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.

  • Beryl@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3114·
    1 year ago

    I have tried a couple different apps but Liftoff is the best so far. Quite disappointed in the direction Sync is taking. Developpers obviously have a right to be paid for their work, but I despise the choice of targeted ads or subscription based software.

    • Countmacula@lemmy.worldEnglish
      165·
      1 year ago

      So both ways for someone to be paid?

      Would you agree to buying one version with no updates (except for bug fixes) ?

      • El Barto@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        1 year ago

        I would. Is it a perfect model? No. Is it better than ads or a monthly subscription? Absolutely!

            • BehindTheBarrier@lemmy.worldEnglish
              5·
              1 year ago

              Sync has a lifetime ad free option. That removes the Google tracking as well, since it’s tied to ads. Subscription it for extra features you probably dont need. Based on comments about reddit sync, it also doesn’t track usage statistics. But that is mostly a guess from my side.

              The price is a steep 20 USD, but the app is new and the Dev is well known. You also know what you are getting if you have used Sync before.

    • Solo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      71·
      1 year ago

      I’m using sync and they have an option to remove ads that isn’t a subscription. I’m not sure if that would prevent tracking but another commenter said it would. I’ll probably see if I can get a response from the dev and find out.

      • stappern@lemmy.oneEnglish
        36·
        1 year ago

        considering you dont get to see the source code the dev could tell you theres a pumpkin pie in the code for all you know

      • Beryl@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        1 year ago

        That’s welcome. It has to be added very recently though because it wasn’t possible when I checked.