That's realllly steep for a single app.
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It is but it also isn't. I paid $5 for sync pro for reddit and have gotten literally thousands of hours out of it. $20 isn't that significant in the grand scheme of things if you like the app.
As much as I browsed reddit throughout the day for the past 5 years....$20 seems like nothing. Hell I spend $10 a month of a few Patreons for ad free content.
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Yeah, nah. That's too pricey to remove ads for a single app.
You're not paying to remove ads. You're supporting the development and making it worthwhile for the developer to continue to create the app.
That it happens to remove ads is just a side benefit. You can remove ads from all apps using a VPN based ad blocker anyway (on android).
I paid β¬2.51 to remove ads on Sync for Reddit. I would have spent maybe a tenner but it's over β¬20 for the Lemmy app. As much as I love Sync, that's a big nope from me.
Remember, Lemmy has a lot less active users than Reddit. Even if ALL active Lemmy users on Lemmy.world buy the app at its original $2 price, it's still not enough to sustain full time development. Both higher one time purchase price and subscription is needed for the app's survival, even then I'm still not sure if it's enough for the dev to sustain themselves. I'm getting the ultra subscription for this reason because I don't want the app to go away, and I encourage people that really like the app to do so as well.
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No, we're paying to remove ads. And $26 CDN to remove ads feels really high when I paid $3.69 to remove ads in Boost and $4.49 to remove ads in Relay in 2019.
I like how you bothered to speak of supporting the dev yet mentioned how to stop ads with a VPN based blocker.
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Yes we are paying to remove ads.
If people want to keep supporting the dev, just buy the subscription or check if he has a donations link. But this purchase is just what it says: Remove Ads.
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Last thread was complaints of not wanting subscriptions this thread is complaints of too expensive π€·. By all means keep the ads or use another app. Imo it's not super surprising to be pricey when it's a one time purchase instead of the subscription.
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That's so aggressive just to remove ads. I get it that devs need to eat but holy shit man.
I think people (me included) have a very poor sense of what apps are worth.
$20 for an app you use nearly every day for years is unthinkable.
$20 for a single decent meal at a restaurant is fine.
Seems odd to me that anyone should think $20 spent on an excellent app is too much.
I think the issue is that Lemmy is still developing and we don't know what it's going to look like even 6 months from now. $20 for unlimited access isn't bad at all if you know you'll get your money's worth. I'm still hesitant with Lemmy because there are features that it lacks. I'm optimistic that they will be added, but I can't be sure.
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Sync was Reddit for me and I didn't even bat an eye about buying pro at the time (around 3β¬ I think).
Paying 23β¬ for ad removal is just being greedy right now, I really want to support the dev but this is just too much.
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The whole pricing debate is so exhausting. Anybody who feels $20 is too steep for an app they might use for the next decade is welcome to their opinion, but they'll never have the same perspective as those of us who enjoyed a decade of improvements to Sync for Reddit. LJ is a class act, Sync is leagues ahead of all other 3PAs, and I'm happy to pay my share.
There are so many FOSS & alternative options. LJ is dedicating his full attention to a niche platform and has set up a subscription model that allows this project to remain sustainable for him & his team (yes, team). Feel free to go with any other option, but let's not pretend that Sync is the antichrist for being the first Lemmy 3PA developer that is prioritizing sustainability after a decade of supporting users who paid $2
too steep for an app they might use for the next decade
Lemmy is still a niche and who knows what will happen in a decade
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It should be like $5
The number of users in lemmy is so low compared to reddit. Those who buy this app are way less here. In reddit there were 100k+ downloads. Here it is not even going to be half of it. So price change can be justified.
One point I like to say is yeah this price is too high for some third world countries. Region based pricing should be there. 20$ here is 10% of my income (entry level job). So it will take time for me to buy the app. Until then i support the ad driven model. I am getting far better user experience with this app than all other lemmy apps I have tried.
That is true, however this is not really relevant for buying a product. And an app that relies on ads where you can buy premium for $20 is just that in my eyes, a commercial product, and that is fine. But dividing the costs between all users to estimate a price is weird to me, that's not how market works and ignores offer and demand. This argument is nothing a potential buyer would consider when buying an app. And $20 is a lot of money especially in todays time. I don't think I have seen a price like that apart from really big commercial apps. But yeah if you want to support, do that, but consider spending money to your instance instead and using one of the other great apps available.
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If it was $5 I'd buy, but $20, yeesh.
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it was 12.99 for a hot second if you grabbed it when it first went live. I was thinking about it, but then saw it went to 19.99 just recently. Imma gonna wait.
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It's like 1/2 of the monthly entry level income in my 3rd world country.
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βΉ9900 for lifetime ultra, this is expensive. Entry level smartphones that the majority of Indians use costs much less than that.
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Just got the update and... Yeah, it's almost $100 on my currency. I'm not sure if I ever saw an app this expensive before, not that I buy a lot of apps, but still. Love the app and lj has always been awesome, but will have to pass :(
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I paid to remove the ads. I want to support the developer and this is the best Reddit app I used as well.
Having said that, this is a really steep price tbh and will be a hard sell for my friends. I am loyal to Sync and still see value in this price since I use it so much. But it really is steep.
TWENTY DOLLARS ???? bro $20 for an ad-free version of an app is nuts
Twenty dollars one time in a world of subscriptions for an app you use hours a day really isnβt that bad. Think how much you spend on other luxuries in your day to day and $20 doesnβt get you that much.
I also spend my days drinking tap water and breathing air. You can't say that because you use something every day that you have to pay an inflated price for it. Other developers also spend a lot of time on their apps and don't ask these absurd prices.
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way too expensive.
also no regional pricing?
I would never pay more then 8-10$ for a full game, let alone 20$ for lack of random black rectangles in a free app.
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2000βΉ for removing ads is too much. With that money one can buy a raspberry pi and set up pihole to block ads on their whole network.
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This might be dumb but uhhh what ads? I've been using the app since launch and haven't seen a single one.
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Turns out the 2.99 for life doesn't quite keep the lights on anymore.
Maybe we just need to go back to paying for every major version. that way people can have what they want.
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I don't exactly understand why the 20$ translate to 22β¬, when the euro is stronger than the dollar π€
Taxes. US prices are always net prices, as taxes are depending on which state you live in. 20 USD = 18.28 β¬ + 19 % taxes (let's take the German one) = 21.75 β¬. If you are from Italy you are even better off, as with your VAT it would be 22 % = 22.3 β¬.
Paid. Haven't actually seen any ads. The only complaint that I have, is that u/spez doesn't get a notification, with a comment on the value of building brand loyalty through respect and support of your user base.
Can anyone confirm, and this may have Already been answered.
Does the remove adds on the left pane, remove them for lifetime at 20$?
Edit: seems like 20$ will be ads removed lifetime but No fancy features.
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I've just checked, the lifetime price is showing up as Β£95.99 to me ($120) that seems a bit steep!
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