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I did a poll and nearly 30% of the people who voted said they used Sync! It's stayed around that percent the whole time too!

EDIT: Here is the poll I forgot to put this here like five times lol https://strawpoll.com/wby5A21R1yA

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[โ€“] Trollivier@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

When I left reddit, I tried Jerboa for lemmy. Honestly, if Sync didn't become available some time later, I would definitely not be here.

[โ€“] CautiousPickle@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

After reading this I decided to try it out. Within 5 posts there were ads. No thanks, I'll stick with Connect.

Edit: I was scrolling everything and replied. I didn't see this was in the official community. My opinion doesn't matter in here. I think it's great that sync is successful and I hope it continues. So yea, keep on keeping on.

[โ€“] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I had to trawl through the cookie settings and manually disable every single option. After that I no longer see any ads, just a space where the ads should be. Annoying that I had to do that though, with Reddit Sync I'd paid a one off fee I think and never saw any ads.

I get it though. I think this app is the devs main job, and the user base is significantly smaller than what it was for Reddit so he's having to put ways in to recover some income.

[โ€“] ljdawson@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If you click "reject" it does the same.

[โ€“] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I could be mis-remembering but I think I did click that, but the "legitimate interest" options were still ticked?

[โ€“] ljdawson@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Nah reject should reject them all ๐Ÿ‘

[โ€“] geogle@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (4 children)

It's a single developer that should be paid for his work. You can easily upgrade to the ad free version for a few bucks...

[โ€“] miridius@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If it was reasonably priced, I'd agree. But โ‚ฌ20 is just insane, especially when the clients it competes with already have no ads for free

[โ€“] henrikx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I agree the ad-free price seems a little steep. I would be much more fine paying 5-10 dollars for it.

[โ€“] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You're bothered by the ads? Just pay money for it

lol

[โ€“] Neve8028@lemm.ee -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh no! Someone wants compensation for their labor?? The horror!

[โ€“] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Lime66@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Do you own slaves? Because you seem to expect everything to be unpaid labour

[โ€“] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

Where are all my foss slaves at

[โ€“] mouth_brood@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago

I don't disagree that they should make some money for their efforts, but isn't every client for lemmy made by a single developer?

[โ€“] ichbinjasokreativ@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Does paying for it also remove the trackers, or just the ads?

[โ€“] wahming@monyet.cc -1 points 2 years ago
[โ€“] yamapikariya@lemmyfi.com 0 points 2 years ago

I've been using systemwide adblock on all my electronics for years now so I forget that in app ads are a thing. But yeah, I see your point. They do offer a one time purchase to remove ads.

[โ€“] burgundymyr@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's crazy to me how small the Jereboa usage is. It didn't collect or share data and has a great interface. What are these other apps giving that makes you want to use them? Genuinely curious on what I'm missing out on.

[โ€“] ljdawson@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[โ€“] MBM@lemmings.world 1 points 2 years ago

You seem biased, ha