• @Zoldyck
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      381 year ago

      People want to get paid for their work? Shocking!

      • @woelkchen
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        -291 year ago

        People want to get paid for their work? Shocking!

        And other people don’t want nagging spyware ads? SHOCKING! You know, Twitter and Reddit developers also want to get paid. That’s why they killed free API access. Funny how you came to Lemmy anyway…

          • @woelkchen
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            21 year ago

            And I’m not convinced by the claim that putting spyware into apps is the only way to make money.

            • @[email protected]
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              21 year ago

              Literally no one on the face of the earth has ever said that. We’re actually talking about an app that has a paid option without ads.

              • @woelkchen
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                11 year ago

                It uses trackers even when paying, btw.

                • @[email protected]
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                  11 year ago

                  Source? The sync dev said that google’s ad code isn’t ever initialized if you pay. Don’t see why it wouldn’t be the same with boost.

                  • @woelkchen
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                    21 year ago

                    A comment in a crosspost. It said that analytics (which is not ads but just as tracking) is enabled in the pay version.

        • candyman337
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          81 year ago

          That’s Google’s fault, not the dev’s. He’s just trying to make a living.

      • @woelkchen
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        -201 year ago

        if you do purchase it

        I’ll consider it once Liftoff, Thunder, etc. are all dead…

        • @TheTetrapod
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          I liked Liftoff, but as a Boost diehard, I’m happy to give the guy a couple bucks and pay him more than he would ever make from ads served to me. No skin off my nose.

    • Max-P
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      51 year ago

      It’s not for everyone for sure especially if you’re looking for something FOSS. I’d rather use a FOSS app, but it was my Reddit app of choice for a really long time and I’m happy to give the developer a one-time $3.50 purchase to have that experience back. I can barely tell I’m not on Reddit.

      Even if it’s just a stopgap solution, I’m all for Reddit app developers porting to Lemmy. Right now the open-source Lemmy apps all lack a lot of polish, so having paid options that offers a more polished experience for people coming over from Reddit is a plus for the platform’s engagement as a whole.

      • @woelkchen
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        01 year ago

        Right now the open-source Lemmy apps all lack a lot of polish

        Donate to the FOSS apps instead then.

      • Polar
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        31 year ago

        Or pay the dude a couple dollars to disable any tracking and remove ads for life?

        Why are you FOSS nerds so against paying people for their work?

        • zeroxxx
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          21 year ago

          Disgusting houlier than thou attitude. Prominent with Linux based people.