Maybe that would be the case if we were in some post scarcity perfect society where no one needed income, and all devs were just doing it for self-fulfillment, but I can't blame someone for wanting to make income off of their work. Especially if they seem like a reasonable person, wanting reasonable amounts for good work.

Isn't supporting a smaller dev a good thing? I mean, this guy got screwed over by reddit fucking up his income.

[–] rob64@startrek.website 37 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ain't that the truth. People act like charging for software is evil no matter what. There's a huge difference between a lone dev trying to earn a living and a huge corporation trying to wring every last ounce of profit out of their users. And there's probably degrees of nuance between those.

Especially if they seem like a reasonable person, wanting reasonable amounts for good work.

And that's the important context in this discussion. You've got a dev who's active in the community and who builds an app not only with great features and UI but with stability too. And he has a not insignificant user base that is familiar not just with his work but essentially with this exact app... It's reasonable for him to assume we'll see the value and be willing to pay. And he is correct.

I'm personally averse to subscription models, but again context matters. Reasonable rate and you know what you're getting. And I say this as a huge fan of both FOSS and socialism. I could have easily just let my DNS continue to filter out the ads, but I appreciate quality and believe it should be appropriately compensated.

[–] Stoneykins@mander.xyz 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

actually, speaking of the subscription, the fact that ads can be removed with either the subscription or a one time payment is one of my favorite things about sync. I don't really like subscriptions either, but then the only feature I really wanted from Sync was the ads removed, so I don't have to even care about the subscription. I wish that kind of monetization style was WAY more popular.

[–] rob64@startrek.website 6 points 1 year ago

And I only subscribed because the one-time purchase was not available at that moment, so I assumed no such option existed. But honestly, I'll continue to pay the subscription. It's still less than a year's worth of my monthly donations to the developer of Tasker.

[–] crashoverride@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And it's really great, something worth paying for, imo.

[–] Zana@startrek.website 13 points 1 year ago

I got like ten years out of Sync for Reddit. I even bought the $30 package and feel like I got more than my money's worth.

[–] starman@programming.dev -1 points 1 year ago

I will rather support dev that don't already make money by selling my personal data.