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Go Boost, go!
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Currently #10 free social app on Google Play.
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this post was submitted on 01 Oct 2023
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Boost For Lemmy
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"Free" as in price only
7 trackers and built-in ads
Yes, 3 ad networks (one not in use) and Firebase (crash reporting and analytics) Twitter Mopub is wrong. It is not included in the app.
I keep trying to work people through this but lemmy is filled with contrarians who see people getting excited and want a reason to be angry.
There is nothing in boost that any other app with admod lacks. Getting ad free means none of this is active. It's said every time this stuff it posted but people don't bother to read passed the angry stuff.
To be fair, that's pretty much the entire Internet.
Thank you for your work, sorry you have to deal with so much negativity.
I got down voted the other day stating that just paying for the app would disable all that. Devs need to make money too. It's either ads and tracking or pay some how.
Outside of a few amazing people out there who do this just for fun, most people would like some kind of return on investment.
Am I wrong?
Its okay, this all happened with Sync. They'll find something else they don't use to rage at soon enough.
I mean the dev spent his time building it, why shouldn’t he show ads on it? Software = work.
Jerboa, Voyager, Thunder, Liftoff, Combustible and Eternity all don't have ads
There are free pc games as well, and paid ones. Free movies, and paid ones. Heck you can probably get a car for free, but most people prefer to pay for one. You can use the free apps all you want.
I've used them all and even considered staying with voyager. But after one hour of using boost I uninstalled all of them.
I worked my way through just about every Reddit client available for Android and Boost was the only one that wasn't super annoying. I'm happy to support development of an app that I use every day, especially if it wouldn't be available at all otherwise.
I tried the same argument here. Don’t bother. They don’t want to see it.
No, we see it - it's just dumb. Having a free as in freedom and beer set of clients is great for lemmy - but also having market driven clients available is healthy for catering to individual preferences. Boost existing isn't your problem - clients that you like exist and please go enjoy them. I'm not certain why you're lurking here, is it just out of masochism? The person you're replying to at least put out helpful information about the application.
More choice is a good thing and four dollars for an app forever is extremely reasonable.
Then buy the ad free version or don’t use it. The initial comment here is FUD.
If you’re worried about feeding the advertisers, then buying software is the best course of action. All software development takes time, and time is money. Sometimes, developers will give away their time for free, but demanding that someone do that is completely unreasonable.
Loyalists can’t be reasoned with.
I've been using it since the app was pre-released
That's some neat stats, what do you use?
Adguard, I got a lifetime license for like 30 dollars from some third party seller
You used to be able to buy lifetime licenses via the Romanian publisher directly. I bought all of mine (like 12 devices worth on a couple of family plans) 5-7 years ago so I haven't checked recently but it's probably still worth a look. I've had good luck sticking my VPN endpoint in Romania (or Ukraine pre war) and just paying for stuff with PayPal.
all the google connections are the trackers
How do you check for this?
https://exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/
it's also in aurora store
It's on F-Droid as well! Cool app, cheers mate!
Incorrect, you are "free" to not use it. You are also "free" to develop your own app using your own time and skills.
Yikes. And people complained about Sync...
It's all the same people complaining for the sake of complaining when they don't get to use the nice apps with zero return.
Sync and Boost are by far the most refined apps for Lemmy out there.
Was about to say, wasn't there some requirement about Boost basically getting access to everything on your phone? I didn't read much into the details, just saw some complaint about it the other day, thought "yikes" and moved on. After then it's been a bit weird to see all the cheer for Boost.
Edit: found the thread.
Did you read the comments? The dev himself addressed the concerns, to the point where the OP updated his post (emphasis is mine)
Nope, like I wrote.
This part
Does paint a different picture though. Thank you. :)
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