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The type of ads are really frustrating (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I get the reason for there being Ads in the sync app. I don't have the funds to pay for ultra and that's also fine.

But what I find concerning is the type of ads I see. I live in Germany for clarification and most of what I see are websites acting like news sites (right leaning at times). When I accidentally tap on them my browser immediately blocks the website for unsafe practices on their end.

Now I really don't mind the ads in apps if it's the usual app ad, random products or Amazon type of things. But I hate it when every ad is a boomer ass clickbait ad about how solar energy is definitely worse than anything else.

This is my main complaint about sync right now and it might push me to stop using it again as the ads are also very frequent...

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't have the funds to pay for ultra

There's also a cheaper ad-free version without the ultra features. Tap the profile picture in the top left, then "remove ads".

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's not cheaper at all sync ultra is €3 a month and add free is a €20 one time payment.... If he doesn't have the €3 p.m. for ultra, what makes you think he can pay €20 upfront

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

It's the Vimes boots scenario!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's not cheaper at all sync ultra is €3 a month and add free is a €20 one time payment

I mean, you cannot really compare monthly payments with one-time payments. Since ad-free is only available as one-time payment it only makes sense to compare the one-time payment prices for each of them. The one-time payment for ultra is ~180€. The one-time payment for ad-free is ~20€. Is that not cheaper?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

To people with less than 20€. That price difference is meaningless.