Please note this is just a beta and there are going to be bugs, but it works and it works nicely. Have fun.
Hey everyone. Happy to finally get this out, it’s been one busy month.
I’m looking to add a lifetime option for ultra & option to just remove ads. Keep in mind this is the first release, lots more to follow.
Cheers!
Lj
My excitement is tempered by two things, the ultra cost being a subscription (I get the “why” I just hate more subscriptions) and also the pretty crappy targeted adverts “consent” whereby you have to scroll through page after page of third party vendors to turn off the “legitimate” interest which is, let’s be honest their way around consent by just ignoring what you want. That’s put me right off in all honesty sorry.
Oh my god it’s beautiful. It’s so beautiful.
It’s like having Reddit back, this is amazing. 🙏
For as long as I can remember Reddit and Sync have been one and the same. I never used Reddit website or app, only ever used Sync to browse Reddit hosted content. I used it a lot. I’ve missed it a lot.
Between the Lemmy platform and Sync client, to all intents and purposes what Reddit was has been fully restored/migrated.
I know it’s early days, but I did not expect to see anything like this so soon and it gives me hope that Lemmy can grow and thrive into the network of people that always made Reddit what it was. Everything that’s needed is there - early, a little rough around the edges, but there. And being improved constantly.
Hallelujah!
Game. Changer.
I live my life as FOSS-y as possible.
This is the only subscription that I have. $2/mo or $16/yr is not even a blip on most people’s radar.
The OG Sync was the most used app on my phone and tablet.
So download, enjoy, and pay the dev! He’s phenomenal, approachable, and transparent. This isn’t some Flappy Birds knockoff. This is a polished app that allows us to connect with one another more easily. And I’d like to see what features he comes up with next.
It takes a lot for me to trust an app/dev this much. Hopefully everybody else will too and we can help him do even more neat things.
Oh and please note that bugs should be reported in #sync-support-and-bugs in the discord: https://discord.gg/qYWxqva
LJ has been working very hard - this is beta 24 from no betas a week ago.
Thanks for the info, I was looking for where I could buy Pro (ad-free) and I couldn’t find it.
Why not have a lemmy community for support and bugs?
A lemmy community for bugs woud be very hard to keep track of. Discord allows segmented, real time conversations which is simply better.
A matrix chat would be more optimal then.
Not everything has to be decentralized or federeted
You can report on the GitHub issue tracker too
Agreed. If we want to move away from Reddit, why not move away from Discord too?
Seeing all the usernames hosted at different servers feels refreshing. As the internet should be, distributed.
IT FEELS SO GOOD TO BE HOME
It’s a nice app mostly but there’s a few things stopping me from loving it currently
- No lifetime license, I refuse to use a subscription service
- list view mode doesn’t have the option to have buttons enabled and always showing
- can’t disable auto hide of comment actions
- No way to hide viewed posts
- can’t highlight and copy text from a comment It just hides content instead (like why?) Only option is to copy all text from a comment but I don’t want to copy all just a small selection…
- No option for top bar, only bottom and side
First order of businesses.
Posting from sync, let’s go!
I’ve only had a brief look, but is there a way to pay for pro (but not ultra) so I can remove ads?
From the discussions I have seen, there’s going to be an IAP for ad-free.
What is IAP?
in-app purchase! it’ll be a one-time thing, like sync pro for reddit was
In App Purchase.
In-app purchase I assume
This needs to be done ASAP. There are people refusing to use the app with the subscription model and don’t want ads.
Will there be an option for people who paid for ad free on the reddit sync app to transfer that over to the lemmy app, or will they have to pay again?
100% no. It’s a different app. I had Pro Ultra Lifetime back there :)
Agreed. I want a “one and done” payment so I don’t need to keep thinking about it.
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Yeah but no lifetime option anymore. That’s sadly a no go for me. I had pro and ultra lifetime before and I would’ve bought ultra again but I don’t do subscriptions anymore. I don’t know. Liftoff isn’t too bad.
Same here brother. No lifetime no buy from me too.
This is a beta version. The dev will add one time purchase to remove ads at later release.
Commenting from sync! I’m so happy. ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ
I feel so at home in this app!
Please consider offering a one-time purchase option for certain version milestones, maybe hosted on patreon or something if you need.
I don’t mind paying to support development, I do mind subscriptions unfortunately.
Commenting from Sync! I feel back at home.
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Nothing against sync, but this is not what I’d expect from lemmy app tbh
