Sync Ultra is a very reasonable $17 a YEAR. YouTube Premium is reaching that per MONTH. I have sync downloaded and it was the first thing I did. Thanks j for the beautiful app.

EDIT: There are many counterpoints and actually good discussion happening down below. Even if you don’t agree, thanks for showing me a different perspective!

If you want to support Sync, make sure to support the Lemmy Devs and your instance holders as well!

*This post was made early in the day before the update.

  • @[email protected]
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    361 year ago

    As someone from a third world country, fuck no. That shit is too expensive for me. Maybe to you privileged folk it’s reasonable. To me it’s nonsense.

    I feel shitty about it too since I was a long time sync pro user, I thought sync for lemmy would also have an affordable pro version but fuck me I guess

    • godless
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      -61 year ago

      Ultra =! Pro

      Adfree is available as a separate lifetime purchase for 10 USD.

        • godless
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          31 year ago

          I’ve used sync for reddit just over 12 years long. If I get the same time out of lemmy, that’s 80 cents per year.

          If that’s too much for you, I can’t help you.

      • @[email protected]
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        31 year ago

        You have countries where people don’t earn $1 a day. Once they cover their basic needs, $10 is like wining the lottery.

        It’s where Youtube does better. The price of premium is adapted to the local situation.

        • godless
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          31 year ago

          I’ve been working in developing aid for ages, and while true that there are places where people earn below $1, those people hardly have smartphones.

          And if they do, they can use the ad supported version just fine.

        • godless
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          11 year ago

          Did you upgrade to beta 25 yet? Generally you might wait a few more days until all the pricing stuff is working properly, google is still rolling it out.

    • armrods
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      -141 year ago

      Living in a first world country is not “privilege” there are people who didn’t choose where to be born.

      Just use the free app like I did when I lived in Venezuela (I was born there)

      • @[email protected]
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        71 year ago

        Privilege is not something necessarily gained on purpose. Being born to a wealthy family is privilege and not a choice either, but there is undeniable privilege. It’s not a negative thing, it’s something one should be aware of where they may have it and recognize it. It’s not something to feel guilty over, it just… is.