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Appreciation post for Liftoff not collecting user data or injecting ads. (lemm.ee)
submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by 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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[+] -47 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

Nice of "Dawson" to think to formally add that after people already signed up for subscriptions and others started calling him out on it. There was no reason Sync needed to release today if that option wasn't prepared, and if it was seriously being considered, maybe he should of notified users in the app before they started spending money.

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  • [–] 20 points 3 years ago

    It's still in beta. Beta doesn't mean feature-complete.

    Given the popularity of the app, waiting for perfection wasn't going to make sense. With sync, I have near parity on features with Jerboa, a smoother experience and what's lacking will be added.

    Also, why put the dev's name in quotes? It just makes things look hateful. Full name is ljdawson... but that's the dev's name.

    I'm not entitled to another's labor for free. Some may choose to give it, but I'm not entitled to it. And if I like something, I expect there's a cost. If it makes me happy enough, I pay.

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