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Y'all just seething bc others are enjoying things. This is just cringe. This is not a zero sum game. You can donate to lemmy devs/instance devs/fav. app devs and whatever else you like too.
And let's not pretend this is new. You could see a lot of memmy users being excited about their app too. I don't know what the hell they are talking about. But I'm glad they have an app they like that much.
Just. Let. People. Enjoy. Things.
i dont think theres anything wrong with sync enjoyers loving their app but i have to agree that the iap money would be better spent on actually keeping instances alive
It's not either or. But I have now stopped donating because y'all can't get off this topic.
Hate the super-rich, not people with enough money left over at the month that they can afford a nicer way to interact with lemmy as intended - ad free.
That the server needs people with extra cash to support it is exceedingly valid. That's why I had been donating until literally 10 minutes ago.
I'm not subsidizing people who feel entitled to: Free shit Using free shit to tell others how they should spend (Acting like my money is theirs)
It's a simple boundaries issue that so many on Lemmy don't seem to comprehend.
When I stopped my donation, there was "other" then a box to say why. I filled it in. It's just one donation that stopped, but who knows, there could be more.
You stopped supporting the server you use because some other people (on different servers) commented about another topic entirely? I don't understand the logic behind that. Are you under the impression that someone posting from lemmy.ca is secretly the maintainer of lemmy.world? What's the logical connection here for you?
The logic is the mf is petty 😂😂😂
Thank you for asking and a thoughtful response.
I'm (hopefully obviously) not opposed to supporting lemmy.world or the devs. I don't expect free stuff.
I have run into more than a couple people who have needed to opine and troll because they have strong feeling about people enjoying Sync.
The lemmyverse has at least one starting point and maybe I'm still learning. What I see is a place begun in a somewhat communist, left leaning, pro-FOSS standpoint. I suspect that demographic is inclined to thought processes I can't grok.
I understand class resentment (I do; I'm not wealthy (at all)). I understand fatigue with people geeking out over an app that underwhelms a person of other tastes (or means).
That said, I see your distinction. One of the virtues of lemmy is that it's a loose federation. But people from a variety of servers have argued in poor faith (or just not seen what they're doing).
I expect disagreement. It's part of why I'm here: to hear well reasoned counter points and to learn. But it's difficult to say lemmy.world has been happy about the newcomers. That I've seen anyhow.
If making the point that allies are being alienated in ways that matter to us all, helps make a point that we could be friends, then I'll make that point.
I did end my subscribed support that would have outpaced my Sync spend within a year (you can math that). Lemmy, right now, has an unwelcoming vibe that's not even a little background. It is foreground. And problematic if this experiment is going to work.