Edit: downvote all you want, I’m just saying y’all have options other than paying to not see ads…although I have been going kinda hard without realizing my comments are all in this community that’s specifically for people who want to pay. Oops.
It’s not about paying to not see ads. Anyone with an adblocker could understand that much. The point is to support an app you personally like, and appreciating what comes with an app that has an income stream.
Part of that comes with understanding that all things come at a cost. Like many have said above, FOSS comes at the expense of the time and money of the developers of the app themselves, and some of that cost is passed down to the consumer (anyone who uses FOSS without contributing to development is a consumer in the end, after all).
The consumer has to bear the cost of slower, more infrequent updates that are entirely dictated by the developers schedule and whim, with less focus or effort put into the design or other features. And honestly, if a consumer can’t tolerate that, that’s totally fine, that’s what dedicated teams and people who do these things for a job are for.
If you’re one of those people who doesn’t mind slower, less intuitive, or buggier software, then go ahead. But until you can actually prove that a FOSS offers better services than a marketable service, people are really just going to dismiss you as someone who can’t think for themselves.
I’m rocking with everything you said except the last paragraph. Good talk, no sarcasm intended. You provided probably the best explanation I’ve read from the past 6 hours. I’m not going to attempt to prove anything, I’m just gonna say that I use Liftoff, and it works very well. Hell, I ran Sync with TrackerControl before going to bed last night and that worked great too. I’m fairly sure anyone here and not on reddit is thinking for themselves. I didn’t get all FLOSSy until I left reddit for Lemmy, and even then is not like I was indoctrinated, there’s just a lot of ways to get free stuff and I dig that.
If people don’t want ads, pay to get rid of them. It’s that simple.
Or use a different app for free with no ads.
Edit: downvote all you want, I’m just saying y’all have options other than paying to not see ads…although I have been going kinda hard without realizing my comments are all in this community that’s specifically for people who want to pay. Oops.
It’s not about paying to not see ads. Anyone with an adblocker could understand that much. The point is to support an app you personally like, and appreciating what comes with an app that has an income stream.
Part of that comes with understanding that all things come at a cost. Like many have said above, FOSS comes at the expense of the time and money of the developers of the app themselves, and some of that cost is passed down to the consumer (anyone who uses FOSS without contributing to development is a consumer in the end, after all).
The consumer has to bear the cost of slower, more infrequent updates that are entirely dictated by the developers schedule and whim, with less focus or effort put into the design or other features. And honestly, if a consumer can’t tolerate that, that’s totally fine, that’s what dedicated teams and people who do these things for a job are for.
If you’re one of those people who doesn’t mind slower, less intuitive, or buggier software, then go ahead. But until you can actually prove that a FOSS offers better services than a marketable service, people are really just going to dismiss you as someone who can’t think for themselves.
I’m rocking with everything you said except the last paragraph. Good talk, no sarcasm intended. You provided probably the best explanation I’ve read from the past 6 hours. I’m not going to attempt to prove anything, I’m just gonna say that I use Liftoff, and it works very well. Hell, I ran Sync with TrackerControl before going to bed last night and that worked great too. I’m fairly sure anyone here and not on reddit is thinking for themselves. I didn’t get all FLOSSy until I left reddit for Lemmy, and even then is not like I was indoctrinated, there’s just a lot of ways to get free stuff and I dig that.
Not everyone live in 1st world country. 20$ is a lot for me.