Sync for Lemmy

After reading this I decided to try it out. Within 5 posts there were ads. No thanks, I'll stick with Connect.

Edit: I was scrolling everything and replied. I didn't see this was in the official community. My opinion doesn't matter in here. I think it's great that sync is successful and I hope it continues. So yea, keep on keeping on.

Sync is the reason I left Reddit and joined Lemmy!

That said, the new pricing options scared me away (you can't tag users unless you get the super expensive one? Why? I used to be able to on the Reddit app) so I've been using Jerboa. It's not as good as Sync (maybe 80% as good, for my purposes at least), but it's free and getting better all the time.

A lot of people are mad about sync, because of dumb reasons. but man I just wouldn't use lemmy without it. I'd rather just not.

Sync is great... Lemmy as a whole? Lots of work to do. Shit is pretty stagnant around here.

Like Lemmy is to Reddit, FOSS clients are to paid alternatives.

The only way I can see to stay clear of business practices I don't like is to support the FOSS model.

I'm not saying Sync isn't a good client, or that the dev has anything other than the best intersts of his users in mind, it's that at any point a decision can be made which you have no control over. Service models for software, for example, very rarely seems to be in the users interests.

Give the FOSS clients a shot, they are also constantly improving!

Jerboa used to hilariously break every time it was updated if your home instance was even a minor-sub-dot version number behind absolute latest. I couldn't get rid of it fast enough. Connect and Liftoff are both great clients, I just happen to like Sync more. But, I do still keep Liftoff installed beccause it's got some outstanding diagnostic tools if you are trying to see all pieces of data related to a post or comment.

Sync got me hyped for Lemmy, I used it for Reddit for more than a decade.

But, for Lemmy I started to use Connect, and while I was waiting for Sync, Connect became the Lemmy app for me.

me waiting for boost knowing it will probably never release until next year

I used Sync with Reddit, so it was a very natural transition for lemmy.

But I also noticed that between it, Connect, and Jerboa, it's the only one that has smooth scrolling in the comments. Connect and Jerboa are really janky even scrolling comments.

Sync is definitely my main, with Liftoff being my backup QB. Liftoff is last though?? Really? I don't get that, I think it's pretty great

Sync seems great, but it has three Google trackers included, so I'm not using it. Jerboa, Connect and Voyager are great, but they all have some downsides. My keyboard is weird in Jerboa, Connect does not allow me to sort by subscribed and Voyager's comment-upvote system is a bit clunky, being hidding behind another tap. Also, Voyager's UI generally looks like it's made for iPhone, which is not what I'm looking for. But for the moment I'll stick with it.

Where did you link the poll? Cause some communities might trend more towards certain apps (ones that migrated from reddit for example).

I've got several of these installed and I keep finding myself using liftoff. It's not perfect, but it let's me combine my subscriptions from several accounts into one view. I like that a lot & don't see that option in the other apps.

I think this would be more useful if it separated the results by platform (android, ios, web). Sync is the top result, but it's android exclusive.

Hello, i am curious to know where you have published the poll to collect responces, as it could wildly influence the result. Which instances, communities, external sites?

It's crazy to me how small the Jereboa usage is. It didn't collect or share data and has a great interface. What are these other apps giving that makes you want to use them? Genuinely curious on what I'm missing out on.