Sync will shut down on June 30
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Sync will shut down on June 30
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Re: Sync will shut down on June 30
#2Sync had an awesome redesign of their app recently but ruined it by embedding ads into it. Some of the ads are even animated when reading the comments. As a result, I don't feel bad for the developer of Sync - they had it coming really.
Re: Sync will shut down on June 30
#3Sync had an awesome redesign of their app recently but ruined it by embedding ads into it. Some of the ads are even animated when reading the comments. As a result, I don't feel bad for the developer of Sync - they had it coming really.
The official Reddit client is worse.
I am sad I won't be continuing to use Sync
Re: Sync will shut down on June 30
#4Sync had an awesome redesign of their app recently but ruined it by embedding ads into it. Some of the ads are even animated when reading the comments. As a result, I don't feel bad for the developer of Sync - they had it coming really.
Would it be better if they ONLY had the paid version of the app instead of offering both paid and ad-supported versions? To me, it seems ideal to give users that choice. To me the $3 or whatever was worth it to support a good app (even if the dev sometimes goes AWOL)
Re: Sync will shut down on June 30
#5Sync had an awesome redesign of their app recently but ruined it by embedding ads into it. Some of the ads are even animated when reading the comments. As a result, I don't feel bad for the developer of Sync - they had it coming really.
You could've just bought the pro version for a handful of bucks to get rid of the ads...
Re: Sync will shut down on June 30
#6Sync had an awesome redesign of their app recently but ruined it by embedding ads into it. Some of the ads are even animated when reading the comments. As a result, I don't feel bad for the developer of Sync - they had it coming really.
The official Reddit client is worse. I am sad I won't be continuing to use Sync
The only good official Reddit interface is old.reddit.com really.
I can’t wait for the SPA cargo cult to end.
Re: Sync will shut down on June 30
#7Sync had an awesome redesign of their app recently but ruined it by embedding ads into it. Some of the ads are even animated when reading the comments. As a result, I don't feel bad for the developer of Sync - they had it coming really.
That's a poor assessment as you're expecting pro features for nothing. Their decision to include adverts does not make them deserving of this.
Re: Sync will shut down on June 30
#8Sync had an awesome redesign of their app recently but ruined it by embedding ads into it. Some of the ads are even animated when reading the comments. As a result, I don't feel bad for the developer of Sync - they had it coming really.
Were the ads a necessary evil in response to the API pricing changes?
Re: Sync will shut down on June 30
#9It's definitely a gamble building your business on top of another, much larger company's product.
It's called platform risk, and while every company has it to some degree, if your business is solely dependent on a third party especially one that doesn't have (much) skin in the game (your game, not theirs), that risk becomes existential for your business.
I've seen it before where a company builds something cool, only to be shut down by the larger company who for whatever reason doesn't like what the smaller company is doing.
Re: Sync will shut down on June 30
#10There are many clients for Reddit but this one is my favourite as it's fast and snappy. It introduced experimental gestures which were highly intuitive which I've not seen anywhere else. Excellent focus on content, I'm going to miss it.
It's sad to see so many apps shutting down regardless of what Reddit decides to do post blackout. I suspect there's also an element of relief among these developers not having to spend so much of their time on this anymore.