1y ago

Sync for Lemmy signup is now open

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As mentioned before I'm aiming to have something ready in the next 6 weeks ish.

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Heading to bed but 3142 signups in 7 hours, LFG!
- LFG!
  I was wondering why you are "Looking For Group" 😄
  Seems like that also goes for "Let's F****ng Go"
- Brilliant, my friend. Thank you for your hard work.
  I'm going to throw this link here for you to check out. It's a table comparing Mastodon apps which already has a big ecosystem on the Fediverse. Maybe you can find some inspiration. :)
- Make that 3143 :)
  
  Make that 3144!!
- Hey! Late to the game, but I'm hoping to sign up too. Is it full? I entered my email and the screen doesn't do anything after i press "continue"?
  Anyways, nice to see you here!
  
  I don't think it does anything. It's just taking emails so when it does release, you'll be notified.
  
  It doesn't work on Firefox...
  https://c.calciumlabs.com/comment/105824
- hey man you deserve it
- Ready for the pro version ❤️

Somebody pls find spez's mail and use it to subscribe 🤣

I genuinly think a good client can skyrocket the number of users. Even if users can just signup and browse all-active
- Try Liftoff until Sync is ready - it's much smoother than Jerboa.
  Just be mindful of the default 'All' view is literally all of the lemmyverse - via that view you can't interact with instances that you aren't logged on in.
  Instead change it to be 'All@lemmy.world' to use it as normal.
  
  Thunder is likely the closest to sync
  
  Honestly I have mixed results and opinions with both Jerboa and Liftoff... Liftoff, for example, wouldn't even load a GIF that I posted when Jerboa would.
  They currently also both randomly crash on me but I think that's most likely related to lemmy.world not being on version 0.18+ yet.

My wallet is already waiting eagerly for a pro version.
In the meantime I can highly recommend Connect for Lemmy. Also a highly motivated dev with an awesome app.
It's really fun to try out all these different apps.
- Thank you for this.
  I just installed Connect. Soooo much better than Jerboa and the mobile browser. Actually a much closer experience to Sync than I would have thought.
  And I am already contributing so much more cause the experience is that much better. Hearty recommendation guys
  Sync is really gonna be a game changer in interaction.
- +1 for connect. Very easy to set up and looks great.
- I just switched from connect to Liftoff. I am liking Liftoff better. Looks nice and I like that comments collapse with one tap, and up/down vote arrows and the reply button are all shown in the comments as a default (rather than having to tap or swipe to see the arrows).
  Liftoff also has better formatting options. Here are a few screenshots:
  
  Switched from Connect to Liftoff last week too. Kinda makes sense why it's a little bit ahead of the curve given that it's a fork of Lemmur.
  
  I switched from Jerboa to Liftoff after every singe update they introduce breaks something new and they don't fix existing issues. My current biggest issues with Liftoff is the very un-smooth scrolling, that hard-coded bright blue, and that you can change font size for headers and sub-headers, but not general text. I'd like it to be 1-2 notches larger, on a phone with large display it's getting a bit small.
  
  Can't seem to log in with Liftoff.. it keeps saying that my instance (lemm.ee) can not be found.
- Yep, am enjoying Connect while I wait for Sync.
- I'm trying Connect for Lemmy and it looks very good
- The swipe gestures can be improved, but Connect is pretty good for an app this early in development.
- Connect is the best Lemmy app out right now. Great features, look, behavior, and the dev is very quick with responses and updates.
- agreed, this is great. Updates keep flowing. A visual separator between posts in amoled mode would be nice but its excellent. Devs should start charging for these already. At least in the settings you can 'buymeacoffee' for connect.

I'm switching to Lemmy because Sync is making the switch
- Same. Getting that confirmation a little while made me decide to try lemmy out at all
- Yeah I'm new here and all, but definitely curious to see what Sync does for it.

I've paid for Sync (I forget how many) years ago and have loved it since. I'm so happy you all are switching over and building a app for Lemmy.
Thanks for all you do!
- When people see the apps being released for another platform. Ppl will use the platform because of the app.

Can't wait. I'm basically off reddit now cause your app doesn't work anymore. Happily will download when this comes out.

Nothing happens when i press the 'Subscribe' button after writing in my e-mail address. Might be on my side the problem is. Have tried on 2 web browsers.
- For me it says "Thanks for subscribing"
  
  Ok. Gonna try to do that on my phone now.
  EDIT: Got it sorted with a web browser on my smartphone.
- Seems to be broken on FF (nightly, both desktop and Android). Worked on Chromium
  
  I had no issue with Firefox stable (114.0.2) on desktop (Windows) after temporarily disabling uBlock Origin from blocking GTM on the page.

I just want to mention that your signup submission endpoint syncapps.us14.list-manage.com is being blocked by Firefox's enhanced tracking protection. If anyone having trouble with signup, try temporarily disabling adblocker or tracking protection.

Boost4Lemmy already put a placeholder into Google Play store so people can get notified when a first build drops.
Doing the same with Sync4Lemmy would be a good idea...
- And some kind of placeholder/notification for anyone who opens the now defunct apps
- I saw this and thought the same too. It'll help promote to other users not following all the drama.

Hell yeah! Sync is the reason I joined the fediverse when I heard you're making an app. Been a loyal user of your reddit apps since the beginning, there is no comparison it was the best! Can't wait to see how this project matures. So far, seems to be much better than other social platforms simply because it's decentralized and all the benefits that brings. Things are looking promising and I, for one, don't miss reddit at all!

I'm curious how many signups you already got. Your app will skyrocket to the top in seconds once released.
- 7k
  
  7,001 now that I've seen the sign up.
- Well I can't register my email any more so I think it must have been a lot.

I'll go wherever Sync goes. It was my favorite mobile client for any social app, regardless of the platform. Lemmy it is!
Anecdotally, I haven't logged in to Reddit in more than a month now. It's refreshing!
- This. Sync was so nice to use that I find myself trying to use all the swipe actions sync had in all of the not so good lemmy apps currently available. None of them are as polished as sync was (and hopefully the lemmy version will be).
  
  I settled on Thunder for now, but it's still falling a bit short. Some of the navigation is a bit broken IMHO - e.g. opening an external link and coming back keeps bringing me back out of the post back to the frontpage. But it's the least annoying I could find. Tried Jerboa, Connect and another one before this one. Really happy to see Sync coming to Lemmy though!

As so many others have said, their app of choice WAS Reddit, and Sync was Reddit for me. There's some good Lemmy apps out there, but my muscle memory misses Sync!
- Care to recommend some of the best lemmy apps, according to your experience? So far my favorites are liftoff and connect. Until sync comes out, that is! 😄
  
  Just got Connect.
  It has been very close to Sync.

I never used a third party app but I'll give this a spin lol.
- Sync for Reddit was top notch. The official client felt like a joke app after using Sync. Hopefully the Lemmy version will be the same.
- Do you even know why we are using #lemmy and #kbin if you have never used a third-party app?
  e: My fault. I thought most people would have migrated already during the blackout. But people kept up hope. Anyway everyone is welcome
  
  You don't have to use the third party apps to know what reddit is doing is fucked up. I never used a third party app, nor did I use a moderation bot. Not to mention people could never have used Reddit before and still use lemmy
  
  A lot of people learned about third party apps from the protests, and knowing how shitty a thing Reddit was doing decided to stand in solidarity and quit Reddit with us.
  So please, no need to sound so condescending, it's pretty obvious what's happened here and they clearly do know. Otherwise they wouldn't be here.
  
  That's really shitty man, lots of people use Reddit primarily on browser but nowhere does that suggest those users don't know what the fuck is going on...
  
  Isn't the fediverse enough in itself to warrant a switch to kbin or Lemmy?
  Although, I do admit that Reddit's shitty handling of the community and third-party apps pushed me over the edge.
  
  Are you seriously fucking trying to gatekeep the fediverse? JFC get a life fam.

Signed up for Lemmy just because you're developing an app for it @ljdawson. Can't wait.
- "Sync" was the first search term I used in the fediverse!
  We all believe in you, u/ljdawson!
- Same - got the notification from the app and started checking things out - account created a few minutes later :)

Nice

Can't wait to buy a lifetime license!

Sync pro user here, I was so bummed hearing it was shutting down. Can't wait for Sync for Lemmy!

Nice, subscribed already!

I was a paid user since the early days. I think Sync has been very generous with its pricing and extra features and would like to see it continue. Wish you the best of luck!

For those having issues getting the email form to:
Show up at all

Submit once/if it is showing up

Disable your ad and tracker blockers for syncapps.io.
iFor me, AdGuard was blocking the form from showing up at all. Then, in Firefox, dev tools showed that the tracker tool was stopping the form from submitting. Once I disabled both things for the site, I was (hopefully) able to get it submitted. I got the "Thanks for signing up" notification on the site, anyway. I'm not sure if I was supposed to receive a confirmation email, so I'm just hopeful it worked.

Death to Reddit sync! All hail lemmy sync!

Day one buy for me. Subscribed!

Can't tell you how excited I am for this!
Been a devoted sync user since 2012
- Ditto!

Yaaasssss! This is fantastic news! I will definitely pay again for a Sync Lemmy app!

Nice. Second (whatever we call subs/channels in lemmy) signed up for.
Going to go straight for max pro bleeding edge beta demo for life version, rather than wait as long as I did with Sync.
Looking forward to pop-out subscription nav, floating action buttons, and ultra compact style options, and whatever other QOL improvements you have planned @ljdawson@lemmy.world
- This is the way. The most used app on your phone is worth a dollarbuck or two.

A new cahpter starts ready to contribute with and buy pro

Signed up!

This is android only, correct?
- Yep as the original client for Reddit did.
- Ooh that’s a bummer if that’s the case. Might be why I’ve never heard of Sync

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu0cE9RgK5M

Long live Sync! Best damn app I've ever purchased. Big thanks LJ.

This is exciting! I love how a push can spark innovation like this!

As someone who loved Sync for Reddit, I can't wait for the release of the app.

Absolutely buying the pro version the second it's available, Sync WAS reddit for me for the last 11 years.

How do I register?
- There's supposed to be a email entry field and subscribe button below the text paragraph, maybe try a different browser or internet connection?
- Try turn off any adblocker you have, someone else was saying ublock was hiding it.

Please hurry, jeroba is weird and breaks a lot.
Thanks, love you
- I'm using Connect, and it's really good. Not Sync good, but still.
  
  Same, so seeing this announcement really wet my whistle. > Sync for Lemmy signup is now open

What a trip! I was originally sad because I just uninstalled Sync for Reddit today only to join Lemmy and find out my favorite client is coming to Lemmy! Thanks so much!

Done! Cannot wait!

Does the 6-week countdown start now or when it was first announced? lol
- It's not so much of a count down as a rough guess... Which means you could take it to mean 6 weeks from either :)

Ummm. I'm a bit disappointed. The site doesn't work on Firefox mobile.
- I'm just hijacking this top comment to declare I've finally decided what I'm doing with my Reddit account. Instead of deleting it or overwriting it with junk, I'm going to change my password, and post my account credentials around the place on Reddit so some spambot can use my high karma account for whatever the fuck.
  If anyone else wants to join in I think it will be very hard for the site admins to squash such activity and actively turn the site to shit.
  I also mod a few tiny communities so good fucking luck.
  
  Sell your acc to some troll
  
  Sell it. Get some bucks and buy a gift for you kids or significant other.
- Mmh, worked on mine. I have Firefox Nightly, though.
- It's the Enhanced Tracking Protection that is blocking access to the endpoint!
  Check this comment!

Test reply from Sync for Lemmy
- Test reply sent from Sync for Lemmy!

Can't wait to see everyone on Lemmy with a better UI!

Awesome stuff, looking forward to it.

Let's see where this goes. Most communities I switched over from Reddit to Lemmy are quite small at the moment, but with nice apps I imagine it will only grow.

Any chance you'd allow different billing than Google Play? I don't have Google Play Services and that's the reason I had to switch from Sync for Reddit.
- You can also use a google play gift card.
  
  I can't, the app itself uses Google Play Services to check whether it has been purchased. And I simply don't have those on my phone so even if I paid, the app thinks I didn't.

Buying pro as soon as possible.

If I had Sync Pro, will there be a Sync For Lemmy Pro too? Happy to pay for it again if needed, but is there a plan for this?
- Dude, please forget everything what was in this post previously.
  I thought (and don't ask why, but I really thought I read it though), you were asking for a free license since you already paid for reddit sync.
  Didn't sleep much tonight, if that makes any sense to you.
  
  Heh, I get that. Go take a nap, friend.
  
  Reread the comment you replied to...
  
  Good night.

I used Sync for Reddit all the time, happy to see you here.
I hope every third party Reddit developer follow your example.

just signed up, yesss!!!!

Nothing seems to happen when I hit Subscribe...
Also, as a long time Sync Pro user - really looking forward to this, thanks!

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