hi there so today i launch boost and get jumpscared by ads playing with sound on by default. i don't mind ads playing muted, but the default being sound on is incredibly infuriating. is this a bug?
hi there so today i launch boost and get jumpscared by ads playing with sound on by default. i don't mind ads playing muted, but the default being sound on is incredibly infuriating. is this a bug?
15 Comments
Glifted@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
Isn't there an ad free version for like $3.99? Why not just do that? Its been so long since I've seen an add using Boost that I kind of forgot it was a thing
shneancy@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
because i don't mind the ads as long as they don't start on full volume, and i highly dislike being made to pay money to undo a change that was made
MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 1y
Wasn't Boost for Reddit a paid app? I seem to recall paying money for it.
Glifted@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
They had a free version as well, but I'll usually buy an app if they use a one-time-purchase model
MagnyusG@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Boost's ad-free version might as well be the one-time purchase. It's just more beneficial to the developer to not gatekeep their app behind a paywall by releasing a free version with ads to make up for giving it out for free. Especially when it's an app like this where there's a dozen other alternatives that people try before settling on one. Most users wouldn't even bother trying it if they had to pay up front.
axum@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 1y
Install Google opinion rewards and just accumulate the money needed to buy an ad free copy my dude.
rmayayo@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Vídeo ads embedded on the feed should be muted by default. Next time could you send a screenshot of the ad?
Policeshootout@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 1y
While I agree it should be fixed. You could just pay the small bit of money for the ad free version and support the developers. I bought boost for Reddit and now Lemmy using Google survey money.
TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
Why not use one of the many FOSS Lemmy clients with no ads, such as Jerboa or Voyager?
shneancy@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y
because i like boost, that's why i'm here
Twinklebreeze@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y
You're in the boost community. Not the misc foss Lemmy client community.
TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works · -7 pts · 1y
I was aware... ?
BussyGyatt@feddit.org · 0 pts · 1y
Try a different client that is closer to the feature set you want?
shneancy@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
no
BussyGyatt@feddit.org · 1 pts · 1y
well when you put it that way