Just want to say thank you to Connect dev Kuro for making Connect for Lemmy. Amidst all this hype for Sync and Boost, Connect remains ad- and subscription-free without compromising quality. This app is bomb and I won’t be veering off to competitors anytime soon. Bonus points for being Canadian too! 🍁 Thank you!

Edit: adding donation link to buy dev Kuro a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/kurononeko

  • Kuro@lemmy.caM
    33·
    1 year ago

    Thank you for the support. I think Connect is 90% feedback driven at this point haha. My goal has always been getting more people using Lemmy so monetization isn’t really a focus for me as I’m doing this for fun. Sending you love back fellow canuck!

    • Cynber@lemmy.ca
      7·
      1 year ago

      I tried Sync for a bit, but I agree with the other posters that the pricing model is a little outrageous.

      Have you considered adding a donation option through google play? I’m not sure what the process is like, but it might make it easier for people to donate.

      • OtakuAltair@lemm.eeEnglish
        32·
        1 year ago

        Permanently removing ads in Sync is just 20$ though; I wouldn’t call it ‘outrageous’ for such a feature-rich app. The more expensive options are there if you want to further support the dev.

        • NightOwl@lemmy.oneEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          $20 starts putting it in the category of productivity apps like Lumafusion which is $20 on sale which is a pretty solid video editor on iOS. Or Procreate at $13 for a really good drawing app iPadOS. So when looking at Android it is definitely an outlier in price for a social media app. And those apps mentioned are one time purchases and straight up paid apps, so there’s no ad integration built into the app that needs to be disabled to begin with which makes it feel premium from the get go.

          Most expensive app I spent money on was SeriesGuide X Unlock key which is $24.99 to I think get notifications. SeriesGuide as a base though has no ads and is open source, and feature rich even without the Unlock key. So that I felt better about supporting, since it wasn’t to remove ads and I liked their approach better.