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Voyager seems to be the second most used client, according to poll (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by roon@lemmy.ml to c/voyagerapp@lemmy.world

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[-] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This is why Sync mentions get downvoted a lot. Other options have most or all of its features, but none bring ads to Lemmy.

I'd argue that most of the userbase would rather not normalize ads on Lemmy.

[-] Chriskmee@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

While I agree, I think sync takes the award for most non intrusive ads in an app. I don't think I've seen a free ad supported app with less intrusive ads.

[-] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago

I've heard that argument before too -- but again, no other Lemmy app uses ads. Having them is pretty damn intrusive when the alternative is simply not having them.

Of course, it's the dev's prerogative to sell a closed-source product, and their choice to be paid for it. I support that. But the issue gets deeper since Lemmy is ultimately FOSS. Lemmy needs donations to survive. I'd wager that most folks who paid to remove ads from Sync aren't paying their instance for their bandwidth, so it ends up being an unnecessary stumbling block for the platform.