I did a poll and nearly 30% of the people who voted said they used Sync! It’s stayed around that percent the whole time too!

EDIT: Here is the poll I forgot to put this here like five times lol https://strawpoll.com/wby5A21R1yA

  • CautiousPickle@lemmy.worldEnglish
    125·
    2 年前

    After reading this I decided to try it out. Within 5 posts there were ads. No thanks, I’ll stick with Connect.

    Edit: I was scrolling everything and replied. I didn’t see this was in the official community. My opinion doesn’t matter in here. I think it’s great that sync is successful and I hope it continues. So yea, keep on keeping on.

    • geogle@lemmy.worldEnglish
      70·
      2 年前

      It’s a single developer that should be paid for his work. You can easily upgrade to the ad free version for a few bucks…

    • YAMAPIKARIYA@lemmyfi.comEnglish
      43·
      2 年前

      I’ve been using systemwide adblock on all my electronics for years now so I forget that in app ads are a thing. But yeah, I see your point. They do offer a one time purchase to remove ads.

      • reallyzen@unilem.orgEnglish
        25·
        2 年前

        Me too, which makes Sync an endless scroll of black squares where ads should be. No thanks, Connect it is.

        • Blizzard@lemmy.zipEnglish
          14·
          2 年前

          You might need a better adblocker. With AdGuard I see an empty box from time to time. It’s in the colour of the background.

        • Laticauda@lemmy.caEnglish
          3·
          2 年前

          I use nextdns and I don’t see any blank squares. It just looks like it’s ad free.

      • RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        4·
        2 年前

        I just ditched apps that show ads so now I don’t need a system wide adblock on my phone or computer. Ublock Origin in Firefox is enough

    • Klystron@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      28·
      2 年前

      I’ve used sync for almost ten years now… I think it’s worth the fee to remove ads. But sure, there are ads.

      • guywithadeathwish@feddit.ukEnglish
        17·
        2 年前

        It’s strange, both on Sync for Reddit and Sync for Lemmy I’ve always seen the space for ads, but never an actual ad showing in that space. So I just get random black spaces between posts

      • vihil@lemmy.worldEnglish
        13·
        2 年前

        from someone that used Connect before Sync was available: it works but feels like someone’s hobby. lots of issues and quirks to work around. Sync is absolutely perfect and I wouldn’t be using lemmy without it.

    • anonymous_bot@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15·
      2 年前

      FWIW you can use list or compact view and it won’t show ads (for now at least). Or just pay the pricey one-time fee to remove ads.

    • Master@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      2 年前

      Your opinion matters! Yea the ads suck but if you like how smooth the app is you can get rid of them for a very small fee. But if you are happy with another ap, Connect, more power to ya!

    • blackn1ght@feddit.ukEnglish
      3·
      2 年前

      I had to trawl through the cookie settings and manually disable every single option. After that I no longer see any ads, just a space where the ads should be. Annoying that I had to do that though, with Reddit Sync I’d paid a one off fee I think and never saw any ads.

      I get it though. I think this app is the devs main job, and the user base is significantly smaller than what it was for Reddit so he’s having to put ways in to recover some income.