this post was submitted on 02 Aug 2023
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Sync for Lemmy

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Welcome to Sync for Lemmy!

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Please note this is just a beta and there are going to be bugs, but it works and it works nicely. Have fun.

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[โ€“] Futurama@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I've never spent $100 on a program before, but I've got a lifetime ultra membership now. Excited to see this app for lemmy!

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[โ€“] swirle13@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Biggest improvement for me is toggling Settings shortcut: View type > Right aligned voting

Gonna try to see if I can use backup/restore layout from my old sync ๐Ÿค”

Would it be possible to utilize the cloud backup/restore feature for previous Ultra users to bring all their settings back? At least for any similar rules?

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[โ€“] _sideffect@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (17 children)

Everyone is free to do what they want, but with the bugs this has, and the ads it contains, and the high lifetime price, it's a hard pass for me

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[โ€“] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Testing a link

Brilliant - I love that we can see where a text link actually points. It's one of the things I've liked least about Lemmy apps so far, sometimes you're potentially clicking blind.

Oh, and we still have the choice between inline and expanded, fantastic! Settings shortcut: Link handling > Expanded comment links

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[โ€“] zodlmee@lemm.ee 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

Just bought the remove ads version. It is very thrilling to be back to Sync! I'm so used to this look and interface after eleven years with Reddit Sync. Lemmy becomes immediately more familiar and friendly to my eyes. I enjoy Jerboa just fine but I guess I am just an old guy set in my ways and this is how my favorite mobile scrolling app should look and behave. Seems great for a beta and I look forward to further developments!

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[โ€“] isdfoa@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

As a first release this is so much more fully featured than anything I expected!! So impressive thanks @ljdawson@lemmy.world.

[โ€“] asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is fantastic, but I'm not going to sign up for a subscription. I would love to support development and get an ad free version like Pro let me. Will this be coming in the future?

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[โ€“] bonecows@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

My lemmy experience is exponentially better now, great work! thank you!

[โ€“] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hi, I have one question - on removing ads, are the ads trackers removed? Or will the app just not show us ads but still allow the trackers in, letting the ad tracker owners keep tabs on our browsing and serve us ads in places other than Sync for Lemmy?

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[โ€“] zpm@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

Didn't realize how much I missed the slide to upvote. This is great. I know the whole subscription thing but whatever, I don't want ads and it's a tiny yearly payment. I'm in for the year and let everything work itself out.

Feels great.

[โ€“] Yeeah@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Thank you thank you thank you

[โ€“] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I feel like LJ should seriously reconsider switching the colours on the logo and up- and downvotes in accordance with Lemmy's layout

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[โ€“] Saltefanden@feddit.dk 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A world of difference. What a good day today!

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[โ€“] TheHighRoad@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I haven't seen any ads? Am I missing something?

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[โ€“] Eww@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago

This is sooooo nice! Really appreciate all the hard work.

[โ€“] elfahbeht@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

If there was any chance for me to go back to reddit, it's definitely gone now. Awesome app so far!

[โ€“] kaspavicius@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

This must be the most upvoted post on Lemmy

[โ€“] red@sopuli.xyz 14 points 1 year ago

Was about to complain that I was hoping for remove ads version instead of premium sub shenanigans, and ljdawson had already pushed an update.

Take my money ๐Ÿค‘๐Ÿ’ฐ

[โ€“] joedinkle@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Feels like home.

[โ€“] odbol@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So exciting! For some reason it says "Coming soon" on my Galaxy Fold tho sync for Lemmy Google Play store page. says coming soon button on register. automatic install is checked

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[โ€“] Imhotep@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If you pay for Sync, IMO you should give to the instance which hosts your lemmy account as well as to the Lemmy dev(s) (yes Dessalines is a tankie, but you should separate the artist from the person)

I would love to pay for Sync, alas I don't have Google services on my phone. I know this day will never come, but a non Google pro version would be great (some pro versions I bought without Google play: Folder sync pro, Tasker, Fairemail, KWGT, Poweramp, xprivacy...)

The app is really great

[โ€“] aircooledJenkins@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Some things never change ๐Ÿ˜‚ (I know this is not sync's problem).

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[โ€“] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

This is my first action on the app.

I'm already impressed after having logged in and scrolled 2x screens doomscoll style, how the repeating threads aren't coming up.

I'm sold.

Going to wait just a bit longer before signing up for premium, but that will probably happen before next week.

[โ€“] biscuit@lemdro.id 12 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Great news.

However, I've become partial to having separate accounts across various instances. Sync enforces having separate settings for each account. I can see this becoming pretty annoying. Does anyone else feel this way?

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[โ€“] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I love it. Can't wait to remove ads (because it seems IAP is not here yet?)

[โ€“] Toribor@corndog.social 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yeah I'm not very interested in a subscription service but I'd happily pay a larger fee upfront to remove ads forever with no extra features. I can handle settings backup/sync myself.

Edit: It's here! Instant purchase. :D

[โ€“] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

I love LJ's work and will happily remove ads from Sync when possible (even though my adblocker hides them anyway). I'm not very fond of buying Ultra, as I hate paying for something I won't use. Ironically I would rather make a recurring donation via Liberapay and get nothing out of it than pay for some functionality and feel uneasy about never using it, lol. I already support my home instance on Liberapay

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[โ€“] ikt@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Alright, feels like home again!

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