I think now is a great time to remind everyone, like sync’s developer, Lemmy’s developers need to be paid too! The amount of time all the devs put into making lemmy exist, in my opinion, should be worth some of your money. If you can afford it, donating to the people who develop lemmy and/or the people keeping your home instance up will accelerate the incredible growth of lemmy!

  • Uriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    1312·
    1 year ago

    I’m disabled and on a fixed income. I make less than minimum wage. The only thing I have to contribute are my occasional keen thoughts, but if you need me to leave, I can. I get that a lot.

    I won’t be buying or using Sync, as its pricing is prohibitive and ads sometimes include malware.

    • Zetaphor@zemmy.ccEnglish
      13·
      1 year ago

      but if you need me to leave, I can. I get that a lot.

      I don’t think OP is suggesting this. It’s simply a reminder to those who have the privilege of having extra income that contributing to the core devs improves the experience for everyone, regardless of their individual ability to contribute.

      I’m personally happy to donate if it means everyone gets to continue enjoying the growth of the platform, as the real value of the threadiverse is user activity.

    • habanhero@lemmy.caEnglish
      111·
      1 year ago

      sometimes include malware

      Source? That’s a pretty serious accusation.