I got down voted the other day stating that just paying for the app would disable all that. Devs need to make money too. It’s either ads and tracking or pay some how.
Outside of a few amazing people out there who do this just for fun, most people would like some kind of return on investment.
There are free pc games as well, and paid ones. Free movies, and paid ones. Heck you can probably get a car for free, but most people prefer to pay for one. You can use the free apps all you want.
I worked my way through just about every Reddit client available for Android and Boost was the only one that wasn’t super annoying. I’m happy to support development of an app that I use every day, especially if it wouldn’t be available at all otherwise.
No, we see it - it’s just dumb. Having a free as in freedom and beer set of clients is great for lemmy - but also having market driven clients available is healthy for catering to individual preferences. Boost existing isn’t your problem - clients that you like exist and please go enjoy them. I’m not certain why you’re lurking here, is it just out of masochism? The person you’re replying to at least put out helpful information about the application.
More choice is a good thing and four dollars for an app forever is extremely reasonable.
No, what’s dumb is people downvoting the factual information presented here. The initial comment in this chain is informative, and many people care about privacy and want to have that information. Why does it bother you and others to merely be presented with that information? Is it because it’s a reminder that you are willing to sell your privacy? If that’s the case I’d recommend you try to be less insecure about the fact you’re willing to sell your privacy over insignificant inconveniences. It’s the decision you’ve made, so own it. But a lot of people here care about our privacy and about feeding into the power of advertisers.
Then buy the ad free version or don’t use it. The initial comment here is FUD.
If you’re worried about feeding the advertisers, then buying software is the best course of action. All software development takes time, and time is money. Sometimes, developers will give away their time for free, but demanding that someone do that is completely unreasonable.
No one demanded anything. The initial comment here was nothing but a presentation of facts. It’s legitimate information that people care about knowing. If you don’t want to be reminded about privacy and tracking, and FOSS alternatives then might I suggest reddit? It’s a site a lot like lemmy with the exception that the userbase largely doesn’t care about those things. You might feel right at home there, but a lot of us here left it over those sorts of reasons.
These are the kind of comments that make me want to stop writing FOSS. It’s more entitled than the people who come into my Discord and demand I answer their questions that are already answered in the readme.
You used to be able to buy lifetime licenses via the Romanian publisher directly. I bought all of mine (like 12 devices worth on a couple of family plans) 5-7 years ago so I haven’t checked recently but it’s probably still worth a look. I’ve had good luck sticking my VPN endpoint in Romania (or Ukraine pre war) and just paying for stuff with PayPal.
Was about to say, wasn’t there some requirement about Boost basically getting access to everything on your phone? I didn’t read much into the details, just saw some complaint about it the other day, thought “yikes” and moved on. After then it’s been a bit weird to see all the cheer for Boost.
Did you read the comments? The dev himself addressed the concerns, to the point where the OP updated his post (emphasis is mine)
Edit to say this blew up. I didn’t realise I was kicking as big a hornet’s nest and haven’t read all the comments yet.
To be clear, what I don’t like about this and other provisions in the terms is the language and implications around data use. I’ve no problem with ads being shown - I want developers to get paid for the work they do and that makes it possible for users to have “free” access to software if they can’t afford to purchase.
I also want to add the response from Boost’s dev below to make sure it’s visible. You’ll see that it is boilerplate but required by Google and was present in Boost for reddit. I just hadn’t seen it because I purchased it immediately based on a recommendation. It doesn’t make me happy about it but does remove some doubts I was having about the direction Boost is heading.
I didn’t read much into the details, just saw some complaint about it the other day, thought “yikes” and moved on.
This part
I also want to add the response from Boost’s dev below to make sure it’s visible. You’ll see that it is boilerplate but required by Google and was present in Boost for reddit. I just hadn’t seen it because I purchased it immediately based on a recommendation. It doesn’t make me happy about it but does remove some doubts I was having about the direction Boost is heading.
Does paint a different picture though. Thank you. :)
“Free” as in price only
7 trackers and built-in ads
Yes, 3 ad networks (one not in use) and Firebase (crash reporting and analytics) Twitter Mopub is wrong. It is not included in the app.
Thank you for your work, sorry you have to deal with so much negativity.
I got down voted the other day stating that just paying for the app would disable all that. Devs need to make money too. It’s either ads and tracking or pay some how.
Outside of a few amazing people out there who do this just for fun, most people would like some kind of return on investment.
Am I wrong?
Its okay, this all happened with Sync. They’ll find something else they don’t use to rage at soon enough.
I mean the dev spent his time building it, why shouldn’t he show ads on it? Software = work.
Jerboa, Voyager, Thunder, Liftoff, Combustible and Eternity all don’t have ads
Because people donated their time to make them. You can’t blame anyone for not doing that.
There are free pc games as well, and paid ones. Free movies, and paid ones. Heck you can probably get a car for free, but most people prefer to pay for one. You can use the free apps all you want.
I’ve used them all and even considered staying with voyager. But after one hour of using boost I uninstalled all of them.
I worked my way through just about every Reddit client available for Android and Boost was the only one that wasn’t super annoying. I’m happy to support development of an app that I use every day, especially if it wouldn’t be available at all otherwise.
I tried the same argument here. Don’t bother. They don’t want to see it.
No, we see it - it’s just dumb. Having a free as in freedom and beer set of clients is great for lemmy - but also having market driven clients available is healthy for catering to individual preferences. Boost existing isn’t your problem - clients that you like exist and please go enjoy them. I’m not certain why you’re lurking here, is it just out of masochism? The person you’re replying to at least put out helpful information about the application.
More choice is a good thing and four dollars for an app forever is extremely reasonable.
No, what’s dumb is people downvoting the factual information presented here. The initial comment in this chain is informative, and many people care about privacy and want to have that information. Why does it bother you and others to merely be presented with that information? Is it because it’s a reminder that you are willing to sell your privacy? If that’s the case I’d recommend you try to be less insecure about the fact you’re willing to sell your privacy over insignificant inconveniences. It’s the decision you’ve made, so own it. But a lot of people here care about our privacy and about feeding into the power of advertisers.
Then buy the ad free version or don’t use it. The initial comment here is FUD.
If you’re worried about feeding the advertisers, then buying software is the best course of action. All software development takes time, and time is money. Sometimes, developers will give away their time for free, but demanding that someone do that is completely unreasonable.
No one demanded anything. The initial comment here was nothing but a presentation of facts. It’s legitimate information that people care about knowing. If you don’t want to be reminded about privacy and tracking, and FOSS alternatives then might I suggest reddit? It’s a site a lot like lemmy with the exception that the userbase largely doesn’t care about those things. You might feel right at home there, but a lot of us here left it over those sorts of reasons.
It is incorrect and misleading.
See: https://lemmy.world/comment/3977158
These are the kind of comments that make me want to stop writing FOSS. It’s more entitled than the people who come into my Discord and demand I answer their questions that are already answered in the readme.
Loyalists can’t be reasoned with.
I’ve been using it since the app was pre-released (this is AdGuard stats)
That’s some neat stats, what do you use?
Adguard, I got a lifetime license for like 30 dollars from some third party seller
You used to be able to buy lifetime licenses via the Romanian publisher directly. I bought all of mine (like 12 devices worth on a couple of family plans) 5-7 years ago so I haven’t checked recently but it’s probably still worth a look. I’ve had good luck sticking my VPN endpoint in Romania (or Ukraine pre war) and just paying for stuff with PayPal.
all the google connections are the trackers
How do you check for this?
https://exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/
it’s also in aurora store
It’s on F-Droid as well! Cool app, cheers mate!
Incorrect, you are “free” to not use it. You are also “free” to develop your own app using your own time and skills.
Yikes. And people complained about Sync…
It’s all the same people complaining for the sake of complaining when they don’t get to use the nice apps with zero return.
Sync and Boost are by far the most refined apps for Lemmy out there.
Was about to say, wasn’t there some requirement about Boost basically getting access to everything on your phone? I didn’t read much into the details, just saw some complaint about it the other day, thought “yikes” and moved on. After then it’s been a bit weird to see all the cheer for Boost.
Edit: found the thread.
Did you read the comments? The dev himself addressed the concerns, to the point where the OP updated his post (emphasis is mine)
Nope, like I wrote.
This part
Does paint a different picture though. Thank you. :)
No