I’ll second this. As a transplant of Reddit who used Apollo, Memmy seems to be heavily influenced by Apollo, which imo was an outstanding app.
I also saw all the posts about Sync and had to get caught up. Definitely makes me appreciate this app too.
I’ll second this. As a transplant of Reddit who used Apollo, Memmy seems to be heavily influenced by Apollo, which imo was an outstanding app.
I also saw all the posts about Sync and had to get caught up. Definitely makes me appreciate this app too.
I’ve been extremely impressed with Memmy. Clean, stable and easy to use.
The main feature that’s missing is fast account switching, which IMO is even more important on a federated service.
edit: nm, long press on your account on the bottom to switch. The app is great!
Just long-press your account to switch; I’m not sure how much faster you could need it to be?
All that’s missing for me is a swipe to hide function like Apollo had and Voyager has. Once I have that I’ll be pretty locked in on Memmy, as I prefer it aesthetically !
Meanwhile I’m just using Kbin on my browser and it works okay.
We plan on eventually adding kbin support!
I used to do that as well for a bit but once I tried Memmy I never went back
Any one tried the app called Avelon yet.,??
In my opinion, it’s one of the minimalist and snappy Lemmy app in comparison to Memmy (which is little bit cluttered with all the features and little more battery drainer with the similar usage pattern ).
If anyone likes the Voyager then I’m sure you like Avelon too.. give it a try once..
As one of the main Memmy devs, i really like Avelon. I appreciate he’s trying something pretty different and like the direction he’s taking.
Avelon dev here - thanks! Really enjoy Memmy as well, pretty impressive what you guys are able to do with React Native.
It's very cool to see so much enthusiasm in the dev community. Lemmy can definitely be a place where lots of different apps & frontends can thrive to suit just about everyone.
I think that Memmy has the right priorities and a strong lead in regards to what’s important right now. When I read the changelog it feels like this project is on a really solid foundation.
I also like that’s it’s tuned very much for efficiency. No unnecessary glitter and stuff.
Well, it’s including the „Microsoft App Center“ tracker. I have to block ||appcenter.ms^
Several other Lemmy Apps do not have any tracker.
Edit: turns out the request can be useful. See comments. Still strange to get from Microsoft.
I’d guess that’s because we use CodePush to do over the air updates, so you don’t have to wait for apple to approve a build.
Thank you for letting me know. :)
Just for more reference, there are options to enable analytics, but they are not installed in the app. That is a separate package that is not added as I don't feel comfortable receiving whatever they would send. It's probably harmless but I don't even want the hassle.
Are you sure it’s the app and not websites you visit through Lemmy or your instance tracking you? I’m not seeing any tracking on my end when just browsing.
Yes, I am sure. The App Store even say that some device ID are get shared with the App.
This was explained by the dev at some point when the app went to the store. I believe this is related to push notifications. There is a post about it/comment by the developer but Lemmy.world is giving me server errors when I try to find it.
Not sure where the appcenter tracker is coming from though.
Appcenter does OTA push updates, dev is probably making a fast update system so they don't have to push updates to the various stores, the app was made in react native so appcenter is pretty standard for codepush OTA updates
appcenter.ms
good to know.
I'm using Sync right now and honestly it's not much better than thunder or Connect which are free. The UI is slicker, but I feel my phone heating as it runs, and it's obnoxious seeing the gray boxes from the ads I'm blocking. Really hope boost doesn't pull this shit, or at least allows people to play for premium instead of fucking subscribing to it. $16 a YEAR for an app that just mobilizes a free online service is insanity.
I never used sync previously, but this has made a pretty bad first impression so far.
I used Sync pro for years and I don't ever want to change. Also I like supporting devs of apps which I use constantly. I don't know why everyone is talking shit about Sync as 16 dollars a year is literally nothing. Good on him for having that option to support the dev :)
$16 a year is not nothing, it's a subscription service for a basic mobile app with quality options in a competing space. A one time purchase that means I own the app outright or a lifetime "subscription" option is a much better option, and on par with literally every competing app in the space. Mentalities like this are why shit like NBA 2K, Call of Duty, and Diablo have become lootbox fests.
Sync was amazing at it's height, this is just the first iteration of it. It'll get much better over time.
Yeah I currently use Connect and it's been pretty great so far, though I'm waiting for boost to come out.
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