• Altevisor@lemm.ee
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      2 年前

      Why are people using the apps that have any ads? There are a million Lemmy apps out there at this point. Most are completely free and no ads

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        2 年前

        It’s mostly Sync users. Some of them seriously pay 110$ for Sync Ultra lifetime lmao.

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          I feel this is it but surely there are other apps following this model. I’m assuming they are probably the biggest but definitely not the only ones doing it. For good* ad-free software that is being actively developed and will get used probably every day for years, $100 seems more than fair to me. Beats paying a subscription indefinitely imo. I paid for the Plex lifetime pass for similar reasons and that was worth every penny.
          *Good is subjective, just because you wouldn’t pay doesn’t mean others won’t.

          Edit: formatting

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        I think most of the in app browsers still load ads on remote sites. Aren’t most of them just based on Chrome?

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          Im sure the browsers and source webpages in the apps have ads. But my interpretation was that people are seeing ads on the Lemmy site itself in these free apps.

          I hope that is not the case

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            We’re talking about reasons to comment on posts without reading the article, and the top level comment says it’s to avoid seeing ads.