• Kogasa
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      4810 months ago

      God forbid you have to can pay for stuff if you want.

      It’s a third party app. One of many. With an optional purchase to support the dev. Honestly…

      • @[email protected]
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        -3510 months ago

        With an optional purchase to support the dev.

        You mean the schuckster trying to make a buck using another free API after the last one booted him out? Guy’s a slimeball.

        • @Aiastarei
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          1010 months ago

          You’re not paying for the API, you’re paying for the dev time.

        • @D_isforPaul
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          510 months ago

          A slimeball for having an optional charge for a product they have made and have input their own time and skills into?

        • @Forwhombagles
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          10 months ago

          That’s a hot take, it’s still a shit take, but hot as well

    • @[email protected]
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      2510 months ago

      $20 one time for a well developed app that I use multiple hours a day is inexpensive.

      I pay almost as much to multiple streaming services PER MONTH for a shitty experience and sometimes not a completely ad-free experience.

      Anyway, in all honesty I chose the $1.99/mo because it gives the dev $24/yr into perpetuity. I also donate to instances. I also use Connect and Jerboa and Liftoff. It’s whatever.

      • @[email protected]
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        410 months ago

        I pay for Sync and Telegram. Telegram doesn’t even have ads, I just want to throw money at the things that provide me entertainment and value on a daily basis. Just because you don’t like to pay for things doesn’t mean you should project that mindset onto other people.

      • @DV8
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        210 months ago

        I paid for sync for Reddit, I donated to my Lemmy instance and I’ll pay for Sync for Lemmy once I decide for myself whether I take the subscription, simply ad free or one time payment for ultra. As there’s still fixes to the pricing going on I’ll wait out for that

        I guess I’m biased with paying for software since I work at a company that makes software it also offers in its’ own SaaS platform. I literally maintain the infrastructure so I’m intimately familiar with those costs. I appreciate anyone who offers software and service for free. But there’s always a cost and if you want premium service you’ll need to pay for it.

        That is ofcourse another justification and easy one since paying for sync is almost nothing to me. I do hope the free Sync keeps being a good alternative for anyone who wants to try it.

      • @aetrix
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        110 months ago

        I don’t want to feel good. I DO feel good. The truth is there would be no need to justify anything were it not for all the FOSS zealots throwing shade instead of just minding their business. Stop worrying about whether we feel good, and start thinking about why you want others to feel bad.

    • @Annoyed_CrabbyOP
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      -910 months ago

      God forbid i can choose the alternative while talk about how expensive the other choice is.

      • @D_isforPaul
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        310 months ago

        The other choice is free though. You don’t have to pay.