The only thing I like more than sync is people having the option to choose the app they prefer.
Lack of 3rd party apps is why a lot of us are even here in the first place. The more developers committed to Lemmy the better the platform will become.
Amen to that. Monoculture is bad, in every context.
The Vulcans have it right: Infinite diversity in infinite combinations.
Idk how long a lot of you have been off reddit but I was there just after Sync for lemmy was announced and it had a lot of people saying they’d come over with Sync. So Idgaf if it’s got ads or a premium fee, because I don’t have to use it. I can just let the people who want it use it and let the fediverse grow.
Based neutrality.
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For me Voyager marking on read when you scroll past a post is just a killer feature
In case any sync users are looking to enable this: Settings shortcut: History > Mark posts as read on scroll
TIL you can make links to settings by long-pressing them. That’s actually awesome as hell.
The fact that you can link to a freaking setting is amazing. I love this app.
And people still think Sync is overhyped. This is pure awesomeness
Wow I was stunned when I clicked that and it sent to the setting lol.
10+ years working on sync and I only added that last year. Been an absolute game changer for support*.
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That ain’t me mate
Is voyager the only app that can do that? That’s a feature that I would consider switching for
Connect can do it as well
As do infinity for lemmy.
i dont get it. whats wrong with sync?
People are upset because they want to use a premium service without paying for it. The dev was kind enough to add a free version, which is supported by ads. However, the ads in the free version use trackers (just like pretty much every ad service), so people are getting hysterical that the app is “spying” on them.
It would be one thing if this was the only app for Lemmy, but there’s numerous other apps on the market they could use.
Although none of them are even half as polished as Sync 😉
The paid version will probably go on sale in a few months. I remember redditsync being $10 or something and I got it for $1-2 on sale.
Edit: and I don’t know if sync is on iOS but anyone on an android can download Google play rewards and usually get 1-5 surveys a day and get $0.10-$0.70 per survey. It adds up pretty quick. I get quite a few a day and even more when I walk in areas with lots of retail. If you are willing to share a photo of your receipt it’ll give you even more. I’ve made a few hundred dollars for apps over the past decade using that app. I don’t think I’ve ever paid for an app with my actual money and just used money earned off rewards. If you have an android (with Google services) it should be an app you have.
I use the Google survey thing too and agree that it stacks up pretty fast. I often use it to buy premium versions of apps.
That said, I really doubt the people concerned with trackers in an app would want to willingly give Google information about themselves that they sell to advertisers.
If you use browser extensions like Ghostery and AdNauseam it’ll click on blocked ads in the background, essentially giving Google fake info. After I started using extensions like that my survey questions have been all over the place, and I’ll answer them in a way that feels potentially accurate but is actually 100% false and irrelevant to me lol. So I get money, falsify their info, and block ads and trackers all at the same time, it’s perfect!
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Not open source, payment if you don’t want ads. Valid criticisms, but it’s still the best app UX wise, by far, so the blame is not on the users, it’s on open source projects to do better
oh thats REALLY bad.
but it’s still the best app UX wise, by far
That’s a high claim when tehre’s features I want that other apps do that this doesn’t, great user experience. Just say that you prefer it, stating it as a fact reads extremely arrogant and might be why some other people are getting pissed.
What features?
Marking posts as read as you scroll by them for example, this way every time I refresh the page I see no repeat posts.
Another one that I’ve seen mentioned by users in some of these posts is that the “hide” swipe action doesn’t exist, and it does in connect.
Idk, I’m not saying that the app is bad, it’s just that the amount of people claiming that it’s the apex of all creation is way too overbearing.
Both of those features exist.
I think both of those exist, I know the first one does, you just have to enable it in settings, and if I swipe to the left all the way on a post it becomes hidden.
I also wasn’t challenging you or anything, I just like to hear what other people want to see if it’s something I didn’t know I would want.
Oh no! People enjoying something, better get angry!
lemmy is crowded with the FOSS and privacy crowd. it’s what makes lemmy so much better than reddit.
ita reasonable that a paid app, with ads and telemetry isn’t their traditional jam.
I downloaded Liftoff today. It’s pretty fancy, and ad free.
Jerboa… Always
Ngl, I downloaded Sync just to mess around and Imma be honest. I get why people like it.
Jerboa has been good to me for the past month, but Sync is such an improvement. It has customization options that just make the experience better all around.
I don’t care, just stop talking about the damn thing.
I use Infinity for Lemmy and it’s pretty gosh darn nice (coming from Infinity for Reddit).
I found it quite buggy. I love infinity, but I’m probably gonna stick to Sync for now.
It’s in early development, I’m sure it’ll get better. The awesome thing is that we have so many great choices for clients. There’s something for everyone!
There’s infinity? I can’t find it in fdroid. Is it play store only?
It is on codeberg.
No it’s not, mine is fine, just waiting for some features to get added.
Maybe it’s your phone.
“maybe it’s your device”
A classic.
I just set mine up to be as close to RIF as possible. I love it so far.
Man, I am really out of the loop here. What’s happening?
Apparently sync was a popular reddit app (I think, I never heard of it before), which has now launched for lemmy. The result being that 50% of all posts on lemmy is now about sync for some reason.
Guerrilla marketing or just very very dedicated fans?
Long time sync user. It’s fans. It’s just Tha good.
The app team is one man: Ljdawson. It ain’t guerrilla marketing.
As one of the people who came to Lemmy because of Sync, I’d say very dedicated fans. It was hands down the absolute best Reddit app on Android. Still feeling salty about what reddit did, so I followed Sync here.
Do you have a link to the app? What makes the app worth 20 bucks?
It’s free. It’s only on google play. The 20$ is to get rid of ads forever. There’s also a subscription model which I’m not a fan of but it only costs 17$/year.
I’m a sync user and I love sync because of the customisation and the UI. It was pretty much my perfect reddit app.
Why pay money for an app when there’s tens of apps which do the exact same thing but don’t include ads in the first place?
Pepsi, Coke, or Budget no-name cola? Windows, MacOS, or Linux? Sometimes it’s a personal preference.
I like the UX of Sync. I’ve made QOL feature requests in the past and they’ve been implemented. For an early beta, it’s extremely well polished. I can afford to support the developer for a quality app, so I do.
I can certainly see the merits of each app, and have used a few of them. I just prefer Sync.
But that’s me. It should have no bearing on what you or anyone else uses.
Give me a free coke clone and I’ll pick it most of the time. Your comparison lacks because everything has to be bought (except Linux).
FOSS apps are free and will always be free.
But yeah, if you prefer one app over another and you’re fine with paying money to use it, go ahead.
Personal preference, idk. I’m not trying to convince you, just stating the facts
which app does the same thing?
I was just lurking on connect till sync came out personally
Same, connect worked good but… Sync is my home lol
The dev, who I think is awesome so grain of salt, put ads in it.
or you could pay 20$ to make then go away.
or you could pay some number, I forget, but it was a subscription and a bit high for a reddit client style app. according to lemmy people at least.
sync for reddit was exactly the same but cheaper.
this angered some people but delighted the many reditfugees. including myself, who has been jonesing for a reasonable social media experience since apps got kicked off reddit. The various clients out there are admirable to some degree but Sync is an ABSOLUTE DELIGHT to use. and this is just a beta. I am a rabbitd fan…since sync for reddit was a beta.
I feel like I’m back. and Lemmy people operate on a different level compared to reddit people. the Dev can have a whole big pile of money from me as far as I’m concerned.
but I always understand to some people in particular the traditional lemmy crowed - whom I’ve quickly come to respect and greatly since joining - think this should be ad free and payment free. or at least cheaper. and fair enough.
but for me, a lowly reddfugee. I’m feel like I’m back baby. woohoo!!!
So… after paying sync the ad go away money I donated to lemmy the same 20$, and I will surely buy the subscription to sync when it is out of beta and match the amount as donation to this instance. take my money you impressive bastards.
I understand why people are complaining about the price but… Based on how much time spend on the app I kinda get it.
Also I just gave Google opinion rewards info on my whereabouts at all times and answered nosy questions which i quickly got 20$+ to pay for the add free stuff.
(Google opinion rewards is an invasive app that asks you stuff and gives you a quarter or so for every questions about nosy things)
I choose neither side. I prefer using the free apps, and I’m not sad about it.
Idk man I am using Connect and I am happy with it.
Can someone explain this one to me? I’m on ios and therefore can’t use sync.
I just use Artemis for kbin and a browser for lemmy until lemmy support drops
