I would much prefer this piece of shit die in obscurity, thanks

  • JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    78
    ·
    5 months ago

    If you don’t like ads and don’t want to pay to remove ads on a Lemmy app, use Voyager, Jerboa, or any of the other many FOSS, ad free, Lemmy apps.

    • ChexMax@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      29
      ·
      5 months ago

      I don’t understand why people are using apps with ads. What is the reason? Is connect selling my data and boost isn’t? Why would you pick an app that has ads when so many don’t?

      • nawa@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        26
        ·
        5 months ago

        Because apps with ads (specifically Sync that I use) have better UX and more features than anything open-source. Sorry but that’s it.

          • nawa@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            20
            ·
            5 months ago

            Yes because ads are the only thing making a difference in the comfort of using an app. Comfortable design (that doesn’t try to cram a million things into a small phone screen) and intuitive navigation mean nothing I guess.

              • nawa@lemmy.world
                link
                fedilink
                English
                arrow-up
                20
                ·
                5 months ago

                Perhaps you could get off your high open-source horse and try reading what I actually wrote. I’m talking about cramming in a million buttons and 0.1 line height so there are 20 comments shown at once. I don’t need my mobile app to look like old.reddit.com, I need it to be actually readable and usable from a small screen. Ads (which are shown in the feed and can be scrolled past) have nothing to do with that.

                • emeralddawn45@discuss.tchncs.de
                  link
                  fedilink
                  English
                  arrow-up
                  4
                  ·
                  5 months ago

                  Lol sync users are so brainwashed and will say anything to justify it. Connect is so nice and usable, i haven’t had a single issue with it since I started using it months ago. Jerboa has also come a long way, but was a little raw at the time and so I mostly got used to connect.

        • fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          11
          ·
          5 months ago

          I guess everyone has their own level of tolerance for ads.

          To me, anything ad supported has a terrible “UX”. I’d put up with a lot to avoid ads.

          Obviously you don’t care about ads and that’s fine too

      • hank_the_tank66@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        5
        ·
        5 months ago

        I’m legitimately confused because I use Boost and don’t see ads.

        I assume my PiHole stops them on my home network, and maybe DDG does elsewhere? Not 100% sure, but it works for now.

      • Max-P@lemmy.max-p.me
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        4
        ·
        5 months ago

        A lot of us here came from Boost for Reddit, where we had bought it there so we bought the Lemmy version too and never seen ads.

        I’m a big fan of open-source but sometimes it’s worth throwing the $3.50 for a proprietary app that works well, especially with how the Lemmy app landscape looked a year ago. It’s better now, but I like how Boost works and have used it for years on Reddit.

        The only free app that’s somewhat close to Boost’s presentation is Jerboa, and Jerboa is just a bit too buggy for my taste.

      • Klear@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        5 months ago

        I started using Boost since it has user tagging. Didn’t want to pay for the full version until I’m sure I want to stick with it, so ads it is.

        I should stop being lazy and buy it asap tho. I’ve been happy with it for a while now.