Not hating on open source, just let people use what fits their expectations and needs and stop deterring them with gatekeeping :P
UX = user experience
except that being Free Software is WHAT matters, and why you would expect anything else from a Free and Federated network, I have no idea.
What you need to do is get the folks with "Good UX" to release their app under a Free Software license, not get mad at people with morals.
I do find it a bit odd to monetize a client for a service which is 100% free. Not necessarily against it, but it bothers me slightly.
This is why lemmy may die.
It is not free. It's not close to free. You can use it for free because someone else is subsidizing your use.
But the money comes from somewhere.
I was excited to try Sync after all the hype (read: advertising) on Lemmy, saw that it had ads, and noped the fuck out.
You do you, but I'm not gonna use that kind of garbage. Ads don't "keep apps accessible". Instead, they poison your mind specifically and suck balls in general. The entire advertisement model is flawed, and certain kinds of people only put up with it because they don't know better.
Honestly I tried many lemmy apps and most apps are worse than just the mobile website, except for sync which is just slightly better