I have no idea why so many people are upset about Sync. There are so many FOSS alternatives. Just... don't use it? It literally doesn't impact you at all.
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Voyager is basically as feature rich as sync and only continues to get better. That said I love sync. And its like being in a warm blanket again. I also don't mind supporting the developer with a one time payment to remove ads. The subscription doesn't bother me because he offers a fair alternative imo.
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I'm not upset in any way about Sync. It seems like a quality app with a different business model.
What I'm actually upset about is people claiming open source apps are shitty and only Sync is possible to provide a good experience. That's just pure bs
This seems like a bit of a strawman argument. I haven't seen anyone say that explicitly—if they have, it certainly isn't common. I have seen people say they're willing to pay for a "higher quality app," and I can see how you could interpret the implication there being that FOSS apps are shitty in comparison. For me, though, I don't interpret it the same way, and I'd assume positive intent. Some people like Sync better than the other apps and are willing to pay for it. That's it, really.
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I’ve been living under a rock, what’s the deal with sync?
Sync for Reddit was a popular app.
After the whole API thing the dev started developing sync for Lemmy.
The open beta was just released.
The free version includes ads.
You can remove ads with a subscription, or with a one time payment of $20.
The Reddit ad free version was like $5, so the price increase pissed some people off.
Also the FOSS or die people got pissed off.
There are many great Lemmy apps, I say just use whatever works best for you.
20$ seems pretty fair to me.
I bought sync for reddit over 10 years ago and used it daily. I had no issue what so ever paying. The app itself is nothing short of top notch quality and you can tell LJ is passionate about his work. He's continously updating the app and making improvements. Hell, you can spend more at a fast food joint vs the single one time payment option.
The Sync for Reddit Dev has released an app for lemmy. People are salty because it's way better than any of the foss apps that are currently out.
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Sync for Reddit was a popular-ish third-party Reddit app. The dev has been working on building a version of it for Lemmy, and the surrounding community has been pretty excited for it. Recently, Sync for Lemmy was released, and there's been a lot of fanfare, conversation, etc. In my opinion, it's the most polished Lemmy client by far. Some people are annoyed that the premium features cost significantly more than they did in Sync for Reddit. The dev said it's to offset the smaller user base, which seems reasonable to me, but it's spurred a lot of arguments about the paid model.
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Honestly I've seen at least 10 times as much content from people mad about the people mad about sync as I have from people mad about sync.
Yeah that's my take. If you like what you have, just keep using it lol.
I switched to Sync is because it seems to play nicer with my foldable phone than Voyager or Jerboa, but otherwise they're all pretty much just as solid as each other imo
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What are you goofballs fighting about? Your fav lemmy app? Just scroll in peace
Most of this community came from reddit. This is only as stupid as if the upvote arrow is red or orange.
The dress was black and blue either way.
You shut your dirty whore mouth!
It's only stupid because it's clearly orange
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I cant wait for round 2 when Boost launches
Has he said he's making an app for it?
It's up for pre-registration on Google Play, and it has a community floating around somewhere. Not quite ready yet, but last I heard he's getting close.
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I love boost! Can't wait!
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Here I am still using Jerboa
Also Liftoff!
Where's Infinity?
I AM A WEFWEF/VOYAGER PERSON NEVER FORGET WHAT THEY TOOK FROM US (uses iPhone ui on android)
Do y'all know your phone has a browser?
It does. But I still use my mail app instead of going to gmail.com, I use my Spotify app instead of going to Spotify.com, I use the YouTube app, etc.
Sometimes a specialized app is just better. For me that's definitely the case w sync.
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I bet half the people pretending Sync to be some malicious spyware have set Chrome as their default browser
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Is there a stable FOSS app? I always favor that variety when available.
I’ve had zero issues with Memmy. Maybe one crash in the couple weeks I’ve had it
Another Memmy fan. No issues at all. Memmy on IOS, Voyager on desktop..
I’ve been using Memmy for weeks and it’s been fantastic. I was Apollo before, for comparison.
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What about Lemmios, Avelon and Bean…
You don't have to pick sides.
Liftoff is the only app that does swipe anywhere to go back so it’s the only real usable alternative so far
I tried Thunder yesterday and it also has that feature.
So does Memmy, does it not?
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Infinity for lemmy does that too
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