Afternoon everyone,

I wanted to go over a few points related to pricing, stats and the roadmap

Pricing

  1. Sync for Lemmy is completely free with ads (the same as Sync for Reddit)

  2. You can remove ads in the account picker or drawer for a one time fee of ~$20

  3. Sync Ultra also removes ads but it’s not required

  4. 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

  • Polar@lemmy.caEnglish
    191·
    1 year ago

    I just wanted to say I’m sorry for the backslash you’re getting for charging money.

    I’m also sorry people expect it to be $1 because the Reddit app was $1 back in 1825. I genuinely believe it’s children complaining, because no functioning adult would complain about a price increase when rent has tripled or quadrupled since the $1 Reddit app. It’s also annoying to see that people think that saying they bought the Reddit app for $1 and enjoyed it for 10 years is an argument. It goes to show it was severely underpriced.

    It must be frustrating to have that type of response. Lemmy users seem to be really entitled when it comes to software, and the response you’re getting scares me for the future. I really hope the Boost developer doesn’t cancel his app after seeing how entitled Lemmy users are being right now.

    What frustrates me more is the people complaining are continuing to use the free open source apps. Like great, you already have an alternative you prefer. Shut up. Stop bringing others down.

    I wish you the best. Thank you for choosing to develop for Lemmy. I have my eyes on Boost, but I’m gladly using your free tier for the time being.

    Thanks again!

    • Taako_Tuesday@lemmy.caEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      I paid 5 dollars back in 2016, and I was fully expecting to pay more for this version. 20 dollars for no ads is fine by me. However, I don’t feel like the 100 dollars for lifetime ultra is worth it. Maybe someday when I feel like those extra perks are worthwhile

      • keefshape@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I paid like 80 bucks about a year ago. And here I am rallying for ljd to keep providing a solid client that works the way I want it to.

        I followed like sheep, and baaaah take my money.

    • momoitin@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      The people complaining about the price are the people that truly have no understanding how much love and care goes into creating good software. 20 dollars to remove ads for however many hours sync is going to save me with searching for each instance is well worth the cost for supporting development in the future.

    • Lemmington Bunnie@aussie.zoneEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Under AUD$2 to AUD$34 is quite the leap, and more than double what I anticipated.

      I was very happy to drop AUD$10-15, and I’m aware that what I paid in 20 dickity 13 was a steal.

      Quadrupled app costs would have been a bargain in my eyes.

  • thoomfish@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    1 year ago

    I don’t know if this is already the case or not, or how hard it would be to implement, but since Ultra is a superset of ad-free, it would be swell if there was upgrade pricing so you could pay $80 to go from ad-free to Ultra. I definitely want ad-free but I’m not sure about Ultra and so I’m not getting either until I can make that decision to avoid throwing $20 down a hole.

  • trifulau@feddit.itEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    I’m probably dumb, but I can’t find how to change the size of the font of the post. I also noticed that is the same size of the one I am using typing this message.

  • flip@lemmy.nbsp.oneEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Whether the pricing is appropriate is purely subjective. I paid the 20 bucks, thank you for your work. Looking forward to see this app thrive, it already works super smooth!

    Hope you do not take the inevitably rude comments to heart.

  • Tudou@feddit.ukEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    I’m seriously impressed with how functional this app is from the start. Like lots of others have said, it felt like coming home given how long I’d used Sync for. Didn’t hesitate to pay for the ad free version once that option was added.

    • BigBase@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      Yeah I stumbled upon this cause relay is kinda meh, sign up was like ah crap what’s all this server nonsense but the app does a great job of streamlining it I was surprised! Quiter so far but has some of the communities I like in the other place without thousands of comments

  • redcalcium@lemmy.instituteEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    I just want to say thank you for getting Sync up and running on Lemmy. Please don’t let the toxic comments sour your day. I for one is really grateful for what you do.

  • gothicdecadence@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Hey! Loving the app. One thing I’d appreciate is if it showed what instance you’re on under or above the “Everything”, “Local”, and “Subscribed” text. It can be hard to tell the difference between accounts if I have them themed to look the same! For example,

    Or something like that

    • mintiefresh@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I paid for ad free because I want to help support this app and the developer.

      However, I feel it’s going to be very hard for me to convince others to use Sync. I am a long time user and so I have loyalty and I understand the benefit and so the money is worth it to me. It’s also a nice way for me to give back after a decade of Sync for Reddit.

      But I’m not sure I can convince newer folks with this price point.

      That said, the app is great and I love it. Keep it up!

      • WhatASave@aussie.zoneEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        It’s still amazing as a free app? You don’t have to convince people to pay $20 unless they want to support the dev