Imagine caring what app other people use.
You’re not a real Linux user unless you bitch about other people’s software choices
I’m a Linux user and I already have Sync for lemmy lifetime pass. Am I not real
Fellow linux and Sync supporter here, I think we real
i refuse to believe you’re real if you spent 20 bucks on a Liftoff clone to have what everyone else gets for free (no ads)
Yea someone already said the truth but Sync has been around way longer than that liftoff clone.
Isn’t Liftoff the clone, considering Sync is 10+ years old?
Xbox and sony fanboys chipping in
And mac users
your choice in software sucks
arch btw
/s
They bitch because they care. /s
Weird. I downloaded synch and didnt pay a cent. Is there a pay version?
Yeah it’s free, but the ad-free version is 20 quid and the Ultra version is a laughable 100 quid
I mean, I used Sync for Reddit for 8 years, so considering the costs on a pet year basis…
There’s a free ad version, non-ad version($20), and extra feature version ($100/life, $16/yr, $2?/mo)
they mean free as in freedom,
I care in the sense that if a lot of other people are happy with a different client, I want to try it myself.
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Yeah it’s not like that the majority of people using e.g. Chrome over FOSS alternative like Firefox has any repercussions, why would we care, right?
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Sure but it’s the same concept of why we should care what others are using, which was what the comment I replied to critisized.
Nobody is forcing you to use sync, hell nobody is even asking you to try it. So why not stop being one of the spiteful angry assholes that is driving people away from Lemmy.
“Spiteful angry asshole” is a dumb response. I agree with everything else.
Interesting that you got “spiteful angry asshole” from my comment lol
Yeah, I was wondering where that part of the comment came from as well…
Seriously why are there so many posts about this? Let it go, people
Imagine caring about people caring
Imagine caring about people imagining people caring about people caring.
Did I spell caring right? It really doesn’t look right anymore.
I think you used it right. It’s when people use a car. Car + ing = caring
The more popular your personal favorite app is, the more attention it will get from developers, this making your app better.
See, it’s not just about caring about somebody else’s preferences.
Kinda throws the chrome comparison out the window
Which chrome comparison?
Oh sorry, there is another comment where someone compared this to Firefox and Chrome
I really don’t get the hate. Use whatever TF you want to and makes you happy. JFC.
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Feels like OP is referring to the more direct hate that Sync is getting on other posts that this post, while not hating directly, definitely taps into.
The hate would stem from the utter spam of every possible fucking instance with “Hey, Sync is out and the fucking best!! Spend your money!”
Almost like people are excited about it
I like that people are excited about it. I like that people are excited about FOSS. I hate all the posts that try to tell people that one is better than the other.
The issue comes down to not everyone wanting to see the same content. I use sync and don’t care about seeing posts for it. Upvote, hide read, move on.
But if you don’t care about sync it can be understandably annoying. Everyone has different preferences
That’s their prerogative, I still find it obnoxious.
Almost like they could all get excited in a mega thread… We did it for Musk spam.
Paying for a product is not a bad thing, but yeah obviously there are issues with something not being FOSS…
I’m assuming you forgot a /s
Proprietary and FOSS software both have a place, otherwise I would like to ask anyone against proprietary software for bank statements of FOSS donations or “Can you make a better one free”.
There isn’t a lot of great FOSS software just because there isn’t much funding… Regardless, I am on the same page, that I’d much rather use FOSS software.
Only $99.99 ! What a deal!
For lifetime. Single purchase. It’s $17 a year. To support an incredibly small development team which were kicked off Reddit without any way to stay. Yeah, I’d pay some money to help a dude put food on the table.
And if you just want to remove ads it’s about $20 for a lifetime too.
$99.99 which comes out to about 6 years of paying the yearly fee. I paid $5 for Sync back in 2014 and I got 9 years of free updates and no ads until reddit killed sync.
If you’re planning to use Lemmy for at least six years, the $100 is a steal, especially since I feel we can reasonably expect the same level of quality of life improvements and updates that Sync got with Reddit.
Seeing the Sync for lemmy pricing, I just sent 20 USD to the Lemmy/Jerboa devs for offering all this for free!
I did the opposite. The moment I saw Sync for Lemmy available to download I installed it and immediately purchased Ultra because bless LJ for making the superior app. He deserves getting paid for his work. And it’s not like he requires you to pay for the app. It’s free for everyone, you just get some additional features if you are willing to pay and by doing that you also support the developer. So I decided to support him. I’ve been using Sync for Reddit before and I knew I needed this app for Lemmy. Now I feel home.
It is not free if I pay with my data.
I think the “hot take” that needs to be said here - and surprisingly I have not come across it yet - is that it’s totally fine if you’re willing to pay 20 dollars for the app.
However, please remember that the app itself is not self contained. It relies on the hard work of the Lemmy developers and the instance you use staying online. Please consider sending them some money as well down the line. If you get the app for 20 dollars as a one time payment, maybe some future payments - even if considerably smaller - can go towards the latter.
I’m using Sync free version and $20 seems pretty steep for me. I like it but not sure about that price compared to ad free versions of other apps.
I am already donating to my instance though 😄
Is there a FOSS app that has the *peeking"-feature? (Long pressing a picture to get full size preview) That feature has been an absolute game changer to me.
Don’t let anyone pressure you into trying (or not trying) different apps if you have one you like. Sync happens to be the one that resonated with me the most, but other people won’t feel the same.
Infinity rocks
Trying it out rn. Very promising, very material and such charm
I’m looking for a way to block communities. Does it have that, I only found user blocking option but not community blocking.
Connect has both community and instance blocking.
Yes I was using that before, I really liked connect, but I also want to use foss. So I’m giving infinity a chance.
I was also informed that summit was not foss, I really liked that too.
In fact there’s too much options for apps now, sometimes I experience choice paralysis. Or app hoarding
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I used the rocks to destroy the rocks.
No. Infinity for Reddit is/was a FOSS reddit app.
Now there is Infinity for Lemmy by another developer.
https://codeberg.org/Bazsalanszky/Infinity-For-Lemmy/releases
That’s what I like about foss, people can continue where others left off, unlike proprietary, when the developer stops, the project stops , unless they give away the source code or open it up.
I have Sync and Thunder for now. I love thunder for the Flutter, but sync just works perfectly.
Maybe they’ll catch up someday, but I’m okay paying for software now and then.
Okay, I won’t push you from Sync. But if you have the money to remove its ads, please also consider supporting Lemmy directly or indirectly (Mozilla, among other things, funded the effort to find and patch TootRoot before it became a problem). If you don’t want to just donate, switching to Mozilla VPN will also help.
I tried Sync, but Thunder has stolen my heart. Really happy with it and the development.
Thunder is good, but not there yet for me.
All this buzz and the app isn’t even FOSS!
Otoh, I’m like “finally some good fucking food”
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I’m more concerned about the data collection then the price.
You can support FOSS devs, too.
They are in more need of it.
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Literally zero FOSS apps that are even half as good as Sync.
Eh, Infinity for Lemmy is.
Although it’s in alpha and theirfor there many bugs, but feature wise it might be even better than Sync
I was switching between Voyager, Infinity and Thunder until Sync got released. None of those even come close to the User Experience of Sync. It’s not even the bugs, it’s the interface and the UX.
When there’s a FOSS app as good as sync, sure.
As a former infinity user, “Infinity for Lemmy” was the one I’m waiting for. And now I have it
I’ve tried all the Android reddit apps. Infinity is fine, I just prefer Sync’s UI/UX.
Honestly, there are three right now on Android.
I’m currently using Liftoff more than the others, but every week I’m seeing huge positive changes being made to all of these. Jerboa is an honorable mention, as I don’t think we can log in to that yet.
I like the feel of sync, but the fonts are a little small, and there comments in threads are hard to differentiate compared to the apps above.
Maybe I’m misunderstanding you, but I’ve never had any trouble logging in with Jerboa. It’d be my favorite app but it has framerate issues on my device, so I’m using Thunder.
This is all just subjective opinion but I’ve been using connect for weeks and I bigly prefer Sync
Why make this comment? They didn’t say they weren’t going to.
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Okay, I won’t push you from Sync. But if you have the money to remove its ads, please also consider supporting Lemmy directly or indirectly (Mozilla, among other things, funded the effort to find and patch TootRoot before it became a problem). If you don’t want to just donate, switching to Mozilla VPN will also help.
I’m on Mlem for iOS but it’s still early access, but I still love it
Sync had served me well on reddit. I don’t pay for Sync. Who audits open source apps?
Everybody theoretically. Nobody realistically
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There’s always that one other guy that looks briefly at the code for the small chance to point fingers at some unethical, malicious or dangerous practices.
Who audits niche closed source apps like Sync?
I’m not extolling virtues of an Sync’s code. I also don’t understand why a lot of people automatically think that open source is better “because anyone can look at it”. All I’m saying that to me it’s much of a muchness. I don’t understand code so open or closed it’s not a draw card for me.
No one really, for small projects. But am advantage is if the development turns for the worst then anybody that’s capable can fork it and go on another direction.
I support open sauce btw
I’ve been happy with Liftoff.
I have few to zero complaints with it
Is your community overview morking, for me it always gives an error recently
It really only gives me errors if the server is throwing errors
But it works on jerboa
I can’t type on Jerboa is the thing. And how would Jerboa display something if the server throws an error? That doesn’t make sense to me
I was happy with connect. Then I craved for foss. Now I’m torn between summit, thunder and arctius (formerly fennec)
Btw slide for lemmy just dropped. It still lacks community blocking. But it’s nice, similar to lift off.
Isn’t summit proprietary?
I believe it is foss. But you can verify it if you like.
https://github.com/idunnololz/summit-for-lemmy/blob/main/LICENSE
the page on github only has the icon and the APKs, there is no source code. Perhaps the Apache licence is only applied to the icon? I don’t know… alternativeto.net marks it as proprietary
Ok, so there’s no definitive answer.
But nevertheless, I’ve been tinkering with infinity for lemmy and I think I will choose this as my main app for the moment.
In fact I am replying to you using infinity. I really do enjoy this app after I’ve finished customizing it, the settings took me more than 30 minutes because of the sheer number of combinations I had to try.
But after I finished setting up, it is a joy to use.
What the deuce is FOSS
Free open source software
You better start believing in Foss…🏴☠️🦑🏴☠️ you’re in one
Ah sweet so I’m already covered
Wrong meme format if Sync is the one profiling you and the other apps are FOSS.
The way I see it, it fits very well: the hype surrounding Sync has also really seduced me. But the FOSS apps keep pulling me in a different direction. Just now I was thinking, I’ll just stay with Sync until Boost comes.
Now I am writing this message from Infinity.
Google’s ad service is the thing that’s profiling you. Sync dgaf.
Product is king.
Inertia is also in play.
Sync for Lemmy is built by the same guy that built sync for Reddit. Built using seemingly a lot of the same code.
I bounced between all the open source apps and have started using sync for Lemmy because it’s familiar and it works. It also seems to be much faster than the others, maybe due to more aggressive caching/prefetching? Or that could be a placebo effect.
I was always having weird issues with jebora and the rest of them, and was not a fan of Voyager’s interface.
I might try connect, jebora, etc again a bit later. Might also purchase the one time and remove for sync, might donate to Lemmy instances, etc.
For now I’m just glad to have a familiar interface.
