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[–] [email protected] 128 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've never been as excited for an app to be released as this one!

Been a sync user since day 1 and I'm looking forward to continuing to support it.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago (13 children)

I used RIF, but I remember a lot of people loved sync for reddit, so I plan to jump on the bandwagon.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 117 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It's like having Reddit back, this is amazing. πŸ™

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!

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yea this app going dark for a month made me realize how much I actually enjoy the experience of this app rather than reddit itself. Being forced to use the official app has pushed me away from Reddit more than ever

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Lemmying from Sync right now and it brings a tear to my eye. I don't think anything other than Sync would have made Lemmy feel "right" to me. And now it does.

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[–] [email protected] 104 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I just got access to Sync for Lemmy! Very nice. I hope the developer of rif would also make a lemmy client.

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[–] [email protected] 96 points 1 year ago (1 children)

spotted by the /r/Android Reddit community (out of all places)

lold

[–] [email protected] 84 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

just got sync installed a few minutes ago, feels so good to have a proper UI for endless scrolling now :)

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[–] [email protected] 73 points 1 year ago (5 children)

And here I am, waiting for a "Lemmy is Fun" app.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Ive found connect is a pretty great alternative if you haven't already checked it out.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Connect dev here, glad you're liking it!

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (5 children)

He's only making a Tildes app 😞

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Reddit is making the same mistake that 3DFX made against Nvidia and ATI back in the day with third party developers. Restricting 3rd party development was suicidal on reddit's part.

Ultimately, people want choices, and I think if the average user see only one reddit app vs a literal wall of different Lemmy apps, they will be inclined to try at least one Lemmy app instead.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I disagree that the majority of people want choices, at least when it comes to social media. The vast majority of social media users want to be where the user base is at. For Lemmy to be the more attractive option, it either needs to have do similar numbers to it’s competitor or offer something very unique and useful that the others don’t.

And I say this as someone who has been much happier on Lemmy than I have been the last few years on Reddit.

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 year ago (13 children)

Downloaded just now, looks great! But I don't really enjoy the subscription model. Why not make one lifetime purchase of let's say $20 or something? Monthly or yearly payments are a no for me. But paying even a little bit more for a lifetime would be working.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Exactly what I came here to say. I had purchased Sync Ultra (or whatever it was called) in the reddit app and was really happy with the experience. First thing I went to do upon installing the new one was go to purchase again and was really disappointed to see a monthly subscription and no one-time purchases option. Then I was even more disappointed to see ads in the feed. I mean, I get why the developer went this route, but it really sucks. I don't want another running subscription to think about. I have enough of those as it is.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago

Same here, would buy the lifetime purchase straight away but holding off on the subscription, given the ad-free experience is the only thing I care about.

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It feels like old reddit sync experience. I am glad the app is back.

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago

Just downloaded. I have not been this happy for months.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago

My first comment, feels good to be using a Sync app again. My Reddit usage has dropped considerably so I've had extra time to waste...

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago

This app looks and feels super solid. I didn't use sync for Reddit, but this feels and looks smooth as hell. Secondly going to use this and keep looking to see how all the apps are progressing.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Happy more notable support is joining but I think it will be hard for me to leave Voyager (tAfka Wefwef) at this point.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Absolutely, the way the Voyager team has pushed out updates and made this app comparable to Apollo in a month has been incredible.

Even if Christian from Apollo did decide to make an app on Lemmy I still probably wouldn’t leave Voyager.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (10 children)

I've wanted Reddit to burn for awhile. It devolved into nothing but a circle jerk.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago

So hyped for this. I've completely moved on from Reddit and this will help solidify the decision. All the screenshots of the app up til now look really good.

[–] Hexarei 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Y'all I have missed this app. Jerboa is fine but sync just feels so much better.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If spez wasn't such a petty hurensohn this wouldn't have happened.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago

Wrapping Sync around Lemmy has made interfacing with the fediverse so nice, you don't get this kind of quality from anyone but a passionate developer.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I stopped using reddit entirely. Sync was reddit. Glad to have it back!

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Any chance for a paid version but not a subscription? I would dump money into that so fast.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

This is where reddit messed up. Third party apps are priceless to certain users. Different flavors of apps and choices will bring in more users etc. These third party apps may have indeed been the digg moment reddit has been toying with for years.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Using this on a pixel fold and it's glorious.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I didn't use Sync before but it's a really solid beta. I can't wait to be able to post from it. Until then I'm running Jerboa and Sync.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

Using sync for Lemmy feels identical to using sync for reddit... It's fantastic!

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (20 children)

Bummed out they're injecting ads into lemmy :/

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Why is financial info / purchase history collected?

[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 year ago

To check your in-app purchases / subscriptions.

Sync can only check its own purchase history.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It looks like there will be a paid version via an in-app purchase, so I imagine that this permission is used for license validation between installs.

EDIT: From the data safety page:

Data collected and for what purpose

Purchase history
App functionality, Account management

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