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Some of y’all have no appreciation for independent app developers
I’ll take my downvote now
Really, it’s cool that some want to make their apps for free with no ads, but I’ll support devs who put in hard work to make a good app, it’s ridiculous to think that they don’t deserve some sort of compensation.
The same behavior happened when sync came out. Endless complaints about an app being from on app store with the option to pay the hard working developer for their work.
Do they go on public transit complaining that see ads there too? At least when you pay for the app the ads go away forever.
I don’t really complain about seeing ads in apps i didn’t pay for, but I do complain about seeing ads on public transit and in the world in general. I don’t want the world plastered with ads.
Hell they’re on the motorways here which seems ludicrous.
Not having read anything else, I’m guessing ads
I think you’re confusing “independent” with “works for free.”
I haven’t switched at this point because Connect works well for me, but people’s work has value.
And thus begins my journey into lemmy
I’m really happy with the interface to be honest, I was using Voyager up until now but Boost is my new go to!
Using it right now. Feels smooth.
We ballin
Restore purchase feature needs to be added, couldn’t “rebuy” it on a second device.
It’s like coming back home <3
yep, just finished setting it up. really excited
Thank shit lol. I’m a kbin guy so I’m still gonna wait a while for the kbin API to come out before I can use it with my main account, but at least its out and I can use it with a compatible one in the meantime! I left Sync for Boost (with Reddit lol) and I’m glad this is here now.
Like it so far, will save up rewards to get it ad-free
I was waiting for this app to release before I even signed up to be honest!
Welcome!
Thank you:D
I launched the rocket as soon as possible 🚀
However, two important functions on the Connect app work better. I’ve tried leaving comments for Boost dev.
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Inbox does not clear when tapping ✔️✔️
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Sidebar shows lists of instances and if there are any notifications for each instance
Hoping for some tweaks to Boost for those issues.
Otherwise the apps are extremely similar in function and customization. I’ll continue to use Connect until those 2 features work.
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The pricing is way more reasonable than sync. I’m still sticking with connect but at least this dev is not asking for much.
Long term sustainability is going to be challenging. The Lemmy userbase is way smaller than reddit’s regardless, and for 3.50 EUR one-off it will be challenging to cover future development efforts.
Idk about you, but I paid less than the max it shows for the price in my country on the Play Store. It may be down to localised pricing or maybe I paid during some promotion.
Yeah, I’m still on Connect as well. At this point, I see no reason to change, despite being a Boost user for years with reddit.
If it ain’t broke…
For me it just have too many bugs that aren’t being fixed.
Nothing major, just little annoying things like if you edit a comment it closes out of the thread. Or if you make a comment it scrolls to the top of the thread. Why?
I’ve just tested it and boost doesn’t do either of those things.
Boost is definitely a little better than connect. It also just has a feeling of being a little more solid and I can’t even say specifically why. That’s worth considering for me
This finally got me in for reals. 🤠
Today I was finally able to download Boost for Lemmy. It looks really good. I inmediately bought the ad-free version. There are still some key features missing: the ability to hide posts, the ability to open community links and when I logged in for the very first time, the app semi-crashed and everything went dark. I had to restart the app and log in again. But apart from that, I really like it.
Congrats @rmayayo@lemmy.world!
