Notch? I have the pixel 6 and its barely a small circle, don't even notice it because it fits perfectly in the upper bar.
A notch I would consider those ungastly iphone notches which take over 15% of your upper screen space.
Same, makes it difficult to discover new communities through Sync.
For the amount of hours a week I spent in Sync for Reddit and the price I paid then for removing ads, I feel that 20 euros is cheap to remove ads in Sync for Lemmy and would have paid more.
However I understand the price might feel steep up front for new users. An initial trial without ads for a short while might be a solution, where users only start to see ads after using it for a bit so they can test run the app without being disturbed by ads.
I stopped using it completely. Used it only through Sync and am not missing it.