If it’s anything like Boost for Reddit was, it’s unnoticeable. Every 20 or so posts you’ll see an ad and just scroll past, no animations or sound. I think I recall seeing a bottom banner? Any other Boost users confirm? I really just ignored it so I can’t recall.
Great news. I’m probably more likely to use Sync, but seeing not one but two well regarded Android Reddit apps migrate to Lemmy is just bloody awesome.
Thunder feels pretty close. Turn on compact mode + thumbnails on the right and it’s visually almost identical to how I had Relay set up. It even has the short swipe to upvote, long swipe to downvote actions.
Thunder opens articles in Samsung Internet Browser of all things. I can’t figure out how to change it to Firefox or Chrome. Otherwise I like it OK, although I wish I could turn off the animations
Yes, it’s going to be called Sync for Lemmy and preregistration opened two days ago. It most likely will still be some weeks before it becomes available. Ljdawson stated the target is 6 weeks, so that would be somewhere in the middle of August.
This is great! I was so sad when Rubén.said he wouldn’t develop boost for lemmy.
I think he did create a community as a kind of placeholder, so maybe i should go find it again
I saw that “subreddit” was changed to “communties” in the app recently so I was quite certain that a version for Lemmy is being at least experimented with.
You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: [email protected]
5. Engage respectfully: Harassment, flamebaiting, bad faith engagement, or agenda posting will result in your posts being removed. Excessive violations will result in temporary or permanent ban, depending on severity.
6. Memes are not allowed to be posts, but are allowed in the comments.
7. Posts from clickbait sources are heavily discouraged. Please de-clickbait titles if it needs to be submitted.
8. Submission statements of any length composed of your own thoughts inside the post text field are mandatory for any microblog posts, and are optional but recommended for article/image/video posts.
It looks amazing on the preview images.
“Contains ads” no thank you
Boost has always had ads, it’s one time purchase removal
It’s probably a low one time purchase. Remember it’s a top tier third-party app!
That’s how Boost for Reddit was. Free with ads, or a small cost (~$5 or so) to use ad-free, forever.
I don’t suppose I can migrate my previous purchase to this, can I?
If it’s anything like Boost for Reddit was, it’s unnoticeable. Every 20 or so posts you’ll see an ad and just scroll past, no animations or sound. I think I recall seeing a bottom banner? Any other Boost users confirm? I really just ignored it so I can’t recall.
My point is, ads were non-obstructive
There was definitely a bottom banner but it was quite unobtrusive
And very adblock-friendly
You beauty!
It’s the reason I finally decided to create a Lemmy account. Been a Boost user for many years.
Great news. I’m probably more likely to use Sync, but seeing not one but two well regarded Android Reddit apps migrate to Lemmy is just bloody awesome.
Three* Don’t forget Slide.
Great news, Slide is my favorite FOSS client from F-Droid
Really missing Relay :(
I’m not missing Relay’s trackers in the paid app.
The developer has just announced that Relay will continue to function and will switch to a subscription model, so there probably won’t be a Relay for Lemmy, unfortunately :(
I hope Relay for Lemmy becomes a thing. My fav for years.
Same, love Relay. I ditched the official long ago because of their tracking pixels. My pihole was having a heart attack.
Thunder feels pretty close. Turn on compact mode + thumbnails on the right and it’s visually almost identical to how I had Relay set up. It even has the short swipe to upvote, long swipe to downvote actions.
https://github.com/hjiangsu/thunder
Thunder opens articles in Samsung Internet Browser of all things. I can’t figure out how to change it to Firefox or Chrome. Otherwise I like it OK, although I wish I could turn off the animations
Relay is my top preference.
Me too.
Relay was the best. There were so many great simple features that a surprising number of Lemmy apps are missing
Same. I used Boost for a while until I found Sync. I imagine the same will happen here.
Thank you for this great news!
don’t forget about infinity too
If one thing the Fediverse have thought me so far is that you can use them all at the same time ;)
Sync literally went off the play store about an hour ago :(
Edit: Looks like Sync for Lemmy is happening! https://syncapps.io/
Is Sync migrating too?
Yes, it’s going to be called Sync for Lemmy and preregistration opened two days ago. It most likely will still be some weeks before it becomes available. Ljdawson stated the target is 6 weeks, so that would be somewhere in the middle of August.
I’m so excited
I am super duper excited!
Oh mah lord
Seeing all these new Lemmy apps popping up… such a nice view
This is great! I was so sad when Rubén.said he wouldn’t develop boost for lemmy. I think he did create a community as a kind of placeholder, so maybe i should go find it again
This is really good news!
Well I’m buying it once it releases.
Yes! This is the proper response to Reddit’s API changes.
Can’t wait. Boost is my most used app on Android and this will be great.
Noice
I saw that “subreddit” was changed to “communties” in the app recently so I was quite certain that a version for Lemmy is being at least experimented with.