Fun fact: That’s because the official Firefox Android app is codenamed Fennec. Fennec F-Droid is just a re-compile of the app with only the open source code, hence the name!
I installed Sync to try it out, and noticed the subscription model for no ads, and for basic features like push notifications and exporting a list of your subscribed communities. $2/month or $100 for a “lifetime” subscription. Immediately uninstalled it, yes it has a beautiful interface but I’ve never been fond of subscription-based apps, especially for FOSS services. A low one-time fee would be acceptable to me, like the $4 fee for Toot! for Mastodon.
The silly thing to me about the subscription is, they say it’s to “cover the monthly running costs”. What running costs do they incur if Lemmy is free and open? I’m genuinely curious, if anyone knows please tell me.
Okay, can’t argue with that :D my point was that development is so fuck up nowadays that nothing can be done offline anymore (at least easily) and this new generation of developers don’t even know how their hardware works, the basics of an OS and their favorite tools. They can’t live without pulling a few docker images and whatnot.
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