Keep in mind… I first installed Linux at Mandrake 7.1 (bit of digging will tell you how long ago that was) - it really did take me decades to become comfortable with it… What forced my hand was a few things, dealing with we servers remotely, writing code for them (via windows), and then android was what tipped the balance.

If I’m using a Linux like operating system in my pocket, coding for Linux remotely then what the hell am I dojng still running windows?

Install Linux, get frustrated with it, reinstall windows and live with it - repeat for over a decade until you realise the last time you installed Linux you didn’t get frustrated and have been using it for the past two years.

Nah… I don’t think that’s for me 👍

I don’t have free time to start a project like that, removing ads from an apk is trivial.

I’m currently running infinity, seems OK… There’s still a handful of features I’d like.

I am definitely not going to run Sync with adverts and I’m not paying the amount they’re asking, neither am I going to go with subscription based.

If sync halved their ad free version, I’d probably pull the trigger - failing that, I’ll eventually just hack up their client and remove the ads myself.

Is it just me or does Sync’s pricing seem… Exorbitantly high?

The world’s best vegetable dish is average at best compared to a dish that includes meat.

That’s an opinion based on my taste, and an opinion a lot of omnivores share, it isn’t wrong… Neither is it right for you - however it does seem to be the opinion most hold.

Run your own vpn, and only allow access to your services remotely if they are coming through that vpn.

Now you’ve shifted some of the security over to how secure your vpn server’s authentication is.