I might be mistaken, but I don’t think Sync Ultra is the same thing as the ad-free sync premium. Sync Ultra is a subscription because it adds functionality that requires cloud resources, not just removes ads.
It all depends on how you implement it. He describes the text from images as using machine learning, which implies using an external API to do that translation.
Storing cloud backups requires a server and storage, etc.
You can have local models, but the vast majority of people are going to farm that out to a 3rd party provider via API calls because it’s the easiest thing to do.
Remember I said “It all depends on how you implement it”.
I might be mistaken, but I don’t think Sync Ultra is the same thing as the ad-free sync premium. Sync Ultra is a subscription because it adds functionality that requires cloud resources, not just removes ads.
Sync ultra in the original reddit app had a one-time payment option as well.
Give me Sync NotQuiteUltra without cloud garbage and just charge me the 1 time fee then.
What functionality?
Source: The sync ultra description from in-app
Neither of which requires running a server.
It all depends on how you implement it. He describes the text from images as using machine learning, which implies using an external API to do that translation.
Storing cloud backups requires a server and storage, etc.
It doesn’t. You can have local models.
Yes, it doesn’t have to be the author’s storage. Many, many apps implement it as adding the data to your Google Drive / Dropbox / whatever.
You can have local models, but the vast majority of people are going to farm that out to a 3rd party provider via API calls because it’s the easiest thing to do.
Remember I said “It all depends on how you implement it”.