I’m loving Sync so far. I used the official reddit app ever since I was on Reddit. I sure was missing out.
I saw on the left bar there’s two options “Remove ads” and “Sync Ultra”. What’s the difference? I understand ultra is a subscription that gets ad free browsing and more. However, remove ads looks to be a single purchase “add-on”, i.e. no subscription. Is that the case? That would be nice down the line when sync for lemmy gets an official stable release.
There’s also a price difference. Ultra is 1.99$/mo or 16.99$/yr, and remove ads is 12.99$.
Remove ads is 22 euros here. That’s a massive difference from the old app. Almost ten times more I believe?
Strange. I paid £12.99
€22 is £18.90I bought Sync pro for $2 in 2013, but I assume it went up significantly in more recent years.
Yeah a bit steep - I’m hoping it’s a bad calculation. OP said it’s 12.99$, and other’s have said 19.99$, so I have no idea where EUR22 comes from.
If you click on Sync Ultra in the left bar menu, it gives a list of everything currently included as well as a few features coming at a later time:
Ultra sounds interesting for sure, but I’m not sure it’s worth it. I might try 1 month later on. I think it’s just because lemmy is smaller than reddit (for now :)) which makes these features less used, at least in the short term. Who knows, maybe in a couple years, it will be a no brainer.
I paid to remove ads immediately (which is also what I did with Sync for Reddit), but I’m also waiting to purchase Ultra to see if it gains any must-have features. The app is already great in its completely free version so anything else will just be cherries on top.
I’m doing it up support the dev. $2 a month CDN is a pretty small price to pay to support an app I use constantly! :)
Remove ads does exactly that and only that. Ultra has additional features. I don’t have a link to what they are though. maybe someone else has that for you.
That’s great that it’s a one time removal of ads. I guess it kind of confused me that there were two separate options for removing ads, but I’m grateful.
Remove ads is a one time purchase that removes ads. Forever.
Ultra is a subscription service
I guess the reason I was confused is because typically there is no one time removal and everything is just a subscription. I appreciate that, at least for removing ads. The features in ultra are interesting but not worth it right now.
I just view Ultra to be covering the costs of continued development and server for cloud backup. It was a simple choice for me.
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I see it the opposite way… I think Ljdawson realized there was no way to cover his costs with the sync for Reddit pricing. I paid the $19.99 gladly. Trust me he’s not getting rich, he’s earning a living.
I see that math is not a strong suit.
It has nothing to do with maths.
It’s about how much you value the app vs how much you value the money.
Incorrect. Your comment is about you.
