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It's been okay, the main instance has been somewhat slow and some posts take time to show up in the feeds.
However, once I started using my self-hosted instance, it's been great! Snappy, content shows up pretty fast and federation has worked well for the time being.
I wish Jerboa was a little more polished for when I'm on my cellphone, but otherwise, the app is pretty good
Jerboa definitely needs polish, RedReader (My favorite Android Reddit client) was considering supporting Lemmy after the API changes, so it might just be a matter of time until some Reddit clients also work for Lemmy.
EDIT: RedReader has released a statement about their future trajectory after being granted non-commercial accessibility exemption (the app will still work with reddit):
My long-term vision for RedReader is to restructure the app to more easily support other sites, including Lemmy, and perhaps others such as Tild.es and Hacker News. Before the API changes were announced, I was already considering adding RSS reader functionality to the app, and I think it would be cool to work with some kind of "open forum protocol" which would allow a variety of websites and apps to interoperate with each other through a uniform API.
I see this as a huge win, as RedReader with Lemmy support would be just about as perfect of a mobile Lemmy experience as i can image.
Did you end up using a hosting provider? I'm interested as well but can't host locally.
I considered it, but ended up not using a provider.
I've seen ovh, hetzner and contabo recommended elsewhere, but I've never used their services, so can't say if they're good or not
Thank you. You've given me some starts to look into!
haha im on jerboa rn, its mot perfect but i rlly like it