• KingStrafeIV@midwest.social
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    1 year ago

    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.

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        1 year ago
        • Ad free
        • Cloud backup
        • Highlight users
        • Tag users
        • Translate text
        • Select text from images
        • Push notifications
        • Saved folders
        • Import / export subscriptions

        Source: The sync ultra description from in-app

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            1 year ago

            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.

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              1 year ago

              which implies using an external API to do that translation

              It doesn’t. You can have local models.

              Storing cloud backups requires a server and storage, etc.

              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.

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                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”.