What's the difference between "Remove ads" and "Sync Ultra"? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by solrecon@lemmy.world to c/syncforlemmy@lemmy.world

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I'm loving Sync so far. I used the official reddit app ever since I was on Reddit. I sure was missing out.

I saw on the left bar there's two options "Remove ads" and "Sync Ultra". What's the difference? I understand ultra is a subscription that gets ad free browsing and more. However, remove ads looks to be a single purchase "add-on", i.e. no subscription. Is that the case? That would be nice down the line when sync for lemmy gets an official stable release.

There's also a price difference. Ultra is 1.99$/mo or 16.99$/yr, and remove ads is 12.99$.

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[-] ComradeBunnie@aussie.zone 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Crying in $34 Aussie dollaydoos.

A bit of a surprise; I know I was lucky to get the old Sync pro app for under $2 a decade ago, but wow.

[-] GiddyGap@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

Lemmy still has a lot less users than reddit. The dev can't rely on tens of thousands of users to buy the app for $1 each. I think he's doing a great job with this app and I don't mind supporting him.

Also, the addition of Sync to the lemmy ecosystem will draw a ton of new people in and help grow the platform.

[-] ComradeBunnie@aussie.zone 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I understand that I got a magnificent deal on Reddit Sync - I think it was on sale at the time.

I was ready to happily drop $15 on the ad free, but this is more than double that.

[-] solrecon@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

It's unfortunate that the price is up, but it's better than spending for a subscription for ad removal.

[-] AngrilyEatingMuffins@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago

Is it better than just, you know, not using sync? This isn’t Reddit. There aren’t ads here.

[-] solrecon@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I understand. I was using liftoff and that was pretty good for me (still have it as a backup). I also tried jebora and connect. Sync is definitely the most polished, even in beta. I'm not going to remove ads until I know I want to stick with sync, but it definitely feels like I'm headed that way.