I do agree with the sentiment that the price is a tad steep. I think $10 is a more agreeable price imo.

Personally I still prefer the $17 a month considering that backing up my settings through the cloud is an important and convenient feature since I own multiple devices and 8 lemmy profiles (don't ask why lol). Hopefully LDJ has a desktop version.

I didn't even flinch paying the money. Sync for Reddit was my most used app over the last decade and glad to have it back (I didn't do the work around). I've already gotten more engaged in Lemmy and plan to be way more active.

People in this thread spending $100++ on SKINS in a video game : 🤑🤑🤑

Same people Spending $20 to support the app you use hundreds of times a day : 😡🤬

Honestly I think 20 usd is reasonable. I think people here are being weird. That's like the price of a book or indie game on steam - surely an app that you read on every day is worth that?

Also Lemmy will continue to grow so the value will just increase.

I'm very happy to support a $20 ad free purchase. Did it immediately. Google Play credits paid for all of it, but even if it didn't id do it anyways. This is all great and jldawson is great. $20 come on guys. It's so worth it.

p.s. Download the Google Rewards app which occasionally will give you a 2-5 question survey and it will pay you between .10-.90 per survey. I get the surveys all the time.