I agree, actually. It's actually unreasonable to think people were any better or worse before, there's always good and bad... The difference is what's accepted by the rest of us. Great response, I appreciate it!
A person who otherwise wouldn't be noticed suddenly getting attention they never received thrown at them can easily abuse it if they don't control their behavior with a moral compass, which is becoming less and less a priority. When something feels good, many indulge. When you overindulge, you justify. When you get good at justifying, you can make anything okay in your head. If you don't have a line drawn, it's wild how far people will go... he went way too far and he should endure the consequences.
You sound like the type of person I wouldn't want to work for... you're here posting so you're interested but not if the labor has to be compensated? Crack that whip, big daddy!
If the steaks that smell so good you're here at the restaurant cost too much, LJD isn't telling you to go to McDonald's with your poor ass... Just slap "dns.adguard.com" in your provider hostname and enjoy a great app?
This is genuinely a tough position to address, as I see both parties' sides. I can't blame a dev for setting up a system to ensure he gets paid, I'm on antiwork with a lot of you, raging out about how minimum wage hasn't gone up and employers want to squeeze every last drop of labor out of their employees and give them as little possible in compensation... and I also see the side of wanting the spirit of greed (the source of Reddit's choices that caused the exodus) to not have soil to take root here...
In Sync's defense, it's so far ahead of any of the FOSS apps I tried while I waited for it to release that I don't think it's greedy for the dev to set up a system to earn some compensation for their efforts and whatever ability enabled him to create an app so far ahead of the other Lemmy apps. I wonder how much these other poor devs have made from their work on the other Lemmy apps that have sprouted... might explain why they're lacking in comparison, they can't put as much effort into their app while holding a full time job because unless there's an incentive to compensate, the comments in response to Sync's release have made it apparent that a lot of the lemmy preachers of FOSS are really just cheapskates, whose attraction to the "ethos" is the free stuff, not the principle.
On the other hand, I can understand the price point and the subscription system aren't exactly what many expected or view as "reasonable." For me, $1.99 a month doesn't bother me, I make enough to cover that from Google Opinion Rewards so it's no money out of my pocket. If that amount is too much, go to Network Settings and add "DNS.adguard.com" to your private DNS provider hostname field and don't pay for it. I still don't think it's worth not using the app because you think the dev is greedy for not wanting to work for free. That mentality keeps up, the spez's will start taking notes from us on how to get folks to provide services with no compensation at all!
Definitely! I just want people to stop raging out at the idea of showing some love to the individuals that are making this Fediverse thing happen... There's a difference in not wanting to be ripped off/taken advantage of by rich corporations and just being plain cheap. Lol
This morning when I got the notification it was downloading, lemmy.world was straight up down. Whether it's true or not, I'm saying it was Sync's release and the flood of new users.
The dev said there already will be. I hope you'll support a hard working, singular dev who puts a lot of work into an app and engages with its users like LJD.
I tried the Pixel Fold because I've been using their phones since the Nexus days. I went into it very skeptically... Meaning I made sure I was thoroughly aware of the return policy.
I'm sold. Weight doesn't bother me and the benefits of being able to swap into a screen with that much real estate for viewing, multitasking, playing games, etc far outweigh a little thickness and weight. It fits in my pocket way better than I imagined and the front screen is actually more functionally sized that my 7 Pro's due to how damned tall it is! If you're not hard on your phones (I don't imagine it takes a beating as well as a regular phone) then I suggest you give it a shot. I'm definitely never going back.
I'll try that.