- LallyLuckFarm ( @LallyLuckFarm@beehaw.org ) 62•11 months ago
Sync is back in its rightful place on my device home screen, only now it points me at Beehaw. Things are looking up.
- jonsnothere ( @jonsnothere@beehaw.org ) 11•11 months ago
Yeah, this feels like coming home. I tried the other options, but none felt as smooth or as customisable as this.
- can ( @can@beehaw.org ) 5•11 months ago
Dreams do come true
- comicallycluttered ( @comicallycluttered@beehaw.org ) 42•11 months ago
I have mixed feelings.
On one hand, it’s nice to have something familiar.
On the other hand, Sync was basically reddit for me, and I’m having something of knee-jerk reaction where I feel like I should be using something “fresh” that doesn’t remind me of my time on reddit.
Like, I don’t actually want Lemmy to feel like a straight up drop-in replacement for reddit. I want it to feel unique.
I like some of the other apps, but none feel “there” yet. Might just stick with the web app for now.
(Also, not open source. I trust the dev, but I just want to be able to install shit from F-Droid or Izzyondroid or whatever instead of relying on the Play Store. I understand the decision and don’t hold it against him at all, but it’s something I’ve always disagreed with.)
- ahal ( @ahal@lemmy.ca ) 21•11 months ago
I used to equate Sync with Reddit too, but now I have a different perspective.
Reddit is nothing but a glorified link aggregator. Sync was my preferred way of viewing said list of links. Now that I have the exact same experience on Lemmy I’ve realized that Sync wasn’t Reddit, it was link aggregation and where those links come from doesn’t really matter.
It’s kind of poetic because that’s the promise of Lemmy. It doesn’t matter where the links are hosted.
- wim ( @wim@lemmy.sdf.org ) 9•11 months ago
Even if you don’t end up using it, if it enables more users to find their way to Lemmy, we all benefit.
I never really clicked with Sync for reddit, and trying it for Lemmy, all the acknowledgements and agreeing with privacy policy really rubs me the wrong way for a Fediverse client. But if it works for others I’m all for it.
- comicallycluttered ( @comicallycluttered@beehaw.org ) 1•11 months ago
Oh, yeah. Definitely agree. I’m really glad that it’s back and I’m happy for the dev and the users who love it, but I think maybe it’s just not for me anymore, despite me using it exclusively for reddit for almost a decade.
Thankfully, we’re getting more and more options as time goes on. And quickly as well. Wasn’t expecting a public release of Sync this soon, so it’s good to see more and more clients coming out.
- foo ( @foo@lemmy.ca ) English7•11 months ago
Use sync but switch up your theme!
- Blizzard ( @Blizzard@lemmy.zip ) English3•11 months ago
No problem, use Liftoff.
- Satiric_Weasel ( @Satiric_Weasel@beehaw.org ) 40•11 months ago
It’s so good to be home T_T
- Kitty_Hampstead ( @Kitty_Hampstead@beehaw.org ) 6•11 months ago
Truly
- Papamousse ( @Frederic@beehaw.org ) 1•11 months ago
Oh yes, I bought it, like I did for RedditSync 10 years ago
- NightOwl ( @NightOwl@lemmy.one ) English26•11 months ago
It’s nice to see sync back but going to wait until they introduce one time payment to remove ads before I start using it. Will stick with browser and Foss options until then.
- andrew ( @andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun ) English17•11 months ago
Heads up he just added that to beta 25 which is now available on the play store.
Or it’s going to be available soon? I’m actually not sure the status as I’ve updated but still only see the two options, but his recent comments indicate he’s added that.
Ah, found it. If you’re not subscribed to ultra there’s a separate “remove ads” option that you pay separately for.
- wagoner ( @wagoner@infosec.pub ) 2•11 months ago
How much is it?
- comicallycluttered ( @comicallycluttered@beehaw.org ) 7•11 months ago
Incredibly fucking expensive in my location. I don’t know if it’s defaulting to the subscription or something, but it’s about 15x cost of my Pro purchase from several years ago.
- can ( @can@beehaw.org ) 3•11 months ago
For ultra or just the ad removal?
- comicallycluttered ( @comicallycluttered@beehaw.org ) 2•11 months ago
When I clicked the “Remove ads” option, so not Ultra. It’s possible they’re linked, which would explain the price.
- ffolkes ( @ffolkes@fanexus.com ) English4•11 months ago
$20 to remove ads, $100 for Ultra.
- comicallycluttered ( @comicallycluttered@beehaw.org ) English2•11 months ago
Yeah. In my location, it’s a bit closer to $25 when taking forex into account.
- andrew ( @andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun ) English2•11 months ago
For me it’s $20.
- Altima NEO ( @altima_neo@lemmy.zip ) English2•11 months ago
$20 to remove the ads
$99 for lifetime “ultra” which removes ads, comes with cloud storage for settings I guess? And all sorts of other bells and whistles that rely on cloud services to work.
Seems decent to me, considering the subscription for a year is $20, if you need those things.
But removing ads for $20 is all I need.
- fox ( @fox@beehaw.org ) English14•11 months ago
The one time IAP is now live $19.99 plus tax
The amount of time I’d spend in Sync for Reddit daily, this was a no brain purchase for me.
- Papamousse ( @Frederic@beehaw.org ) English1•11 months ago
same, nice to see this meme 😎
- zonk ( @zonk@kbin.social ) 7•11 months ago
Speaking of which, is/will there be a way of transferring your sync for reddit payment over to the lemmy app? I bought it like half a year ago. Understandable if I have to re-buy it, but figured asking won’t hurt.
- redcalcium ( @redcalcium@lemmy.institute ) 7•11 months ago
Nope, never heard any plan to support transferring purchase on sync community.
- Seathru ( @Seathru@beehaw.org ) 1•11 months ago
When I just installed it, the second or third option that came up was “Restore purchases: Restore your previous in-app purchases made in Sync”.
This is my first time using sync so I don’t have anything to test it with.
- comicallycluttered ( @comicallycluttered@beehaw.org ) 8•11 months ago
That’s most likely for reinstallation. Doesn’t apply to previous reddit versions (I was a Sync Pro user and just tested this to see, even though I knew purchases wouldn’t be carried over.)
- Pixel ( @pixel@beehaw.org ) 16•11 months ago
I have never been happier to download an app in my life. Connect was great for the time but the polish and ux of sync is unmatched
- DarkThoughts ( @DarkThoughts@kbin.social ) 13•11 months ago
Unsurprisingly the same issues as the Reddit app. The fonts are all over the place, the layout is kinda weird and the thumbnails are tiny.
- jetsetdorito ( @jetsetdorito@lemm.ee ) 14•11 months ago
I really didn’t like sync before, but gave it another try and really customized the UI and like it a lot now. The default font is so tiny
- DarkThoughts ( @DarkThoughts@kbin.social ) 18•11 months ago
I still don’t like it, doesn’t look like there’s any new options either. Luckily I just found out that someone forked Infinity over, which was my second favorite Reddit app, and it is FOSS.
https://codeberg.org/Bazsalanszky/Infinity-For-Lemmy/releases
- Limeaide ( @Limeaide@beehaw.org ) English3•11 months ago
I wasn’t aware of this! Thanks for putting this on my radar
- kosmoz ( @kosmoz@beehaw.org ) 3•11 months ago
This is amazing news. Thank you for letting us know!
- ijeff ( @ijeff@lemdro.id ) 2•11 months ago
The project’s official community is also here: !infinityforlemmy@lemdro.id.
- sarsaparilyptus ( @sarsaparilyptus@beehaw.org ) 1•11 months ago
Too bad Infinity has that weird fixation on not marking posts as read persistently, it would be great if not for that.
- DarkThoughts ( @DarkThoughts@kbin.social ) 1•11 months ago
Feel free to contribute.
- sarsaparilyptus ( @sarsaparilyptus@beehaw.org ) 1•11 months ago
It was like that because of a deliberate design choice that enjoyed widespread support
- DarkThoughts ( @DarkThoughts@kbin.social ) 1•11 months ago
What design choice exactly? You can always fork it if you want to.
Edit: I just tried and the hidden posts all seem to stay hidden even after restarting the app. What exactly are you missing / is your problem?
- sarsaparilyptus ( @sarsaparilyptus@beehaw.org ) 1•11 months ago
Infinity was originally a Reddit app that has been forked. This came up more than once:
“This is intended”.
Maybe that’s different now, but normal people don’t pay attention to feature upgrades on open source projects that they don’t use, and the fact that this was intended behavior led me to believe there was no particular reason it would ever change, especially since it still hadn’t when I last used the app some time after the dev commented in the second screenshot.
- mitch ( @msprout@beehaw.org ) 2•11 months ago
Yeah once I tweaked list view to use large fonts, I was much happier. I don’t really have any major issues with it yet, except that I can’t assign a shortcut to go to the comments from a gesture. It’s just a habit from a previous Reddit app that’s tough to break.
- can ( @can@beehaw.org ) 2•11 months ago
Sync is so customizable. If you are willing to go through all the settings it’s worth it.
- silentdon ( @silentdon@beehaw.org ) 12•11 months ago
I’m not sure if this was how it worked for reddit but it makes you set it up when first opening, then again when adding an account, then again for each new account. There don’t seem to be any global settings so you have to manually copy settings for each account. This makes it kind of a pain to set up how I want.
- comicallycluttered ( @comicallycluttered@beehaw.org ) 19•11 months ago
Yeah, it was the same with reddit. Common complaint.
Quickest way to deal with this is Settings > Backup > Backup now. Log out/sign in into new account, Settings > Backup > Restore from backup.
Since all the backup does is save local user settings, it won’t affect any accounts or anything like that.
- silentdon ( @silentdon@beehaw.org ) 2•11 months ago
I haven’t used sync in years so I didn’t know this is how it always was
- Itsamelemmy ( @Itsamelemmy@lemmy.zip ) English1•11 months ago
That can actually be a good thing. In reddit, I’d set the accounts up slightly different so I knew what account I was logged into. Basically, my main was amoled and alt account was dark gray. Easy way to distinguish what account you’re using.
- silentdon ( @silentdon@beehaw.org ) English1•11 months ago
I get you and I actually agree. But I think it might be easier to have option somewhere that applies current settings to other accounts.
- Reil ( @Reil@beehaw.org ) 10•11 months ago
Ooh, nice. I hope this means Boost for Lemmy’s release isn’t that far behind!
- overlordror ( @overlordror@beehaw.org ) 4•11 months ago
This is the one I’m excited about. I switched from Sync to Boost and never went back as a redditor.
- J_C___ ( @J_C___@lemmy.place ) 8•11 months ago
This is so huge
Submitting new posts seems to be “coming soon”. No issues commenting. I just dropped into chrome to submit, I’m sure he will button it up soon
- mitch ( @msprout@beehaw.org ) 5•11 months ago
I’ve already gotten an update to the app since I installed it this morning. A promising development pace. I paid for the year license cus you gotta spread the love on the Fedi.
- VieuxQueb ( @VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca ) 3•11 months ago
Using it since this morning, works great, has the hide read post I so wanted. Very intuitive UI and all. But I had not realized it yet, as I seldom post myself, that it was not done. It feels complete and yet it’s missing one very important part for the community to keep growing lol.
- can ( @can@beehaw.org ) 2•11 months ago
There’s a lot to it if you want to do it right. I’m hopeful for crossposting like the webui
- kratoz29 ( @kratoz29@lemmy.fmhy.net ) 6•11 months ago
It feels like if I was on that other site.
- Rudith ( @Rudith@beehaw.org ) 5•11 months ago
Do any of the apps work with kbin yet? I couldn’t get sync to. 😕
- Zana ( @Zana@startrek.website ) 12•11 months ago
There isn’t an API for it to connect to yet.
- 00 ( @00@kbin.social ) 3•11 months ago
Not yet. Artemis is seems to be in closed beta for now (?).
- hariette ( @hariette@artemis.camp ) 4•11 months ago
Just a few more days for public beta!
But hopefully/kbin gets more app options overall. Especially with more features than lemmy, like following domains and profiles🤞
- can ( @can@beehaw.org ) 2•11 months ago
Love the app so far!
- hariette ( @hariette@artemis.camp ) 3•11 months ago
Yayy!! And Artemis is just getting warmed up 😜
- slaytswiftfan ( @gaytswiftfan@beehaw.org ) 5•11 months ago
Yay!!! It looks like I have to rebuy pro but I’m ok with that
Same. Fastest app purchase I’ve ever made
- slaytswiftfan ( @gaytswiftfan@beehaw.org ) 3•11 months ago
it’s just so worth it lol — I’m not a big app person but Sync has consistently offered such a wonderful polished experience (far far outshining most other sites native apps)
- Pistcow ( @Pistcow@lemm.ee ) 5•11 months ago
I’m back baby!
- pimeys ( @pimeys@lemmy.nauk.io ) 4•11 months ago
So… Admob tracking it is… This, or using voyager and having no tracking.
- comicallycluttered ( @comicallycluttered@beehaw.org ) 4•11 months ago
Adguard Private DNS. The public servers are free and will do wonders for your general experience on Android. Admob is included in the blocklist, as far as I can tell.