Not hating on open source, just let people use what fits their expectations and needs and stop deterring them with gatekeeping :P
UX = user experience
Not hating on open source, just let people use what fits their expectations and needs and stop deterring them with gatekeeping :P
UX = user experience
Sync is a fine choice if you want to spend a ridiculous amount of money for an app that has 100 percent free alternatives, and also knowing that plenty of other third party Reddit app developers are working on Lemmy apps right now.
Absolutely nothing wrong with giving away a ton of money for no reason. Have fun!
Free user here, so preaching to the wrong person here, honestly. Also nothing is forcing me to continue using this app, when a better competitor emerges, that’s user choice for you. If you are happy with the app you’re using, fine, but stop looking down on people if they find your favourite not satisfying.
I personally support OSS devs (or even non OSS) with donations when I use their stuff extensively and find the “everything must be free”-mentality dishonest and a punch in the face of the people putting the work in.
You know I can’t afford fancy clothes. So I just wear cheaper brands. I don’t tell everyone wearing fancy clothes that there are cheaper brands available, I just let them be them and wear what they like. Maybe if I could afford it I would wear them too.
Really struggling to see everybody’s problem in the thread. If you don’t want to pay for an app don’t. If you’re happy with a less polished app use that. Why is everyone so intent on controlling what others should and shouldn’t do when it has absolute zero bearing on them?
I’m a Dev, I spend lots of my time in Linux, some might call me a power user I’ve been doing it for a lot of years, probably longer than most. Yet I use windows on my personal machine, I use windows because I like the polish, I spend all my time fucking around in Linux to get stuff working stuff that just works out the box in other os. I get why Linux is good I get why people like it, personally I like an easier life, I don’t want to spend 2 hours configuring some container to play a game or piece of software that would just work on windows. It’s part of what you pay for. The apps are much the same, I’ve tried many of the Lemmy apps since I moved here, some better than others all fairly decent but sync has a polish and presentation that is unmatched (in my personal opinion, your experience may be different) and I’m happy to compensate a developer for his time spent building the app, he gets to eat I get to mindlessly scroll it’s win win. Well it is until people start shitting their opinions all over the place.
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As I said, if you want to give your money away for no reason, more power to you. No judgement.
Some day you may realize what “different strokes for different strokes” means.
Your cost/benefit analysis is not identical to mine.
There is a reason I’m posting for a product. It’s like saying you don’t need to buy a ps5 to game when you can use your 15 in 1 game thing you have at home. Is not the same
Hard agree. $100 is a lot for a simple reddit app when there are multiple just as good alternatives available for free. It’s not a large amount but not a small amount either specially for people who are living in economically weaker countries.