submitted 6 days ago by Eideen@lemmy.world to c/syncforlemmy@lemmy.world

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I reach out to @ljdawson@lemmy.world via contact@syncapps.io:

Hey,

Nope just been a little snowed under. Hoping to get an update out over the holidays.

Cheers @ljdawson@lemmy.world

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[-] Maalus@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Yeah seen it a mile away. Like, you can't live off of 10 subscribers.

[-] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I'm betting he had way more than 10. There was a flood of people that signed up when he initially released it, and even today, after a year of "meh to abandoned" effort and a dozen other excellent lemmy apps, lemmy.world is still seeing 5k sync users/month.

It probably wasent "living indoors" money on its own, but surely 1-2k/month is worth spending a few hours a month on keeping an app updated, right? That was what he was promising when he shifted to the subscription model, but old habits die hard I guess.

[-] Maalus@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago

Sync is mostly free, so those 5k users most likely are running that. I know I am. 1-2k a month is pennies when you are a programmer.

[-] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

The median wage for a programmer in the US is right at 100k. 1-2k/month is 12-24k/yr.

I cant think of a single person who thinks 12-24% of their yearly salary is "pennies."

Either way, those "pennies" came with a commitment. He could have done a low one time cost like sync for reddit and faffed about, but instead he committed to subscription payments, and those carry an expectation of support and features. As a programmer, he know this.

The simple fact is that people are paying for something they aren't getting.