• @[email protected]
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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.

    • @[email protected]
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      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.

    • @[email protected]
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      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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        There are no weird quirks

        There are definitely weird quirks, I’ve only had it installed for 10 minutes and have already found this one when comments are sorted by top.

        https://i.imgur.com/dqMJS2a.png

        It appears if a reply is voted higher than it’s parent comment then it will appear above it instead of under it. Quite annoying. Hopefully it gets worked out soon.

        Sync has by far the highest customization which I love, and will happily pay the $20 for the ad-free version when the kinks are worked out. Although, Jerboa is a close second, and if they put in a default comment sorting option, I might just stick with it as it’s FOSS.

    • Altima NEO
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      Yeah I assumed the ad tracking was mostly Google’s own doing, or whatever ad provider that hes using for injected ads.

    • RBG
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      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.

      • @[email protected]
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        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.

        • RBG
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          That sounds better then, thanks for clearing that up.

    • fmstrat
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      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.

    • @[email protected]
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      You do you, but for me personally, the only honest software in existence is software willing to disclose it’s source code.

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    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

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      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.

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        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.

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            Yeah, he didnt have that option when I first installed it. Went ahead and grabbed that.

            • bazovanyi
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              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

              • Altima NEO
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                There’s the remove ads option, which is not a subscription to anything. It’s $20.

    • @[email protected]
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      Same here. The latest update has the “remove ads” option added for a one time 12.99 fee.

    • @[email protected]
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      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

  • @[email protected]
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    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.

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      152 years ago

      Remind me of that meme where the person is complaining about the thing, gets the thing and then has the frowny face.

    • @[email protected]
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      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.

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        Many of us were sync users who came over because of the api changes. Don’t care about tracking.

      • @[email protected]
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        One time payment is there. Someone confirmed that there is no connection to Google after paying the one time payment.

  • @[email protected]
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    Sync is a perfectly fine app for me. I tried all other apps and nowhere near to sync. I don’t even have ads on the free version as I am using dns ad blocker. The moment one time payment for removing ads is out(it is coming), I will buy it. Or I will donate to dev in some other way as I am not a fan of subscriptions.

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      I do not have ads either…but no idea why I do not have an ad blocker, they just appear.empty for some reason.

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        Yeah they are empty on my phone too, and I’ve never used any DNS-adblocking on my home network. I suspect it might be because whatever ad system Sync uses currently just doesn’t have any ads for my country, but I don’t actually know.

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          It’s the same in the US (for me at least) also, either it’s not working just yet, or it’s just a placeholder for now, you never know with pre-release apps.

    • @[email protected]
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      I’ve tried different reddit third party apps for months at a time, and I’ve got to say, Sync is probably the best app I have used in terms of designs and fluidity.

  • Captain Beyond
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    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.

  • maaj
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    5-6 different open source and ad free options, with no trackers whatsoever, and some of y’all are fawning over…you know what? To each their own. At least y’all are here and not on reddit 😁

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      what’s the point of judging? Sync is the only app so far that has full, thoughtful support for foldable phones and the dev genuinely has been putting in a lot of work into it. I bought the No Ads IAP and I’m perfectly happy with it, but there are so many good options now for those that want something completely free.

      • @[email protected]
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        Because the open source community has been full of a bunch of people who built whole personalities on shitting on anything not FOSS. And even though they now have an opportunity to bring a lot more people into the community than before they’d rather play these stupid arrogant superiority games instead of just letting people enjoy things how they want to enjoy them.

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          Smugposting would be me calling sync people “Lemmy J. Fry”

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          Cause FOSS people are worse than vegans. It’s like Linux users but infinitely worse.

          FOSS ≠ better or good. Most of the FOSS Lemmy apps are usability nightmares right now. The only reason I was using jerboa for so long is because sync wasn’t out yet

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            FOSS apps often suffer from mediocre UX/UI since the expected audience are power users, but it alienates users that aren’t. They’re functional for those who need it, yes, but is the GUI high quality? More often than not, they aren’t.

            I’m not saying FOSS can’t have bad UI, like Blender for example, but those are the exception, not the rule.

            For me, Connect and Thunder are getting there, but they don’t have the same level of quality and finesse as Sync. Though to be fair, Sync has a decade of work put into it.

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        Pretty sure I said “to each their own”.

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      • I’m just used to it, and no other client accommodates my workflow (liftoff is very close but has some annoying issues, quirks and differences),
      • It’s quality software with great design and a lot of customization options.
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        I totally get the familiarity aspect, I think I just enjoy tinkering around and the feeling of learning how something new works. Either way, glad to have y’all here and not there 🙂

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      do you really have a hard time understanding how different people have different preferences and how familiarity works or do you just like being smug?

      as for “trackers” and ads you will find that unless they are intrusive about 99% of the population doesn’t give a fuck, even on a fairly niche site like lemmy the majority won’t give a fuck.

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    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.

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      I used sync for reddit for years, I had no ads in the free version and the pro version. I’ve tried a half dozen apps for Lemmy since my Reddexit. Sync for Lemmy is far and away the best. I really missed its design. I was happy to toss $20 to you for no ads on Sync for Lemmy. Thanks for all the hard work.

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      Nice, I have family in Nottinghamshire.

      Also, is your .ml or .world your main instance? The .world seems to have the biggest audience

  • @[email protected]
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    How about instead we respect everyone’s decisions and preferences? Free as in freedom, is that not what the Open Source community is about?

    • @[email protected]
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      That’s how I’ve always read this meme format. It literally says the non-preferred option is still brilliant.

    • @[email protected]
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      Sure, but when people are excited about something, they’re going to trash-talk. It’s healthy to have the freedom of debate these choices.

    • @[email protected]
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      Anyone can choose to install whatever software they choose on their device, but the “free” in free software specifically refers to the freedom to read and modify the source code.

      Under the philosophy of the FOSS movement, all proprietary software are by definition unethical.

      Since Lemmy and the larger fediverse is the choice for many free software advocates, it’s natural that you see this kind of backlash when fundamentally unethical software to interact with it is released.

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    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 @[email protected] 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.

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      It is very much in alpha stage now,but usable for me.

      I also face the same issue with play store, I ended up using Aurora store(fdroid) to download the app.