I installed Sync to try it out, and noticed the subscription model for no ads, and for basic features like push notifications and exporting a list of your subscribed communities. $2/month or $100 for a "lifetime" subscription. Immediately uninstalled it, yes it has a beautiful interface but I've never been fond of subscription-based apps, especially for FOSS services. A low one-time fee would be acceptable to me, like the $4 fee for Toot! for Mastodon.

The silly thing to me about the subscription is, they say it's to "cover the monthly running costs". What running costs do they incur if Lemmy is free and open? I'm genuinely curious, if anyone knows please tell me.

[–] EtzBetz@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago (9 children)

FYI There's a 22€ (prolly 20$) lifetime purchase for "pro" which will cover most nice features as well.

[–] rDrDr@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Does that get rid of ads?

[–] GroggyGuava@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It only gets rid of ads.

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