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

  • @chaircat@lemdro.id
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    342 years ago

    Took me a while to figure out how to sign in with my lemdro.id account.

    Maybe it’s embarrassing to admit but I must have scanned through that long list of servers five times before realizing I could just type in my own server. Could be helpful to add a line inviting users to type in their own server.

  • @MoonRaven@feddit.nl
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    202 years ago

    I got the lifetime sync ultra subscription for the reddit app for 34.99 after getting the ad-free version and then the pro version because I really liked it. I only used it for half a year, but hey, I guess that’s the gamble you take with lifetime subscriptions. I now see that the lifetime subscription is €114.99?! Is this a mistake? What is going on here?

    If I compare it to the 18.99 a year price, it’d take over 6 years to break even. If I compare it to the old 11.99 price, it’d take over 9.5 years. I just don’t understand the logic here.

  • Resol van Lemmy
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    102 years ago

    For some reason I can’t post with the app yet.

    I figured that the button labeled “Submit” would do the trick. It just says “Coming soon”. That kinds sucks, but other than that, I’m loving the app so far.

  • @TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee
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    32 years ago

    Is there a way to set up my subscriptions first instead of everything? I don’t mind seeing all, but mostly I’d like to see what I’m subbed to first.

    • flip
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      132 years ago

      Same. Glad it gets completely disabled once ads are gone.

      • @kenbw2@lemmy.world
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        52 years ago

        I’d like to pay for an app where I’m not the product

        Is there a possibility of a paid app which doesn’t include the sharing of my data?

        • @AmbientChaos@sh.itjust.works
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          72 years ago

          From what I understand if you pay to remove ads the Google Ads library is never intialized, which was the only thing collecting data

    • @Taeye0n@lemmy.world
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      452 years ago

      To be fair it’s not like the dev himself is tracking you guys, it’s just how Google ads works. Nothing out of the ordinary.

      • @usernotfound@lemmy.ml
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        -42 years ago

        Nothing out of the ordinary on commercial platforms where the user is the product, like Google, Facebook, or reddit.

        Here on Lemmy (where most development is done out of charity, and servers are run by donations) it IS the outlier.

  • @redcalcium@lemmy.institute
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    762 years 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.

  • ryvaeus
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    52 years ago

    Are you considering making a paid version like Sync Pro was? There were many users who had issues buying the ad removal from regular old Sync for Reddit and having the ads come back up, and I personally prefer getting ad-free, paid versions of apps right off the bat so I rest easy knowing that the any ad tracking code isn’t even built into the app at all.

  • @Aviouslly@lemmy.ml
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    92 years ago

    I love the app!

    For some reason when refreshing all hidden posts become unhidden. I’m not sure if that’s a setting or a bug.

  • @Dashi@lemmy.world
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    152 years ago

    Lj, i appreciate the work and am loving being back to a familiar feel. I was wondering if there was a quick way to hide instances that i don’t want to see on my feed. I typically hide other language posts simply because i can’t read it or would the auto translate feature of ultra take care of this issue for me?

  • @induna_crewneck@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    A few things I’ve encountered so far:

    • I can’t submit/post anything. Is this normal? https://imgur.com/pHeOIm5

    • It would be nice to be able to have settings apply app-wide and not be user-specific. It’s workaroundable with backing up settings through one account and restoring from the second one but a native solution would be nice to have.

    • Hidden posts only seem to apply to the feed and not carry over when viewing specific communities.

    • Didn’t find any way to search comments.

    • Not receiving any notifications.

  • Foçalors
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    92 years ago

    The only bug I may notice is the “hide read” feature. After refreshing the page, the hidden posts reappear. I don’t know if this also happened back in Reddit Sync or not