Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but does Sync seriously charge to remove ads that they added to browsing Lemmy in the first place? I get charging for Reddit due to the API, but I have a hard time believing the app is that much better than the existing FOSS apps such that the privacy tradeoff with ad trackers and/or the monetary cost worth it for, well, anyone really. Seems kinda scummy and antithetical to the philosophy that drives much of the Fediverse to me, yet I see so many people defending it in a way that reminds me of the rhetoric used to defend Reddit. Seriously, am I just a crazy person?

[+] ILikeMultis@lemmy.ml -25 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Beware of that dev. He was caught injecting Amazon commission links into his apps. He also started a mass attack on Dash for reddit & Joey for reddit dev.

Regarding the second point, he was not alone. Relay,RiF & Boost for reddit devs were also involved in it. Funny how they did the same thing later they accused those poor devs of.

[–] claymore@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

damn thats crazy but source?

[–] ILikeMultis@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago

These happened few years ago. I was one of the few to defend Dash for reddit dev & codesforliving (Joey dev).

They accused them of copying their app but later shamelessly copied Joey.

Dash for reddit dev too gave a befitting reply. He was also willing to show them the code.

Reddit search function is terrible so I'm unable to find

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