My guess: Reddit was serving not high res pictures (thumbnails) while scrolling and only gave them when opening.

Instances would need to create a thumbnail and the actual video. This would require a smal-ish CDN and processing power + storage to save the multiple versions to, right?
Idk about NSFW but arent they just hidden? To my knowledge at least Sync only shows “NSFW” and a blank single-colored post for an NSFW post.

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/1677830

The money will come if the app is version 1.0 with all essential features. Not earlier. I do not like paying for stuff that is “promised”. Linus from LTT mentioned it many times and I stand behind it.

Same with promised DLCs and early access.

Waiting for the one time payment to get rid of ads. Paid it on reddit, will (probably) pay it on lemmy.