I think now is a great time to remind everyone, like sync’s developer, Lemmy’s developers need to be paid too! The amount of time all the devs put into making lemmy exist, in my opinion, should be worth some of your money. If you can afford it, donating to the people who develop lemmy and/or the people keeping your home instance up will accelerate the incredible growth of lemmy!

  • BlazingFlames6073@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8229·
    1 year ago

    Sync dev wanting something worth for the all the work they’re doing is fine imo. You can tell he put a lot of effort into the app.

    The sync cult however seem to be as annoying as they were on reddit. They are like this when we discuss anything about sync’s pricing even on non sync communities.

    “I’m so happy I can buy sync again”

    “Sync is the best”

    “No other 3PA can compare to it in my experience”

    This is one of the few times I feel like “nobody asked” applies.

    • BigFig@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5113·
      1 year ago

      Conversely, all the memes trying to shit on sync by people who never used it or even tried it, who asked?

    • somedaysoon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      193·
      1 year ago

      I agree, some of these users in Sync threads are just straight up fucking annoying. Not even with their opinions that Sync is the best, that’s inconsequential in my opinion and fine, but I’ve had to stand up to a few really ignorant and a couple of really dumb takes regarding FOSS recently. I’m a FOSS advocate, but I believe in using the best tool/app/option firstly and I generally avoid recommendations unless they are sought after, but I just can’t stand by when inaccuracies and hypocritical takes are being thrown around regarding FOSS.

      I had someone essentially arguing for security through obscurity with this comment recently:

      FOSS brings a whole lotta good - and more good than bad - but it’s also pretty damn vulnerable because a bad actor could just look at the source code and then figure out what exploits and vulnerabilities a FOSS app might have.

      Another user with another bad take:

      Why would I invest my time and energy into a FOSS app that may go defunct in a year or two, when I can just install an app that does the same thing, looks nicer, does more, is easier to use, and has the backing of a company that is likely going to stick around for a while?

      Like hello? That proprietary app just got killed by a proprietary platform, and was saved by a FOSS platform. And backing of a company? Also might want to check out killedbygoogle.com

      With that said, Sync is really polished, it’s been in development for a long time now so it’s going to have that advantage over other clients. It has by far the most customization I’ve tried, which I absolutely love, and it runs smoothly. Right now it has a major glitch with comment sorting by top, but once that is fixed, then it is worth $20 for ad-free. And annoying Sync users aside, that’s how I feel about Sync.

      I also support Jerboa, and have sent them money. And in all honestly, even though Jerboa doesn’t have the customization that Sync has right now, it runs just as smoothly and the defaults align with my wants and needs so it doesn’t need the extra customization for me personally. When Jerboa adds a default comment sorting option, it’s going to be my preferred client.

    • Redredme@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1612·
      1 year ago

      Did somebody asked your opinion?

      No. But here we are. Reading about the “sync cult” whatever that is.

      So… Let’s extend that courtesy to everyone, all right?

      Because a “nobody asked about your opinion” stance is a sure fire way to end any discussion platform. Like lemmy.

      What I do think that Mr. Dawson should do is direct a percentage of that sweet sync income at lemmy.world and the lemmy devs. That would end or at least lessen this discussion.

      • BlazingFlames6073@lemmy.worldEnglish
        41·
        1 year ago

        I’d normally agree. I don’t really like when someone responds with “nobody asked” to me or someone else.

        But I really don’t think a comment such as “I’m glad I can buy sync again” is appropriate for posts such as this. OP came to remind us to donate to lemmy devs as one of the main topics of lemmy is about sync now. The OP and the users who clicked this post didn’t come to see comments like those from those specific sync users.

        As for calling them a cult, I apologize for that.

        Again, I also agree “nobody asked” isn’t really a healthy way to proceed but those comments really do feel irrelevant. I have no idea what their purpose is here.

        • Redredme@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          No need to apologise for anything bud, this is the Internet where Linus rants daily! We all do!

          I understand you’re fed up with all the sync bs. I just think we have to try to turn this in/to a way everybody gets better from it.

          The reddit refugees are happy because “this feels just like home”, they(we) don’t care it’s 20 bucks!

          The og Foss crowd grumpingly :) accepts the higher amount of contributions which stems from that. (this is the point we’ve to drive home to ljdawson(sync dev)

          And we all benefit because the fediverse grows and keeps growing, more content, more everything. Shiny beautiful future, end to war and world hunger, beginning of a new era where humanity reaches for the stars or dies because of a rogue AI or because of a runaway greenhouse effect.

          Wait. No, not those last ones. It should have a happy ending.

          Anyway: Everybody is happy. More or less. :) *for a while. *