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I installed Sync to try it out, and noticed the subscription model for no ads, and for basic features like push notifications and exporting a list of your subscribed communities. $2/month or $100 for a "lifetime" subscription. Immediately uninstalled it, yes it has a beautiful interface but I've never been fond of subscription-based apps, especially for FOSS services. A low one-time fee would be acceptable to me, like the $4 fee for Toot! for Mastodon.
The silly thing to me about the subscription is, they say it's to "cover the monthly running costs". What running costs do they incur if Lemmy is free and open? I'm genuinely curious, if anyone knows please tell me.
FYI There's a 22€ (prolly 20$) lifetime purchase for "pro" which will cover most nice features as well.
Does that get rid of ads?
Yes, I purchased Pro for Reddut years ago, and this single dev continually made updates and features. He listened to the community and mad value added improvement constantly. I have zero issues dropping $20 and supporting what I know will be a quality product. I'm just not sure about the subscription based as I don't think i need those features.
Yes, I bought it, no ads no tracking
Yes it does :)
It only gets rid of ads.
Yes
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