Like this is somehow the fault of sync's dev. Go ahead folks, the donate to lemmy button is at the top of the page, go ahead and click on it if your morals are so true.
Honestly. This isn't some centralized platform. Donating at least some of the profits to the people making the app possible seems fitting. While I don't agree with the API pricing of Reddit, I think it's fitting that it should cost something at least, if not only to cover wage for the people working on the API