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[–] 60 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Sync is back in its rightful place on my device home screen, only now it points me at Beehaw. Things are looking up.

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  • [–] 42 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    I have mixed feelings.

    On one hand, it's nice to have something familiar.

    On the other hand, Sync was basically reddit for me, and I'm having something of knee-jerk reaction where I feel like I should be using something "fresh" that doesn't remind me of my time on reddit.

    Like, I don't actually want Lemmy to feel like a straight up drop-in replacement for reddit. I want it to feel unique.

    I like some of the other apps, but none feel "there" yet. Might just stick with the web app for now.

    (Also, not open source. I trust the dev, but I just want to be able to install shit from F-Droid or Izzyondroid or whatever instead of relying on the Play Store. I understand the decision and don't hold it against him at all, but it's something I've always disagreed with.)

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  • [–] 21 points 3 years ago

    I used to equate Sync with Reddit too, but now I have a different perspective.

    Reddit is nothing but a glorified link aggregator. Sync was my preferred way of viewing said list of links. Now that I have the exact same experience on Lemmy I've realized that Sync wasn't Reddit, it was link aggregation and where those links come from doesn't really matter.

    It's kind of poetic because that's the promise of Lemmy. It doesn't matter where the links are hosted.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago

    Even if you don't end up using it, if it enables more users to find their way to Lemmy, we all benefit.

    I never really clicked with Sync for reddit, and trying it for Lemmy, all the acknowledgements and agreeing with privacy policy really rubs me the wrong way for a Fediverse client. But if it works for others I'm all for it.

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  • [–] 40 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    It's so good to be home T_T

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    [–] 26 points 3 years ago* (3 children)

    It's nice to see sync back but going to wait until they introduce one time payment to remove ads before I start using it. Will stick with browser and Foss options until then.

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  • [–] 16 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (8 children)

    Heads up he just added that to beta 25 which is now available on the play store.

    Or it's going to be available soon? I'm actually not sure the status as I've updated but still only see the two options, but his recent comments indicate he's added that.

    Ah, found it. If you're not subscribed to ultra there's a separate "remove ads" option that you pay separately for.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Speaking of which, is/will there be a way of transferring your sync for reddit payment over to the lemmy app? I bought it like half a year ago. Understandable if I have to re-buy it, but figured asking won't hurt.

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  • [–] 16 points 3 years ago

    I have never been happier to download an app in my life. Connect was great for the time but the polish and ux of sync is unmatched

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  • [–] 13 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Unsurprisingly the same issues as the Reddit app. The fonts are all over the place, the layout is kinda weird and the thumbnails are tiny.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    I really didn't like sync before, but gave it another try and really customized the UI and like it a lot now. The default font is so tiny

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  • [–] 12 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    I'm not sure if this was how it worked for reddit but it makes you set it up when first opening, then again when adding an account, then again for each new account. There don't seem to be any global settings so you have to manually copy settings for each account. This makes it kind of a pain to set up how I want.

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    [–] 10 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Ooh, nice. I hope this means Boost for Lemmy's release isn't that far behind!

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  • [–] [S] 8 points 3 years ago* (3 children)

    Submitting new posts seems to be "coming soon". No issues commenting. I just dropped into chrome to submit, I'm sure he will button it up soon

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    [–] 8 points 3 years ago

    This is so huge

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago

    It feels like if I was on that other site.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child)

    Yay!!! It looks like I have to rebuy pro but I'm ok with that

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago

    I'm back baby!

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Do any of the apps work with kbin yet? I couldn't get sync to. 😕

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Not yet. Artemis is seems to be in closed beta for now (?).

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Can anyone compare to Jerboa? Been using it and it's pretty solid, but heard sync is great.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago

    Sync is by far my favorite app, it was "reddit" for me. Now that it points at Beehaw it's even better. It has very good customization and fits right into Android's themeing and standards very well. It's basically the quality of Apollo, but for Android.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I have Connect now, why would I need Sync?

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    So... Admob tracking it is... This, or using voyager and having no tracking.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    Man, I wish Relay had a Lemmy version.

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