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Appreciation post for Liftoff not collecting user data or injecting ads. (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Holodeck_Moriarty@lemm.ee to c/liftoff@lemmy.world

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I was looking forward to trying Sync today now that it's live, but my enthusiasm was immediately dampened after seeing the "Data Safety" section on the Google Play store.

Liftoff has been great, and want to say thanks for making an awesome app. This will continue to be my daily driver.

Edit: for clarity, because the post got way bigger than I expected.

Sync looks like a fantastic app, and the dev/s should charge whatever they feel is fair for their efforts, even if that's through the usual ads + ad tracking.

My intent was just to post here in /c/Liftoff to thank the Liftoff devs for managing to somehow offer an awesome app without any of that.

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[–] Anders429@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Yeah, one glance at the terms of use had me uninstalling the app. I don't feel like "decentralized social media" and "sale of personal data" pair well together.

[–] designated_fridge@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (9 children)

It's like people are trying to misinterpret.

Liftoff is strictly using Lemmy's free API and for the developer 5 users or 5M users doesn't make a difference to his expenses.

The Sync developer is obviously trying to do something more ambitious.

It's great that we have FOSS apps that do a decent job but we shouldn't look down on developers who put a lot of time, effort, and money into something expecting to make a return on their investment.

I don't like data collecting either but I accept that if you want to offer a free version - it's inevitable. What I hate is when you're not able to pay for ads to go away.

But I might be biased as I'm a developer myself and would hate to put 8-9 weeks of hard work into delivering a great app and then get hate for wanting to get something in return for that work.

[–] jarfil@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The Sync developer is obviously trying to do something more ambitious.

Hm, what exactly? It doesn't seem to have any particularly remarkable features 🤨

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Tons of more options and a faster and smoother interface. And moving subscriptions across instances is coming. And it has cloud sync.

But I agree, it's quite pricy for the extra bells and whistles.

[–] moitoi@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

Nothing more than what the free apis do.

[–] GiddyGap@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sounds like you didn't actually try the app. It's super fast and smooth. Lots of customization, great UI. I happily pay for that effort.

Sync will surely make the lemmy ecosystem more attractive and bring in a ton more people, which is a great thing for everyone here whether you use the app or not.

[–] moitoi@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

More people isn't great. It's how social media begin to sink. It was like this on Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, etc.

[–] designated_fridge@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, Google+ was such a hit thanks to its lack of users

[–] moitoi@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There is an optimum. But, the more is the best isn't true for communities and social media.

[–] MiniBN@jlai.lu 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe, but we are waaaay under that "optimum" right now, so for now the more is the best

[–] moitoi@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

Optimum doesn't mean a lot or infinity. It varies from community to community and social platform to social platform.

Reddit peaked sometimes ago. But Lemmy is not reddit and it's not focused on the grow.

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