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Liftoff!

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Appreciation post for Liftoff not collecting user data or injecting ads. (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I was looking forward to trying Sync today now that it's live, but my enthusiasm was immediately dampened after seeing the "Data Safety" section on the Google Play store.

Liftoff has been great, and want to say thanks for making an awesome app. This will continue to be my daily driver.

Edit: for clarity, because the post got way bigger than I expected.

Sync looks like a fantastic app, and the dev/s should charge whatever they feel is fair for their efforts, even if that's through the usual ads + ad tracking.

My intent was just to post here in /c/Liftoff to thank the Liftoff devs for managing to somehow offer an awesome app without any of that.

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

Liftoff is also very frequently updated. Any complaint I've had has been addressed 2-3 patches after posting about it. They work fast, and they do good work. Big +1 for liftoff.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

I'm really happy you love Liftoff and it's great that we have so many options.

See how easy that is?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Indeed. I'm using Jerboa because it supports messages, but all these foss projects are amazing, and Liftoff is honestly the best of them.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thunder's UI is so close. Sticking with FOSS.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Infinity for Lemmy is out too!

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm so happy to see Liftoff on the top of the "All" feed today! Especially with synch for lemmy becoming available. Kudos to OP for posting this.

You were the first available third party app and your still the best app. No need to switch to the others. Especially after learning about the other apps user data clause.

Your app works great and it looks great too. Keep it up!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

I have tried a couple different apps but Liftoff is the best so far. Quite disappointed in the direction Sync is taking. Developpers obviously have a right to be paid for their work, but I despise the choice of targeted ads or subscription based software.

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

You can make a one time payment to remove the ads forever

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

So both ways for someone to be paid?

Would you agree to buying one version with no updates (except for bug fixes) ?

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

I care a bit more about Lemmy's future and growth that to fuss about an app collecting information. I don't think anyone complaining about the privacy actually read their privacy terms.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Liftoff is superior

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Liftoff is one of my Favourite Lemmy Clients. Currently, I'm on Infinity for Lemmy (yes, it's now a thing) but I still keep Liftoff around because Infinity for Lemmy is in a very early stage.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I like that liftoff has a desktop application. I use it a fair amount and it has a pretty good experience. You can tell it's optimized for mobile but it still does well with a mouse.

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