This is genuinely a tough position to address, as I see both parties’ sides. I can’t blame a dev for setting up a system to ensure he gets paid, I’m on antiwork with a lot of you, raging out about how minimum wage hasn’t gone up and employers want to squeeze every last drop of labor out of their employees and give them as little possible in compensation… and I also see the side of wanting the spirit of greed (the source of Reddit’s choices that caused the exodus) to not have soil to take root here…
In Sync’s defense, it’s so far ahead of any of the FOSS apps I tried while I waited for it to release that I don’t think it’s greedy for the dev to set up a system to earn some compensation for their efforts and whatever ability enabled him to create an app so far ahead of the other Lemmy apps. I wonder how much these other poor devs have made from their work on the other Lemmy apps that have sprouted… might explain why they’re lacking in comparison, they can’t put as much effort into their app while holding a full time job because unless there’s an incentive to compensate, the comments in response to Sync’s release have made it apparent that a lot of the lemmy preachers of FOSS are really just cheapskates, whose attraction to the “ethos” is the free stuff, not the principle.
On the other hand, I can understand the price point and the subscription system aren’t exactly what many expected or view as “reasonable.” For me, $1.99 a month doesn’t bother me, I make enough to cover that from Google Opinion Rewards so it’s no money out of my pocket. If that amount is too much, go to Network Settings and add “DNS.adguard.com” to your private DNS provider hostname field and don’t pay for it. I still don’t think it’s worth not using the app because you think the dev is greedy for not wanting to work for free. That mentality keeps up, the spez’s will start taking notes from us on how to get folks to provide services with no compensation at all!
I tried the Pixel Fold because I’ve been using their phones since the Nexus days. I went into it very skeptically… Meaning I made sure I was thoroughly aware of the return policy.
I’m sold. Weight doesn’t bother me and the benefits of being able to swap into a screen with that much real estate for viewing, multitasking, playing games, etc far outweigh a little thickness and weight. It fits in my pocket way better than I imagined and the front screen is actually more functionally sized that my 7 Pro’s due to how damned tall it is! If you’re not hard on your phones (I don’t imagine it takes a beating as well as a regular phone) then I suggest you give it a shot. I’m definitely never going back.
The best part is they told them they have X amount of time to spend the coins, but whatever they buy disappears anyway!
I commented on this when encountering the 2nd type of person on here. As it gains popularity you’ll encounter more of them, it’s inevitable.
I’m just glad the account isn’t gone completely.
I had an issue of being logged out of my account and could not log back in, after closing and reopening the site, closing browser, etc until I cleared my cookies, then it let me back in. If that helps anyone.
Until A.I. starts doing the work too and you just sit around broke waiting to be told what to do for your basic necessities.
They’re trying to get /c/gonewild content fired up.
I wish you could post gifs this way.
I tried all the Reddit apps back in the day and I don’t remember exactly how Infinity was but just wait a few weeks for Sync for Lemmy and I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Fellow Fold user, I’m loving mine as well. Got it as a test and was fully prepared to return it if it wasn’t “$1,800 good.” In my opinion, it is. I’m hooked.
Definitely not something I’d want but it’s pretty cool nonetheless.
Head back to Reddit the way you came then, friend.
enshittification
Give it a Google.
How don’t these fuckwits realize this place doesn’t want them? Stay over in the trash heap where you belong.
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