yeah its not free XD you have to look at ads which you DONT have to do with regular lemmy.
Also, why do you care if people are using sync or paying for it. How does that affect you personally?
it doesnt, why do you ask? i was just correcting the user saying its “free” which is not under any pov. not in price because of ads, not in freedom because it sucks.
I think it’s very valid to say a service isn’t free if it makes you the product by forcibly showing you ads. This is especially true when your data is being collected and shared with advertisers.
Time is more valuable than money, and I don’t like spending time on ads. That’s just my two cents, though.
this is dumb, sync is free
It’s literally not Free.
Then how am I using it for free right now ?
you have ads on your lemmy bud, nobody else does
Right, so it’s free. With ads. Ads that currently dont work, and even if they did, i still haven’t paid for sync, so its free for me.
Also, why do you care if people are using sync or paying for it. How does that affect you personally?
yeah its not free XD you have to look at ads which you DONT have to do with regular lemmy.
it doesnt, why do you ask? i was just correcting the user saying its “free” which is not under any pov. not in price because of ads, not in freedom because it sucks.
TIL that looking at ads, even without money leaving my bank account, isn’t free. These marketing people are wizards /s
I think it’s very valid to say a service isn’t free if it makes you the product by forcibly showing you ads. This is especially true when your data is being collected and shared with advertisers.
Time is more valuable than money, and I don’t like spending time on ads. That’s just my two cents, though.
yep they even convince people to defend them and their interests for free!
> you have to look at ads
Your mind is gonna be blown when you learn that you can block ads system-wide on android…
Doesn’t change jack shit
Being able to block ads entirely doesn’t change whether or not you see ads in your feed?
That’s an interesting, and totally sensible perspective lol
I have an adblocker so no, I don’t.
It literally is. All premium options are a choice.
Ad removal lifetime is $20, Ultra (which brings extra features) is subscription based and a little more expensive.
free is considered to mean libre not gratis here
sync is proprietary
wasnt talking about price but considering there are ADS in it that are not normally on lemmy even the price doesnt hold up
you have ads on lemmy bud, nobody else does
Ad-supported software is not free.
“Freemium”