PC Gamer is anti NFT. That headline is not sarcastic, it's actual praise.

He had the rare treatable pancreatic cancer, and he didn't treat it because he didn't believe in modern medicine.

Also, Sync is one dev working full time by himself, not a big corp.

LJ, the dev of Sync, makes a living off it. It's not a side project like most Lemmy apps are for their devs. This means that yes, it's monetized, but also, it's one of the most polished and frequently updated apps.

The lifetime purchase to remove ads is up. It's a bit pricey but I can understand why, Lemmy has a smaller userbase. Totally worth it.

It kinda bothers me to have an iOS UI on my Android phone lol.

Latinx is something that English speakers that don't understand the Spanish language came up with. It's unpronounceable and annoying.

They get completely disabled if you pay, that's the point. I haven't got a single tracking ping on my PiHole, I bought adfree.

They also went to the deep end trying to make profits. Discord has a bloated interface and tries to shove their subscription up your face every chance they can.

Because it's a reference

https://youtu.be/UHmFbT8DPX8?si=u5lfwwDi-LGVLxUy

Brother printers are still very decent and most importantly, not DRM ridden.

The legal grounds are that the AI is trained using voice lines that can indeed be copyrighted material. Not the voice itself, but the delivered lines.

Value is subjective, but I do consider worth it to fund LJ's work on the app.
He has been working on Sync for years full time, which is why Sync was/is one of the most polished and frequently updated apps out there. If there's a small price to pay for it, so be it, the guy has to eat.

I still remember fondly when elementary was relevant. It's been a while.

It's quite polished, mainly that. Even for a beta, there's almost no bugs, it respects Android Material You specs including animations, and it's highly customizable, allowing advanced filtering for example. It also adds very nice QoL features like automatically removing AMP links for full links.
Value is subjective, I personally consider it worthy of my money.

Come to sh.itjust.works, we have the best name.

Valve isn't pulling any anticompetitive moves though. They just try to secure profits by being the best instead of destroying everyone else that dares to compete with them.

This is a great step towards a sustainable future for the instance, amazing work.

Will they finally get a taste of their own medicine? I somehow doubt it, but the symbolism is still nice.

It's about 10%. Still not a lot.