Developers should make money. Just not with ads.
Developers should make money. Just not with ads.
That would be a good idea too.
Almost all of Syncs business model is ads. The free version has ads and almost everyone who pays for it is doing so to remove ads. Which is just rewarding the implementation of ads. I also disagree with the concept of profiting from free user content with ads like Reddit does. Which was Reddits primary goal of preventing third party apps. They wanted the ad revenue themselves instead of third parties getting the ad revenue.
The only way this can be acceptable is to not have a free ad version and only have a paid version. That way you are paying for software and not paying to remove ads or profiting from free user content.
For sure. I don’t mind moderating on Lemmy because nobody is making any money here. I’m doing something because I want to. However, I’m not going to do something even if I want to if someone else is making money from my efforts and not giving my me fair share. Whatever that may be.
Probably just fools. Working for a corporation that makes money from your work without sharing any of it with them. Nobody should be moderating on Reddit without getting paid.
Moderator rewards program? How much money are they going to be paying them?
Probably not because the home feed has existed without issue for years with my history turned off. This change only exists to convince people to turn their history on. I don’t know why they even need our permission rather than just removing it as an option to have it off, but I’m glad I can.
The fact that there is an ad version at all as a UI front end to an ad free FOSS back-end is a bit shameful. People buy it because they want to get rid of the ads. If they just sold the software with no free with ad version then they would be acceptable.
It’s not about the cost. It’s the principle of the matter.
I’ve tried almost all of them and shockingly Jerboa seems the best despite being the first as far as I’m aware.
Sync comes in last for having ads unfortunately. Or basically just disqualified.
That would definitely be an improvement. But you would still have to spend the time to add a bunch of tags to your posts.
It makes it look like spam. I’m not interested in accommodating people outside of Lemmy. Things being federated among Lemmy instances is one thing, but I think trying to deal with PixelFed and Mastodon in the same system is a bit too far. I’ve look at Lemmy activity from the perspective of Mastodon and it is awful. This isn’t a feature I believe needs to be a thing.
I’d prefer to logon to Mastodon or PixelFed directly and use their federated systems separate from others.
It does a very similar job, but also it is good just to have options. I like that everyone on PixelFed is an account for photos so I know what I’m getting from everybody else. I also like the portfolio view which is a nice view of only the photos you want from your profile without any text or social aspect at all. It’s a good quick link to give friends and family who want to see your photos.
Do they? They state outright that they are going to abuse your privacy for profit. They have financial incentive to do so as it is their business model. Someone who is concerned about privacy deciding to use Facebook, Threads, Instagram, Twitter or whatever instead of Mastodon or Lemmy is completely ridiculous.
Does anybody know if your subscriptions can be seen by admins of other instances? It doesn’t seem like that information would need to be shared, but maybe it is anyway.
Agreed on the water pick. It’s really just a high powered stream of water, but not so powerful as to cut you. Although against delicate gums it may still cause bleeding like floss.
I’m not trying to be rude here, but please read my post. Paying to remove ads is part of the ad business model. Anyone who pays to remove ads means the developer profited from ads.