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Also, the reason for the public beta is because people practically begged LJ for it. We actively told him, “We don’t care if there are bugs or missing features, just gimmie now!”

Also worth noting that the fact that Linux gaming works at all on many “Windows-exclusive” titles is an absolute magnificent feat of engineering. For the longest time we’ve been working to get games working on Linux despite both game developers and engine makers historically expressing anything between disinterest and antagonism towards supporting games on Linux.

But I also get that the final product is still not all that smooth from a user’s perspective. Just be sure to put the blame on where it belongs (definitely not Linux, or Wine who has been bending over backwards for over a decade to swim against the flow).

The price has changed a few times, particularly with regional pricing. LJ is still working out the exact pricing to use.

In this way “we” are giving back to the Foss community and it should silence a lot of critics.

I think you underestimate how negative the Internet can be. :) People will just find a new aspect of the app to complain about.

It hasn’t been implemented yet. Part of the app still being in beta.

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I absolutely cannot stand this behavior, if I accidentally tap instead of scroll then comment trees will expand/collapse and then I feel lost. Jerboa has this behavior and it was the most annoying thing about it when I used it, I’d say it was close to making me feel nauseous at times.

But hey, that’s the great thing about Sync being so customizable, you can choose whatever behavior you prefer!

I don’t care if you use Sync or not.

There are dozens of us!

Then don’t buy it. Or wait for it to move out of beta. Easy.

Well technically it is still in beta so missing features are to be expected at the moment.

Exactly. Doing anything, if it requires work and provides value to you, has a value, and thus could be expected to be charged for. Ad-supported software has kinda ruined a lot of people’s perception of money and value, expecting everything to be free.

If he gets 5000 subs he will earn almost 100 000 dollars a year. Which in Sweden equals to about 2.5 times of a well paid job.

If that is the case, well then in some of the larger coastal areas in the U.S. such a salary is far below what a decent software developer can expect. Cost of living is very high in those areas.

Talking about prices and costs is very difficult in a global ecosystem, because even different regions of the same country can have significant differences in market that change the value of money, even setting aside currency exchange.

I mean, it is still in beta technically.

Well as far as I am aware, not much if any of the ad and pricing policies have changed from Sync for Reddit, so it does not make much sense to be all the sudden surprised that Sync for Lemmy continues to be ad-supported. Sync for Lemmy is basically just a faithful port of Sync for Reddit with as few changes as necessary, which AFAIK is exactly what everyone asked for.

I generally do not do subscriptions either, but I do make some exceptions for specific apps/services. At least for me, Sync is one of those for now.

I use Inoreader and recommend it. I pay for Pro.

Same here.

I kinda figured that the Lemmy API would be reasonably similar enough to the Reddit API that it wouldn’t be a massive effort. Assuming good code architecture that keeps the backend separate from the frontend. :)