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
This whole Sync "issue" (is not an issue for me) has brought to light the way many people in the Lemmy communities feel about FOSS, free apps, ads even privacy, developers' compensation, etc. It's been interesting, still paid those $20 tho.
I think one of the thing that irritated some people is that this time they are not paying for more, they are paying to remove a nuisance (tracking). This is something almost only seen in proprietary apps.
I've paid for a bunch of Foss and non-foss applications through the years but never for the "remove ads" model. JuiceSSH is one such example. The base app was so useful that I knew I had to get the additional functionalities and paid a fair amount for them.
i suppose i can purge the other apps on my phone now, voyager ftw though!
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.
Yes the app developer should totally work for free.
Also servers are free to run yay.
Seriously what in the world?
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 mean or the foss apps could just be pushed to be better, and contribute to those apps as well.