Also works using an account from another instance, thought it might have been cross-linking incompatibility, but nope.

Device information

Sync version: v23.08.03-16:15    
Sync flavor: googlePlay    

Ultra user: true    
View type: Cards    
Push enabled: false    

Device: OP516FL1    
Model: OnePlus NE2211    
Android: 12

It would just sit there and be dormant.

It doesn’t remove them, it uninstalls the app from the current user profile, but they persist on system level. That’s what I meant with the comment in brackets.

It’s the best you can do if rooting is not an option, but I prefer a full removal.

Plenty of reasons.

• System wide adblock
• Advanced permission management
• Backups and exports of system apps
• Full uninstall of bloatware (instead of mere hiding them with adb)
• Enabling screenshots system-wide

And a bunch of other stuff I need in order to have a fully functioning device.

Nah they identify the protocol handshake and block it altogether, so you need to find a VPN with a proprietary protocol that keeps updating.

It’s probably a modified openvpn with some package obfuscation, but works surprisingly well.

SEO is spamming a link to your stupid blog all over Lemmy, apparently.

Astrill, only VPN with a good track record in China where I happen to live.

Most others crap out after a few weeks or months, and never bother to fix their protocols.

A mix of avira and malwarebytes locally, and virustotal if I’m especially sceptical.

Key Messages rocks. Comes with built-in badword filter and some other nifty config.

Not open source though.

He was also doing a PhD at the same time, and writing a dissertation is not exactly a small feat.

Yep it’s still a beta, that will be coming soon.

Lemmy Ultra = Sync Ultra

Lemmy Adfree = Sync Pro

The old app was simply too cheap, that’s that. One-off purchases for $2 are hardly sustainable for individual developers.

Adfree is 20 bucks, how is that insane?

That’s for ultra. Simple adfree is 20 for a lifetime.

Exactly. And lifetime is just about 100 bucks, who cares. Sure it sounds like more than the casual $2 you throw at a random app to remove ads, but considering that I used Sync daily for ~12 years, it’s really just peanuts in the long run.

I’ve bought a bunch of seemingly cheaper apps and then used them 10 times over 2 years and they ended up discontinued, that’s like 20 cents per use.

I’d have racked up tens of thousands with Sync that way. Easily the most used app on my phone.

If it’s open source, the developer can’t monetize it. Everyone will just be able to remove ads and compile it from scratch.

FOSS is all fine and dandy, unless being a developer for a popular service (or app) is your sole source of income.

Ultra is another subscription with different benefits altogether.

Adfree is the regular pro version, which is way cheaper. Make sure you double check before you recommend pirating software.

That’s pro. Ultra is something else entirely.

$20 is what it takes to remove ads. Ultra is another subscription with different benefits altogether.

The actual blockers were fixed in the first couple days, if not hours. We are now at beta 23 within just 10 days since the internal testing began, lj has been working like a madman.