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[–] [email protected] 124 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Some of y'all have no appreciation for independent app developers

I'll take my downvote now

[–] [email protected] 61 points 1 year ago

Really, it's cool that some want to make their apps for free with no ads, but I'll support devs who put in hard work to make a good app, it's ridiculous to think that they don't deserve some sort of compensation.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The same behavior happened when sync came out. Endless complaints about an app being from on app store with the option to pay the hard working developer for their work.

Do they go on public transit complaining that see ads there too? At least when you pay for the app the ads go away forever.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Sync launched with a subscription, and only after the kickback from that did it add a one time charge option. An option priced much higher than Boost, by the way.

People were right to push back on that.

Also, the public transit example doesn't fit here. If I paid for the bus with my bus fare, or through my taxes, yes, being upset about the ads would be ok, because I already paid for the service. Same way I wouldn't appreciate ads in the backseat of an Uber.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I don’t really complain about seeing ads in apps i didn’t pay for, but I do complain about seeing ads on public transit and in the world in general. I don’t want the world plastered with ads.

Hell they’re on the motorways here which seems ludicrous.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is boost not developed by an independent developer?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I think you're confusing "independent" with "works for free."

I haven't switched at this point because Connect works well for me, but people's work has value.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Not having read anything else, I'm guessing ads