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Post launch day chat (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ljdawson@lemmy.world to c/syncforlemmy@lemmy.world

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Afternoon everyone,

I wanted to go over a few points related to pricing, stats and the roadmap

Pricing

Sync for Lemmy is completely free with ads (the same as Sync for Reddit)
You can remove ads in the account picker or drawer for a one time fee of ~$20
Sync Ultra also removes ads but it's not required
I'll be working on regional prices over the coming weeks

There are now 24k installed users up from 100 the previous day!

I'm going to be spending the next few days going through all of the comments / messages and fixing any crashes.

As always thanks for the support and hope you're liking Sync!

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[-] Taeye0n@lemmy.world 89 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah man...I am a dev myself but $20 to remove ads is just too much, especially without regional pricing.

[-] ljdawson@lemmy.world 124 points 1 year ago

I'll be working on this full time and plan to make this the best Lemmy app possible.

[-] dzonc@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago

I think the pricing is fine if the quality matches it. Considering how much time we spend on our phones it could be great value for money.

I'm very curious to see how the advertising option works out for you, as currently I'm not aware of any lemmy sites with sustainable finance models.

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

Beehaw is currently financially sustainable.

[-] uberrice@feddit.de 25 points 1 year ago

I wouldn't call it financially sustainable. It pays for the servers, not for the labor.

No offense to beehaw, they're doing great work.

[-] eclipse@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Most of FOSS doesn't pay for labor, its volunteers.

[-] sgtlighttree@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

That level of transparency is incredible, lowkey considering making an account there...

[-] ActualShark@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 1 year ago

They're defederated with lemmy.world and https://sh.itjust.works/. It's something to consider before joining

[-] bluejay@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 year ago

Also worth noting at the time they said it was temporary and due to the lack of sufficient mod tools available in Lemmy. If mod tools improve that could change. But yes, right now it's definitely something to think about with world being a massive instance that m with a lot of larger communities.

[-] rbits@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

I definitely wouldn't, you'd lose out on half the content on lemmy

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

Yeah, I read about that too, but what if I make an account on an instance that isn't world or beehaw? Would I see content from both?

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

Yep

[-] Polar@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

They like to keep a really tight walled garden. That's why I left, I want to decide for myself which instances to block.

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[-] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

Lemmyworld is quite transparent too: https://opencollective.com/mastodonworld

[-] sgtlighttree@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I wonder if that's shared with lemmy.world or if that data is just for the Mastodon service?

[-] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Shared with Lemmyworld AFAIK

[-] InterSynth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 year ago

Will you be supporting kbin in the future?

[-] ljdawson@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago

£100 upgrade

[-] ljdawson@lemmy.world 71 points 1 year ago

/s before this blows up lol

[-] ryvaeus@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You joke but the moment Sync supports at least my kbin account to login, I'm sending you that $100 lifetime ultra upgrade with love. Posted from kbin.social on the browser, because I can't yet login on Sync for Lemmy.

[-] giant_smeeg@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Serious question about the monies charged. Do you think there will be backlash again from the instances? If lemmy.world starts seeing significant traffic from the api via sync and you're inserting your own ads and charging for ad-removal. Will they want a slice of the pie? Cut the api access?

[-] drbi@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Thank you for adding a one time payment option. Much appreciated.

[-] Taeye0n@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I'm sure of it. Wishing you all the best!

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

You asked us and we told you to make it, so I'm pleased. I haven't cancelled my sync for reddit subscription. Will that keep going to you, or will it cancel at some point?

[-] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I bought Reddit Sync Pro way back when you gave out coupon codes for a discount when you first created it. (just found my receipt... November 2013 for ONE DOLLAR!!!) Used it for what was probably a decade for that low initial price and watched it just get better and better over time.

I assume that I'm going to be using Sync for Lemmy for a decade, and I have zero issue with the upfront ad free cost.

Aside from regional pricing issues, I think some of these potential customers just don't realize how much they're going to be getting from you for this price.

Ultra Lifetime is really tempting...

[-] worsedoughnut@lemdro.id 27 points 1 year ago

$20 once, for an app you're going to use daily for the foreseeable future mind you, is not the unreasonable take that people on here seem to think it is.

You get what you pay for, and Sync has proven it's track record with the Reddit app already. This isn't just some random app dev asking for money on his bejeweled clone.