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Please put your money where your mouth is. (lemmy.world)

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

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Sync Ultra is a very reasonable $17 a YEAR. YouTube Premium is reaching that per MONTH. I have sync downloaded and it was the first thing I did. Thanks lj for the beautiful app.

[EDIT: That was a poor comparison, as pointed out in the comments. Leaving it for discussion sake.

There are many counterpoints and actually good discussion happening down below. Even if you don't agree, thanks for showing me a different perspective!

If you want to support Sync, make sure to support the Lemmy Devs and your instance holders as well!

*This post was made early in the day before the update added the OTP option.]

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[-] TheCookieButter@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

What would you be willing to pay? I paid £4 for Sync in 2018. I can't imagine a Pro (non-ultra) version would be that cheap this time.

At the minimum I'd think it'd match 1 year of Ultra (£17). Not sure if I'd pay that for Lemmy since I still use Sync for Reddit more.

[-] charles@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

Realistically, it would need to be higher than 1 year of Ultra, unless it only included some of the perks of Ultra. If it was priced the same for 1 year vs Lifetime, very few users would pay for the yearly sub.

Personally, I'm happy to keep paying the monthly sub to support LJ, if the development stalls or even stops completely, I'll be stopping my subscription. I'm happy to provide continuous support for apps that I use daily if it means that the development continues.

[-] Nopski@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago

[-] shadearg@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

New update Beta 25 dropped. Ad removal IAP is $12.99 USD.

Edit: increased to $19.99 USD

Edit 2: Ultra lifetime IAP added in Beta 26 for $99.99 USD

[-] ZodiacPi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I suspect he may be A/B testing pricing. I could have sworn I saw $12.99 for the Ad Removal IAP earlier, but it's showing $19.99 now.

Even $12.99 felt high just to remove ads. Especially when compared to previous Sync Pro pricing.

I also suspect there may be some testing of the appetite for higher pricing for early adopters... with the potential to lower pricing later for mass audience appeal.

I think we're seeing a lot of long-time Sync users (who came from Sync for Reddit), so that audience is probably a bit more amenable to higher pricing to support the developer, but this pricing doesn't seem competitive with the broader Lemmy community.