Because it's a reference
He had the rare treatable pancreatic cancer, and he didn't treat it because he didn't believe in modern medicine.
I still remember fondly when elementary was relevant. It's been a while.
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.
It kinda bothers me to have an iOS UI on my Android phone lol.
Brother printers are still very decent and most importantly, not DRM ridden.
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.
Come to sh.itjust.works, we have the best name.
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.
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.
Latinx is something that English speakers that don't understand the Spanish language came up with. It's unpronounceable and annoying.