Those free Lemmy apps cost time and effort to create and maintain; if people want to give their stuff away for free, that’s their business. In any case, I tried those other apps, and I didn’t like them (likely because they’ve put hobbyist levels of effort into them rather than a paid-worker’s amount). And because they’re free, I would never dream of asking for more features (which is tantamount to saying, “Yo, dev. Give me more free shit!”).
Besides, we’re talking about a few dollars to support a single dev. Not like Ruben has teams of people working for him in some faceless megacorp making billions of dollars.
Boost has the features I like with the layout I like, and I paid a few dollars mainly as a tip to the dev, which just happens to come with the added benefit of no ads.
The are so many awesome free Lemmy apps, it’s weird that some people pay for them…
Those free Lemmy apps cost time and effort to create and maintain; if people want to give their stuff away for free, that’s their business. In any case, I tried those other apps, and I didn’t like them (likely because they’ve put hobbyist levels of effort into them rather than a paid-worker’s amount). And because they’re free, I would never dream of asking for more features (which is tantamount to saying, “Yo, dev. Give me more free shit!”).
Besides, we’re talking about a few dollars to support a single dev. Not like Ruben has teams of people working for him in some faceless megacorp making billions of dollars.
Boost has the features I like with the layout I like, and I paid a few dollars mainly as a tip to the dev, which just happens to come with the added benefit of no ads.
Im sure for many it is to support a developer who remains dedicated and has built rapport with their users.
It’s why I bought Sync Pro (twice), and Synfonium, despite there being plenty of FLOSS alternatives.