The yearly subscription is for Ultra. The ad removal option in profile -> remove ads is permanent.

i'm going to take you at your word, as i can't see that option to prove or disprove (you sure it's in profile, not settings?)

LJ has always been very open with the community the whole time Sync was for reddit.

i know. i never really used sync after the redesign, but i have full respect for mr dawson.

You could post about it in !syncforlemmy@lemmy.world if you're worried about tracking

honestly there's no real point, many people have done so already. but i personally don't like the privacy policy, and the fact i would have to agree to firebase & crashlytics to use the app (i'm actually pro opt-out telemetry; but not un-opt-able and not via google). and sync is nice, but it's not that much nicer than thunder