I mean, animals don’t necessarily experience taste in the same ways humans do. What tastes terrible to me may still be very appealing to a dog or cat etc., regardless of taste.

I don’t know if it’s my worst ever reading experience but… Im trying to get through Narcissus and Goldmund right now. Holy shit do I hate this book so far, and I usually enjoy Hesse’s work.

Hope he didn’t lose it…

I love you.

Sorry to hear, that sounds rough. I dont know if youre feeling this way because of your job, given the topic of this thread… but if it means anything, I believe that someone’s value is measured based on many other factors besides what they do for a living. Hope things look up.

It’s all just a character, as others are saying. Uncharted made me feel like he’s bad ass, even if its pretty scripted

Might do an IRL sexual partner who enjoys foreplay a favour though. I dont know that reprogramming our brains to only react to hardcore scenes is doing ourselves a favour either.

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I hate that I relate to this, because honestly I feel like constantly skipping around to get to the good stuff can’t be good for us.

Bet this mouth-breathing shill didn’t even post the meme from a FOSS app. Despicable.

Why would the dev give you attention specifically? Like who the fuck are you? Delusional.

In my experience you can have:

1. Good app that is free with ads,
2. Good app that is paid without ads,
3. Shit to mediocre app that is free without ads.

I’ve tried many alternatives, but so far the intuitiveness and beautiful UX of Sync stand apart from the competition for me. I respect FOSS apps, and even prefer them in some cases. But let’s not pretend that its the best approach for every developer, or that anyone who releases a non-FOSS app is automatically greedy or sketchy.

Regional pricing is apparently coming soon, just FYI.

You don’t need to pay for Sync if you can’t afford it either, though. A free version exists, the only noteworthy difference is that it shows ads. To your point, there are technically a few gated features behind the Ultra subscription, but these are niche inclusions that 99% of people probably wouldn’t use even if they were included for free. I think of them more as an added bonus for supporting the dev.

Interesting, I didn’t know that; thanks for the info.

Ill admit im not very familiar with blender, linux, or redhat, so ill look into those – thank you.

My understanding is that nobody owns lemmy, rather people own the instances that make up lemmy. Which is definitely in the spirit of FOSS, but based on my understanding (happy to be proven wrong) I dont think its accurate to say the creators of Lemmy are making a living from it. You can donate to the admins of the instances you use, I suppose.

Likewise, isn’t the main source of income for Wikipedia donations? They ask me for one every time I’m on the site.

So other than semantics, what’s really the difference in making a donation to a service like Wikipedia, and paying for Sync? You can think of paying to remove ads as a donation if that helps, but the fact remains that lemmy is already available for free, and is much smaller than organizations like Wikipedia or Linux. Dude has got to eat.

So the best solution to make a living as a FOSS developer is to… Work for some giant tech monopoly who engages in sketchy consumer practices on a regular basis?

AFAIK Sync was created by a single person, so I doubt he’s getting paid by anyone other than fans of the app and ad revenue. I’ll look into RedHat though, I appreciate you taking the time to provide an actual example.

Like who? Making an actual living I mean, not just collecting small donations to ‘buy them a coffee’ or whatever.

Not saying you’re wrong, but some examples would be welcome.

Edit: Down voting me for asking a question, lol. Way to demonstrate your dedication to that free and open philosophy you apparently advocate for, folks.

AFAIK the way ad revenue works is dependent on trackers. Paying to remove ads on Sync also removes all trackers according to many people who have tested it; still seems to come down to not wanting to pay the developer.

Which is fine, of course. I just think framing the app as sketchy or something is completely misguided.

I won’t pretend to be an expert on ad revenue. But couldn’t one explanation for the Sync for Reddit vs. Lemmy pricing be that reddit had far more users, translating to more ad revenue from the free version, allowing the developer to justify a cheaper price for the paid version?

As far as the $20 for ad removal goes, I haven’t seen any compelling arguments that it doesnt remove trackers. Ive seen several people posting proof that it does remove trackers, along with the tool and method they used to check. As for the subscription service, it includes a lot of really nice features beyond removing ads; I think its aimed at enthusiasts and power users.

I find the idea that ljdawson is just trying to capitalize on a trend in order to make a quick buck to be ridiculous. The app is already too polished for that. Sync already offers a far better experience than any alternatives IMO, and its still only in beta.