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Or Voyeger or any other opensource Lemmy client.
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I just leave you with my favorite quote of Ljdawson, made during the reddit api war:
“I don’t know. I don’t track shit.”
He has crashlytics. That’s about it.
Tbh, I don’t care for open or closed source, I don’t even care for free or payed. (19 bucks per year… That’s like what, a coffee and a donut at a Starbuck?)
Stuff must just work and to be honest… All available clients all work sort of.
This one does this good but sucks at multi instances. That one screws up gifs from that and this site. Made an error typing your user name!/password during setup? Tough shit. You can’t edit it so redo from start, remove it and type well this time.
Sync just seems to work.
That’s not to shit on anyone hard work: I can’t do it, I can’t make them, I’m glad these clients exist. I don’t expect free tools to be perfect.
But I’m also superglad Sync for lemmy is a thing. And I will pay for it when it’s out of beta.
Sync just seems to work.
Didn’t I read the current version does not allow you to post? I feel its pretty weird to release an app in that state and still keep ads in it.
But if you are happy paying and using that, more power to you! Meanwhile I save that money and use one of the many open source clients that actually work.
I’m posting from it right now. The ads don’t seem to work through. I’m not blocking any but I’ve not seen one yet.
That sounds better then, thanks for clearing that up.
Yeah I assumed the ad tracking was mostly Google’s own doing, or whatever ad provider that hes using for injected ads.
You do you, but for me personally, the only honest software in existence is software willing to disclose it’s source code.
Sync is fantastic, and I’ve used it for years. But I’ll be sticking with Thunder. Its UI is close, and I’m able to contribute the things I want to change.
Sync just seems to work.
And that is why I’ve used it for all these years. There are no weird quirks, it just does exactly what I need it to do.
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I think they meant the old Sync. This one is in beta and bugs are still expected.
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This was fixed in the latest update.
I’m not sure what I’m looking at in your screenshot. Everything looks fine and normal to me.
I am also willing to give the app the benefit of the doubt because it is still in beta and has been available for less than 24 hours so far.
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Thanks, that makes it a little more clear. Seems like that might be something more than comments out of order, though. At least as far as I could tell the hierarchy of post times appears correct, it’s just not showing everything.
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Had that one as well. Makes reading posts with many comments almost impossible. Let’s hope it gets fixed soon.
I noticed that, this happens when I set comment sort to Top. Works fine when set to Hot. Still in beta, they’ll hopefully fix it.
Sync not only works. It’s the smoothest App I have on my phone. The animations and transitions are just beautiful, well timed and do not stutter even a tiny bit. I wish all android apps were like Sync. I’ll gladly pay whatever he charges.
I don’t understand the bitching about it, we users were asking for this, it is the good thing about Lemmy/Fediverse, you have tons of options, and probably will have more, heck even the PWA are awesome, no need to download anything at all.
Remind me of that meme where the person is complaining about the thing, gets the thing and then has the frowny face.
People like to bitch
You have to accept to being tracked by Google, having an advertising id, all the data Firebase collects. Their ToS is large.
Users were asking for it, that’s true. I guess users don’t really care about being tracked, allowing google into their phone and indirectly supporting them controlling the web, thus enabling them to do things like manifest v3 or the web integrity API.
Ads? understandable, the dev has bills to pay. Not open source? Purists may hate it, but not the end of the world. Tracking? Google? No thanks, the beautiful design is not worth it.
Many of us were sync users who came over because of the api changes. Don’t care about tracking.
One time payment is there. Someone confirmed that there is no connection to Google after paying the one time payment.
I will admit I never knew any of this
I say this as someone who is probably one of the biggest supporters of software-freedom around here, but bullying or shaming people for preferring non-free apps does nothing but incite resentment towards the movement. I value the four freedoms because I think I deserve control of my computing, not because I think it’s my place to dictate what others should value.
Upvoted on infinity
Liftoff is opensource
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where the fuck is infinity for lemmy
I’ll wait on sync until infinity for lemmy becomes usable, but yeah, infinity better
Speak for yourself, but Infinity really isn’t as well made as Sync. I’d rather pay one time for a quality experience and support the developer. Also, no ads in the paid version.
Infinty supports Lemmy now?
Is Infinity fully compatible with foldables and tablets? Sync even has tabs for open posts (like a browser) when it’s opened in tablet mode
Yeah, tried sync since that was my reddit app of choice but the ads and tracking just forced me to uninstall it. Trying thunder now and it seems pretty good
There’s no tracking in Sync
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Oh, my bad. I just saw this on the play store and figured it did.
Sync’s ads can be turned off by paying a small fee.
I bought Sync Pro for Reddit, and I’ll do the same for Lemmy. Open-source can suck a butt, I’m willing to pay for a well made app
Edit: lmao the replies! To be clear, I am not talking shit on open source software, the “open source can go suck a butt” comment was in reference to taking the time to get used to a new app when I don’t have to 😝 Go touch grass. Sync treated me well, I’m willing to pay the creator to have that same experience on Lemmy. That’s it. Stop being defensive, go for a walk.
I just installed Sync after browsing with Jerboa for the past month. Sync has such a clean, smooth look that if it functions even remotely consistently it’ll be my new replacement.
I’m soooo happy to be done with Jerboa… Haven’t uninstalled it yet but it’s such a buggy piece of crap compared to Sync so it’s only a matter of time til I do.
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I lasted half a day with Jerboa, it really didn’t work for me. Connect has kept me happy since though.
Just tried Sync. It’s like a better Connect.
I’m waiting for Infinity, but I’ll try sync in the mean time.
Check out all the UI options. The customization is really awesome, even if it’s a little confusing at times. The search box in options helps.
Sync is fucking fantastic, just how I remember. I don’t mind at all paying for a great app by a talented dev.
The pro version is supposed to be out later, and will just be a one-time payment unlike ultra’s subscription
Same, I’m paying for the ultra subscription. But I understand if someone is using another app, Connect is pretty good. I’m just an old dog
Same here. The latest update has the “remove ads” option added for a one time 12.99 fee.
15€ here.
Wtf why does mine say €21.99???
$34 dollarydoos here 🦘
Are you sure that’s not the lifetime for ultra? There’s a new one time “remove ads” option.
Yes I’m sure. Ultra is only available annually or monthly. Annually it’s $28 here
Edit: I stand corrected. Just got the new update with ultra lifetime as an option. That’s $170 though.
It’s $99 USD, think you all are seeing a bug.
Edit: I misunderstood which option was being discussed.
Wow. I hope that’s some sort of mistake.
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About 20 EUR for me.
There are just as good apps that do not track for shit.
Plus not accounting for a previous purchase is a final nail in the coffin for me. Most likely impossible to implement, but still stings.
Same here in France 21.99€
€22.99 here 🙃
It feels so random.
Wrong country?
20 bucks here
Not seeing it, I just see an Ultra subscription, where is the one time no ad option?
I just found it, scroll to the top and click the Lemmy logo top left, under account switcher and above sync ultra
Make sure you update the app. It just showed up for me about an hour ago.
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It’s available as an IAP for $19.99 now
The lifetime purchase to remove ads is up. It’s a bit pricey but I can understand why, Lemmy has a smaller userbase. Totally worth it.
I wonder if it was because of the backlash from being subscription only? I was surprised by how many angry posts there were. I gotta admit even I was disappointed. I don’t mind paying for a pro version. But a subscriptions a bit of an ask, as I don’t need the features offered by it, but I do like sync and Lawrence is a good guy.
No ads for 20 bucks isn’t bad as an alternative if you don’t need the features
Yeah, he didnt have that option when I first installed it. Went ahead and grabbed that.
Are you talking about sync ultra or is there another ad free purchase? Ultra life time costs 120 usd, which is too much for me
They are talking about the remove ads option. It’s a one time purchase just to remove ads with none of the additional features of the subscription. As I understand it.
There’s the remove ads option, which is not a subscription to anything. It’s $20.
Yeah if you just click ‘remove ads’ on the sidebar it’s $20 for lifetime I believe
Its not about the money but about the software freedom and source transparency
I have always preferred Infinity when I was using Reddit. But right now Infinity for Lemmy seems to be not in a usable state. I have been using Thunder For Lemmy as of recently, not sure if I will switch from it to Infinity for Lemmy once its in a more usable state.
Edit: I can’t even use Sync for Lemmy as on the Play Store it says its unavailable on my device. I have a Samsung Galaxy s23 Ultra. One would think that it would be available considering its pretty much this years flagship of the largest Android brand.
Edit 2: It seems to not be because of the device itself @IncogCyberspaceUser@lemmy.world seems to have been able to download it on their s23 Ultra.
Edit 3: It was because of Age Verification. I can now download it fine.
