Yea I’ve used RIF for 11 years. Sync is pretty good but I’m really missing RIFs comment jumping system. Jumping from comment to comment and parent/root was so good
Yes but it’s not quite the same. It jumps to each top level comment so that it’s at the top of the screen. RIF would have the jump button on the comment and jump so that the next comment would be right where your finger is
Sync was my Reddit app of choice for over 5 years, and after 30 minutes on Sync for Lemmy, my brain is fully convinced I’m back on Reddit. Supposedly this is just a Public Beta, but the only bugs I’ve found so far are the fault of my Lemmy instance, not Sync.
Sync for Lemmy should honestly just be the world’s default Lemmy app.
OMG long-press to peek is so satisfying. And small things like image viewing. So easy with one hand double-tap slide, while connect had me pinching like a caveman.
As you guys may know, I helped out a little over there, but I probably won’t use it much personally since I happen to like the Lemmy browser experience.
Ads and data gathering are really damn annoying. I’d like to purchase this software, but instead it’s just a monthly subscription. I’m posting this from sync, but I gotta say - if there’s no update removing this stuff, I’m switching back to jerboa.
Which he is doing with the subscription model. Put your money where your mouth is in that case. Have you supported Lemmy or the 3rd party apps in any way?
The Lemmy userbase is so small by comparison to reddit. I don’t like subscriptions or ads but my god man’s gotta eat. People get butthurt way too easily over this stuff.
Are you really trying to compare an app that connects to a service with maybe 2M monthly users to fuckin Wikipedia, one of the best known sites on the internet that’s used worldwide and still has to beg yearly for donations?
Ads get you free services, welcome to the internet since it’s inception. If you don’t want ads, pay to not have ads. The god damn entitlement here, telling a guy that he should be working for tips.
The entire body of issues from the ad supported model are legion and documented by people better than I.
My point to wikipedia is it’s a charitable model with substantial overhead. The time of the dev is the product here, there is no overhead beyond the play store scrape.
He can work for what he wants, but he’s shutting where I eat.
That’s what I’m saying! It might be technically excellent, but one of the reasons I went away from Reddit is also to escape the aggressive data collection
Checked out connect because I have read about the private policy. Dunno who copies who, but connect almost looks the same and doesn’t collect anything afaik.
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.
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Is it working fine for everyone? For me it crashes after I sign in and opening the app after being closed.
Works fine for me, but it is still a beta version after all.
https://github.com/laurencedawson/sync-for-lemmy/issues
That’s the official bug tracker, would help to report your issue there!
New version fixed it!
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It says it’s not available. I have a Samsung Galaxy s23 Ultra
Phone is too old
It’s 6 months old.
The issue was that Google wanted a photo of my ID for age verification.
Well, in that case vote for better laws!
Does anybody know if it’s possible to either
Under the anonymous account go to settings and search for “Home Instance” and then you can set a new default instance for Anonymous
Swag. Thanks.
Now we just need Reddit is Fun for Lemmy.
yeah I used RiF for like 10 years, trying Sync for lemmy now, it’s not bad, but not as simple and clean as RiF is.
though maybe it’s just that sync is different from what I am used to
Sync is quite customizable. Play around in the settings and you can get it close to RiF. Source: switched from RiF to Sync a couple years back.
Boost is IMO the best Android Reddit app and they have a Lemmy version coming soon…
Yea I’ve used RIF for 11 years. Sync is pretty good but I’m really missing RIFs comment jumping system. Jumping from comment to comment and parent/root was so good
Sync supports comment jumping.
Yes but it’s not quite the same. It jumps to each top level comment so that it’s at the top of the screen. RIF would have the jump button on the comment and jump so that the next comment would be right where your finger is
Ah okay,I understand. I don’t know if I ever going to use it but I will throw it in the suggestions room on discord.
Sync is in beta now, so I guess the dev will be busy with ironing out the bugs and make sure everything is running smooth.
But perhaps he’ll add it in in a future update.
Thanks!
Interesting name.
Lemmy is Fun? 👍
Limmy is Fun
RiF is Fun for Lemmy
I literally don’t mind ads on my feed, I just want to support the developer as much as possible even tho I’m broke.
Sync was my Reddit app of choice for over 5 years, and after 30 minutes on Sync for Lemmy, my brain is fully convinced I’m back on Reddit. Supposedly this is just a Public Beta, but the only bugs I’ve found so far are the fault of my Lemmy instance, not Sync.
Sync for Lemmy should honestly just be the world’s default Lemmy app.
OMG long-press to peek is so satisfying. And small things like image viewing. So easy with one hand double-tap slide, while connect had me pinching like a caveman.
And comment drafts.
Looking forward to the lifetime unlock.
I’m a simple man. I see sync for Lemmy posted on 1000 communties and I uplemmy them all.
HE SAID THAT THERE IS ALREADY A ONE-TIME PURCHASE SUPPORTED VERSION SUBMITTED TO PLAY STORE THAT WILL REMOVE THE ADS.
Patience. Some people, man. Geez.
The price might be a problem though. The option to remove ads currently costs 22.99€.
Better than the same every year
What, it costs 2€ for a month
The lifetime purchase costs 22.99€
Needs to be regionalised yet
Likely won’t happen lol.
As you guys may know, I helped out a little over there, but I probably won’t use it much personally since I happen to like the Lemmy browser experience.
And it works great so far for me. Does anyone know if there’s a way to fully collapse comments completely to the username/votes?
Settings shortcut: Comment options > Collapse parent
Comment Options -> Collapse Parent 👍
I have to admit I’m totally soured.
Serving ads is not cool, and specifically poisoning the Lemmy instance with all the problems of tying near permanent content to an ad ID is negligent.
No you won’t convince me he had to to make a living, or do you not use wikipedia.
Ads and data gathering are really damn annoying. I’d like to purchase this software, but instead it’s just a monthly subscription. I’m posting this from sync, but I gotta say - if there’s no update removing this stuff, I’m switching back to jerboa.
So you want them to make a professional grade app for free?
There are other methods of monetization besides ads. Such as… selling it.
Which he is doing with the subscription model. Put your money where your mouth is in that case. Have you supported Lemmy or the 3rd party apps in any way?
Which he is now also doing - one time payment to remove ads permanently.
Good to hear. Now remove the ad version and I’m convinced. 👍
There’s nothing wrong with having an ad supported version if people want to use it.
Is that available yet, or he’s developing it? Or you have to pay ultra?
Edit: nevermind, found it on the sidebar not under settings.
The Lemmy userbase is so small by comparison to reddit. I don’t like subscriptions or ads but my god man’s gotta eat. People get butthurt way too easily over this stuff.
Are you really trying to compare an app that connects to a service with maybe 2M monthly users to fuckin Wikipedia, one of the best known sites on the internet that’s used worldwide and still has to beg yearly for donations?
Ads get you free services, welcome to the internet since it’s inception. If you don’t want ads, pay to not have ads. The god damn entitlement here, telling a guy that he should be working for tips.
The entire body of issues from the ad supported model are legion and documented by people better than I.
My point to wikipedia is it’s a charitable model with substantial overhead. The time of the dev is the product here, there is no overhead beyond the play store scrape.
He can work for what he wants, but he’s shutting where I eat.
So someone told you to hate something and you just went for it full send without understanding it, eh?
He shouldn’t value his own time and effort? Damn you’re entitled.
No he isn’t, just go use a different app ffs.
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That privacy policy though. Not the best
That’s what I’m saying! It might be technically excellent, but one of the reasons I went away from Reddit is also to escape the aggressive data collection
Checked out connect because I have read about the private policy. Dunno who copies who, but connect almost looks the same and doesn’t collect anything afaik.
Finally logged in with Sync. 😆
I created my account a while ago but not having an App back then was more annoying/cumbersome to use the web front-end. Hence I quickly lost interest.
Learned about Sync today and just started to actually use Lemmy and subscribing to all the different communities.
Awesome to see so many vibrant communities now 🥳.
Liftoff is pretty great too.
We joined the same day. I’ve been a bit more committed though.
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!