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Appreciation post for Liftoff not collecting user data or injecting ads. (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Holodeck_Moriarty@lemm.ee to c/liftoff@lemmy.world

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I was looking forward to trying Sync today now that it's live, but my enthusiasm was immediately dampened after seeing the "Data Safety" section on the Google Play store.

Liftoff has been great, and want to say thanks for making an awesome app. This will continue to be my daily driver.

Edit: for clarity, because the post got way bigger than I expected.

Sync looks like a fantastic app, and the dev/s should charge whatever they feel is fair for their efforts, even if that's through the usual ads + ad tracking.

My intent was just to post here in /c/Liftoff to thank the Liftoff devs for managing to somehow offer an awesome app without any of that.

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[–] maajmaaj@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago (2 children)

We keep looking at this like it's about the apps themselves and not the precedent it sets. paying for a app while possibly neglecting the financial requirements of the instance admins (I set up my monthly payment to .world's Patreon Yesterday) that actually host the content you're looking at on said app.

[–] Zeroxxx@lemmy.my.id 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And how is it different than reddit?

We paid for the app (or free app) but zero direct financial contribution to the platform.

I do not like corporation but it seems disingenous to post like you just did on an app's 'subreddit'.

[–] maajmaaj@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Mmmm... I deleted my original response because yours disappeared for some reason, but I use liftoff and everybody should donate. That pretty much covers what I said in my original comment. I still don't understand what you're getting at though.

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

Is it a silly idea for apps to give a cut to instances people frequent? Genuinely curious.

[–] maajmaaj@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Too many instances. Financial cat corral.