• @misterbassman
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    101 year ago

    Lemmy is funded by Patreon/Liberapay… Which are essentially subscriptions

    • King
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      -141 year ago
      1. their default model isnt based on ads like sync for lemmy

      2. a third party client isnt as much work as the fediverse as u see it took him a month

      3)ads used to be a one time payment for his old app, so the money was enough for him back then and now hes even richer so why do you excuse his greediness?

      • @misterbassman
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        211 year ago

        It took him a month because he adapted a code base he had been working on for a decade.

        It’s not greediness to want to be able to pay your bills. This is his job. Also a single payment option has already been developed it’s just not made in live yet.

        • King
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          -241 year ago

          He was already paying his bills with the one time payment and now hes even richer, this is the definition of greediness. Also his future plans are irrelevant here I am judging his current actions and the OP comment defending them.

          PS, weird how the no ads feature takes longer to develop than the recurring payment with 10 features, INCLUDING the no ads one!

            • King
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              -121 year ago

              I said rich-ER buddy, how did you miss the one word? One time payment was enough when he had even less money back when he didnt have the reddit money yet so theres no excuse to hide no ads option behind a subscription model, especially for a foss platform, its not like its a reddit client and pays for api

          • armrods
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            21 year ago

            Sync for reddit also had a subscription model

            • King
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              -21 year ago

              Which didnt have the no ads offer, which is what my one time payment is referring to.

              • armrods
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                21 year ago

                Sync for Lemmy v25 already has a one time purchase

                • King
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                  -21 year ago

                  2.5x the price of the original sync app until a month ago, I retract my greediness comments

          • @[email protected]
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            11 year ago

            One-time payment is already implemented. Update in the Play Store if you cannot see it. The “Remove Ads” button is below the settings.

          • @[email protected]
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            11 year ago

            Who cares if he is rich. He is making a good product and people want that product. He can charge whatever he wants, there is no point taking it personally. If you don’t want to pay, there is no one forcing you - you can even continue to use the app for free if you want.

            • King
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              -41 year ago

              Sure he can charge whatever, I’m just calling out his greediness idk what’s your point

              • @[email protected]
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                31 year ago

                If getting paid for the work you do that people are willing to pay for is greedy, then yes I suppose he is greedy, and so are everyone else who works for a living and try to up their earnings.

                • King
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                  -21 year ago

                  If getting paid for the work you do that people are willing to pay for is greedy

                  Not charging more than double the price of his product in the span of one month equals to not supporting people get paid, lets end this convo here since u wanna troll ( im nice and dont assume your reading comprehension is that bad instead)

        • King
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          01 year ago

          Charging 2.5x more in the span of one month for the same feature is the essence of software development and people cheer u for it? Sheesh im in the wrong business

            • King
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              11 year ago

              Are u earning 2.5x more money today than u did 10 years ago?

              • mediocrequalitymeme
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                11 year ago

                @synceDD

                Do you think the dev did know for sure how hard it will be and how long will it be 10 years ago

                Just stick to free versions, why are you so salty about it? Is it because the paid one is the best? I wonder why

                • King
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                  11 year ago

                  Didnt answer haha

                  • mediocrequalitymeme
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                    11 year ago

                    @synceDD I earn more than 2.5 times more because I changed my career path. I obviously do not expect this growth in 10 years.

                    And you also didn’t answer “haha”

                    This is leading nowhere.