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
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.
if literally the only justification behind the price hike is “probably people are willing to pay more”, then i guess all the people yelling “greedy dev” aren’t completely baseless.
Dude’s gotta eat. There’s less of a market than sync for reddit had.
i’d suggest he get some supplemental income then. the market for lemmy apps is oversaturated. sync has dedicated fans, but the overall response to this pricing structure should be proof enough that this wasn’t the optimum move.
this could’ve started with a regular ass subscription price to get rid of ads, and a message asking for donations with the intention to add more (maybe even paid) features later on, once sync is established as something more than a big name from the reddit days. instead we get a $100 price tag and an assurance it’ll probably be more worth it later on (i know users don’t have to pay for ultra premium or whatever to use the app, but it’s a matter of principal).
if you’re already a sync user it’s easy to do that on trust, but consider the perspective of someone who’s first real exposure to the app was this brushfire. the amount of vitriol that’s been thrown over comments on the level of “i think $100 is too much” hasn’t exactly given anyone warm fuzzies for sync.
There is… Do you even know what you’re talking about? The price to remove ads perpetually is $20 with perpetual ultra being $100. Ultra can also be bought for $2/mo or $17(ish?)/year subscriptions.
Look, some people don’t have an issue paying money to support the dev and the development of the app. You clearly don’t which is totally fine! There are tons of different options available. You don’t have to like sync or the pricing model but talking down on people who do is absurdly stupid.
This conversation is so unproductive I’m out.
dog i said i know there’s other options available, it’s the premise i take issue with here. for a player completely unproven in this space to even have an option to pay $100 is wild.
conversations tend to be nonproductive when you don’t engage with them in a meaningful way.
LJ has a 10+ year reputation. Some people want to support him and pay $100 but no one has to. You keep shifting goalposts which is why you think I’m not meaningfully engaging lmao. Alright I’m actually out. I’m just repeating myself at this point.