• Rubén@lemmy.world
    2·
    9 months ago

    Boost dev here. There should be an Ad icon on the top right to report the ad. Not sure why it is not showing in this case. I will try to block those ads in the AdMob console. Edit: Done

    • Danny M@lemmy.escapebigtech.info
      0·
      9 months ago

      I’m not a boost user, but why does boost have ads exactly? Why don’t you just ask users to buy a license a la grayjay? Make it 0.99 or less. This has a few advantages:

      • You’ll make more per user than you ever will with ads
      • Users won’t be tracked endlessly
      • It’s good PR for the app

      Also quick question, where is the source code for Boost? I can’t seem to find it

        • Danny M@lemmy.escapebigtech.info
          0·
          9 months ago

          Regarding boost, yep my bad! I did not know that when I asked that question.

          As for grayjay, it’s source available, that’s fine to me, there is a difference naturally and it’s worth discussing, but I’d rather live in a world where every piece of software is source available and we discuss the merits of source availability vs pure FOSS, than in a world where understanding our software requires days or months of work looking at asm and poking it with a stick

        • Danny M@lemmy.escapebigtech.info
          01·
          9 months ago

          I don’t think Boost is open source

          oh, so that’s why it has ads, they don’t care about their users… alright… I’m not interested in this conversation anymore

          • HaruAjsuru@lemmy.world
            1·
            9 months ago

            This is a bad mindset. Even though FOSS software is a good thing, but there is nothing wrong to make money from their hard work, you cannot and should not force developers to work for free if they don’t want to.

            If you want free software then there are FOSS alternative options out there and nobody forces you to use Boost.

            • Danny M@lemmy.escapebigtech.info
              0·
              9 months ago

              there is nothing wrong to make money from their hard work

              I assume you didn’t read my parent comment or perhaps you extrapolated on my beliefs without asking. I even proposed a direct way to ask users to pay.

              you cannot and should not force developers to work for free if they don’t want to.

              My word, of course not! Where did you get the impression that I want that from? I would NEVER propose something like that, as it stands against everything I believe in; in fact if you read through my history on lemmy I am certain that you’re gonna find plenty of proof of that.

              I stand by the original meaning of the word when I say FOSS. It does NOT mean gratis; the misuse of the term FOSS as gratis is my biggest pet peeve. I don’t care how much you charge for your software, if I like the software I will pay for it, exactly how much you’re asking, without a problem.

              The F in FOSS stands for Freedom, not price. I have paid for most FOSS software I use on a regular basis and I’m a HUGE proponent of paid FOSS and I have, multiple times, asked FOSS developers that release gratis software to PLEASE open up donations; I do this constantly and I think I may even have done it here on lemmy once or twice.

              If you want free software then there are FOSS options out there and nobody forces you to use Boost.

              Indeed. My preferred client at the moment is the web ui on desktop and jerboa on mobile. Those are FOSS and developed by the developers of lemmy themselves (to whom I HAVE donated to). But I was thinking about switching client, which is why I asked for the code for Boost to see if it’s software I would be willing to run on my device (and pay for!).

              In fact I will even go as far as to say that it is your RESPONSIBILITY as a user of FOSS applications to donate if you can.

              To me if software is not FOSS it signals one thing: they are doing something they don’t want me to know about, sometimes this is acceptable (tho never preferred), but that’s the exception, not the rule.

              Being able to decide what software runs on your machine should never be a point of contention. Non FOSS software is always a trade off, and for most things (including lemmy clients), it’s not one I’m willing to make, nor should you!

    • BestBouclettes@jlai.lu
      0·
      9 months ago

      Thanks, absolutely love the app btw, I’ve used the Reddit one for years and the Lemmy one is just great.

    • Sho@lemmy.world
      0·
      9 months ago

      This is the stuff I come to Lemmy for. Love the quick feedback and positive approach to the situation.

  • imkali@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    1·
    9 months ago

    Jerboa (FOSS. Play Store + F-Droid)

    Voyager (FOSS. Play Store + F-Droid + PWA + iOS App Store)

    Thunder (FOSS. Play Store + IzzyOnDroid + iOS App Store)

    Eternity (FOSS. Play Store + F-Droid)

    edit: formatting

  • hackris@lemmy.ml
    1·
    9 months ago

    Please. For the love of god, NEVER use a proprietary app to use a piece of FOSS software. I think it’s kind of sad that we have this amazing FOSS social network and people use fucking proprietary software to use it.

    • [email protected]@sh.itjust.works
      0·
      9 months ago

      Yup, lemmy works fine in a browser.
      Also basically no apps support mod and admin actions or do it weird.
      I’ll say that DMs could be a bit better in the browser, but otherwise it’s fine.

    • Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee
      0·
      9 months ago

      I don’t undestand the need to have an app for stuff that works just fine on browser. In my books less apps is always better. The desktop and mobile version of Lemmy on browser gets the job done perfectly and is way more polished looking aswell.

  • taiyang@lemmy.world
    0·
    9 months ago

    Idk, I’ve tried a few but still like Boost; just can’t get into Jerboa or Liftoff, which I tried. It’s mostly just their ad network being meh — though I mostly just get crappy fake gameplay ads, and not enough to bother me. I’m not even sure if they’re targeting me, cause if they are, they’re pretty bad at it.

    Unfortunately I’m sure the app developer doesn’t get much say, virtually all mobile app networks are cancer.

      • BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca
        0·
        9 months ago

        Not even one ad, it’s open source same with Eternity.

        I switched from Jerboa to Eternity because of the 0.19 update fuss.

        • rozlav@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          0·
          9 months ago

          What’s this fuss about ? I was a Eternity user before Lemmy (I don’t recall the name of this app, when it waS reddit) edit:typo

  • No_@lemm.ee
    0·
    9 months ago

    Blokada, never seen a single ad in any of my apps. It’s a battery hog, but it works like a charm since I can’t get access to my router for a pi-hole.