.
With those prices, the only people who will pay for it are (some) of the long time fans. I can’t believe anyone new to Lemmy will ever go to Sync when there are so many alternatives. Those prices just scare people away. I’m pretty sure he would earn more if it was like $1-2/year.
Free version here with an ad blocker, super smooth and no ads
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What little widgets?
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afaict ads only show up if you use one of the shitty view modes anyway
I use the list view for what it’s worth. I personally like it the best and I get the most content on screen
DNS Adblock?
Yup!
Hopefully there’s an update coming before 0.19 comes out and break Sync…
Last time this was asked someone got ahold of him on discord. New Sync update comes when 0.19 officially releases.
I wound up buying Sync twice before. And I have a network wide adblock, so it’s great. Exactly what I had gotten used to with reddit.
However, lemmy is constantly changing and updating, so it’s reasonable to expect the dev to keep up with changes.
