If the option had been offered, I think some people would have gone for that.

I’m not a sync user but I feel like the dev may have missed an option - pay what you want. PWYW feels almost like a donation.

Freshrss has a self-hosted option or you can sign up to a community driven server.

Cool. A friend had one in a fireplace that played a fire video in the evenings - with the crackling sounds too.