Afternoon everyone,
I wanted to go over a few points related to pricing, stats and the roadmap
Pricing
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Sync for Lemmy is completely free with ads (the same as Sync for Reddit)
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You can remove ads in the account picker or drawer for a one time fee of ~$20
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Sync Ultra also removes ads but it’s not required
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I’ll be working on regional prices over the coming weeks
There are now 24k installed users up from 100 the previous day!
I’m going to be spending the next few days going through all of the comments / messages and fixing any crashes.
As always thanks for the support and hope you’re liking Sync!
Lj
Edit: testing edit
I don’t have 20 dollars to spend on removing ads for a mobile app. I also previously bought Sync for Reddit Pro. Why is the price so much higher for a client to a service that definitionally doesn’t have API charges?
Lemmy has far fewer users and the previous pricing model was not sustainable for a single developer who makes a living off this app.
It’s a lot for an app, but it’s something I use for a couple hours a day so it was honestly a no brainier for me. The initial cost is higher than a lot of apps but when I look at how many thousands of hours I got out of sync for reddit, the price evens out. Just something to consider.
did you reply to the wrong person? what you said doesn’t really have any bearing on their thing. they still don’t have $20 to burn, and this is still a whacky price increase that lacks meaningful reasoning.
i’m glad you can reconcile that price to yourself, but the “just something to consider” reads as though this were a logical conclusion everyone should come to, and it simply isn’t.
Most people spend more money on things that they get less out of. Sure, $20 is a lot compared to many other smartphone apps but you could also easily blow the same amount, if not more, on lunch or something like that. If you like the app and intend on using it, spending $20 to support the dev really isn’t that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things. I do understand that with exchange rates, the equivalent to 20 USD in many countries is prohibitively expensive but LJ said he’s working on regional pricing.
ok again you’re addressing different things. i’m not asking for reasoning as to why it’s an understandable amount to pay, i’m looking for an explanation behind the price increase.
the comment you replied to originally was pondering the same thing, and you replied with why you think $20 is worth it. hence my being confused, as it seems you’re just having a different conversation here.
The price increase is there because enough people can justify paying for it. I’m not sure why it’s so confusing for you to understand that. Idk man… If you don’t think it’s worth it, don’t buy it.
Could you please post a screenshot that shows how in app ads look like? I haven’t seen a single one as for now.
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in my opinion this ad format is much better than reddit or twitter or YT where they have the look of a post or video