• plumbercraic@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    5·
    25 days ago

    Yeah annual updates aren’t good enough for a subscription. Paying for Sync doesn’t make sense - I’ve cancelled too.

  • .Donuts@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    Great news I suppose. He does need to work on his PR if he wants to keep paying users on the app.

    There’s users from Sync for Reddit who understand this is how he works - months of silence and then suddenly an update.

    I’m not saying it’s unacceptable, but the lack of consistency and transparency is not for everyone so I understand when people flock to other apps thinking Sync is abandoned.

    Thanks for the update, OP.

    • SaintWacko@slrpnk.netEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      That method was fine with the old Sync, when it was a low one-time payment, but the new payment scheme came with a promise that it was going to be a full time development. After a year of paying for features I still didn’t have, I’ve switched off of Sync and cancelled my subscription

        • mosiacmango@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          2 months ago

          I’m betting he had way more than 10. There was a flood of people that signed up when he initially released it, and even today, after a year of “meh to abandoned” effort and a dozen other excellent lemmy apps, lemmy.world is still seeing 5k sync users/month.

          It probably wasent “living indoors” money on its own, but surely 1-2k/month is worth spending a few hours a month on keeping an app updated, right? That was what he was promising when he shifted to the subscription model, but old habits die hard I guess.

          • Maalus@lemmy.worldEnglish
            01·
            2 months ago

            Sync is mostly free, so those 5k users most likely are running that. I know I am. 1-2k a month is pennies when you are a programmer.

  • blackn1ght@feddit.ukEnglish
    2·
    1 month ago

    He really should at least allow more people to maintain the app if he’s struggling with time and motivation.

    I get that this is probably just a tiny side gig for him but people have paid money, and he’s also getting some ad money, so clear communication and some regular updates should be expected.

    Even if his involvement is to just set a roadmap and prioritize features and fixes once a month and let others contribute, that would be something.