There was something that just felt wrong about the sync app thread in one of the lemmy.world communities. Just post after post of "yay, it's like having reddit back again." Reddit can fuck off. I like the novelty and slight roughness around the edges.

[–] TheBig2023Meltdown@lemmy.world 57 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's more having a familiar app back, the look and feel of it all it's so familiar to me that it's great to have back. And it feels better than liftoff in my opinion

[+] AngrilyEatingMuffins@kbin.social -6 points 2 years ago (7 children)

It’s worth twenty dollars to not see ads that don’t exist in the first place?

It’s worth introducing capitalism to the fediverse?

[–] iegod@lemm.ee 42 points 2 years ago

Are we not free to decide which software we use? If so, then your question can only be answered individually.

Your second question confuses me a little. There is nothing inherently pro or anti capitalist about the tech, especially in light of the first point.

[–] DTFpanda@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago

It’s worth twenty dollars to not see ads that don’t exist in the first place?

To me, yes. I spent a decade on sync pro for reddit, so it wasn't even a thought. Others don't have to feel the same way or use it.

It’s worth introducing capitalism to the fediverse?

I like the dev. I like supporting the dev to continue improving an app I like.

[–] TrustedTyrant@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

So developers shouldn’t be allowed to make money for the time and effort they put in to making apps?

[–] victron@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago

As a developer myself, yes. There's nothing wrong with a dev of an awesome app to make some bucks, and no, it's not the same as reddit, you know who gets the ad money there, here is straight to the guy developing the app. If I don't feel like paying, I can always move to another app.

[–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 7 points 2 years ago

It's worth twenty dollars for a better experience with more polish than any other app. No question.

[–] z3n0x@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago

Schrödinger’s Ads

[–] tigerhawkvok@startrek.website 2 points 2 years ago

Easily

[–] cloaker@kbin.social 41 points 2 years ago

Jesus y'all are rude. Obviously he meant he can interact with the app in the same way he used to (via sync). When you've equated an app with a service for so long you will tend to say things like that. No need to get all elitist about it.

[–] ofak@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

To you old people angry at changes: is it illegal to enjoy stuff? Is it not good that Lemmy attracts people from reddit? This sounds to me like good old conservatism. Also if Sync dev turns into a capitalist pro slavery billionaire, Lemmy should be the place to welcome refugees.

[–] aaaa@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

As an old person with opinions:

What's wrong with people sharing their opinions on a social media site? It's what we're all here for. If you're annoyed that so many different people have this opinion, well... Here we are. Sometimes discussion is one-sided and sometimes it's not.

[–] ofak@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Exactly. Glad we agree.

[–] dingus@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago

That's the exciting thing about new types of open architectures, you have numerous people putting their ideas into the space. Instead of being tied down to one way to do things, you're allowed to experiment and maybe even see crossover of some features.

[–] victron@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

I get you, but you have to admit Sync for Lemmy is gonna make the transition from r3ddit sooo easy for so many people.