• zik@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The ads/subscription support the developer, who works on this as his full time job. This means we get a better app.

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      1 year ago

      So you are ok with ads and paid subscriptions to remove them, but you aren’t ok with Reddit charging for access to its API? How do you reconcile the contradiction here? Reddit developers have to eat too. They are just a business trying to make money. What if Lemmy instances started charging for its API and priced out third party apps then added ads/subscription to their own app? All just part of the cycle?

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        1 year ago

        I’m fine with paying for a service I like and I did subscribe to reddit for many years. But even though I was a subscriber they cut off access to my apps. So screw them.

        I understand that nothing’s free so I plan to donate to lemmy.world to help them with their costs.

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        There’s no contradiction. It’s just a free market. Reddit charged an absurd amount for their API and offered an inferior product as the only alternative. So people left.

        If a Lemmy instance wants to charge for access or serve ads, that’s fine too. But they better have some competitive advantage or people will leave for an instance that doesn’t do that.

        Another difference between Reddit and Sync is the scale. I support my local coffee shop over Starbucks for the same reason.

        Funny how no one expects a coffee shop to run on donations.