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Boost for Lemmy is happening!

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This is what finally made me create a Lemmy account.
- Seriously, same here. Can't wait for this to release.
- Same! Let's goooooo!

Great news. I'm probably more likely to use Sync, but seeing not one but two well regarded Android Reddit apps migrate to Lemmy is just bloody awesome.
- Really missing Relay :(
  
  The developer has just announced that Relay will continue to function and will switch to a subscription model, so there probably won't be a Relay for Lemmy, unfortunately :(
  
  I'm not missing Relay's trackers in the paid app.
  
  Thunder feels pretty close. Turn on compact mode + thumbnails on the right and it's visually almost identical to how I had Relay set up. It even has the short swipe to upvote, long swipe to downvote actions.
  https://github.com/hjiangsu/thunder
  
  Relay is my top preference.
  
  Me too.
  
  Relay was the best. There were so many great simple features that a surprising number of Lemmy apps are missing
  
  I hope Relay for Lemmy becomes a thing. My fav for years.
- Three* Don't forget Slide.
  
  Great news, Slide is my favorite FOSS client from F-Droid
- Thank you for this great news!
- Is Sync migrating too?
  
  Yes, it's going to be called Sync for Lemmy and preregistration opened two days ago. It most likely will still be some weeks before it becomes available. Ljdawson stated the target is 6 weeks, so that would be somewhere in the middle of August.
  
  Yes, Sync for Lemmy has been confirmed to be in development. It has its own community and a channel on the Sync discord.
- If one thing the Fediverse have thought me so far is that you can use them all at the same time ;)
- don't forget about infinity too
- Sync literally went off the play store about an hour ago :(
  Edit: Looks like Sync for Lemmy is happening! https://syncapps.io/
- Same. I used Boost for a while until I found Sync. I imagine the same will happen here.

Reddit user for over 10 years, here for good. I was a long time Sync user and at some point I switched to Boost and I'm not sure why because I also purchased Sync Pro at some point. My two favorite Android apps being developed to work with Lemmy made me create a new account here and I'm looking forward to seeing where this goes.

Here's the link
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rubenmayayo.lemmy
- Register for the download if you will use it, this will show support to Mayayo!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rubenmayayo.lemmy
- Awesome! Thanks for the link!

I paid for Boost premium for Reddit a long time ago and will do it again just to support it here.
- Same. And when I saw they would be shutting down, I sent $10. Considering how often I used it, it was money well spent.

I am here because of boost
- Me too!

For some reason, Boost for Reddit is still working too 😅
- same with infinity, lol
- The api is still no updated from reddit probably
- apparently it's because Reddit couldn't push out their API update on time. It's going into effect "... the coming weeks"

Fuck yes. Boost was my favorite reddit app.
- Mine too! I've tried other but always came back to Boost.
  
  Same! I was always Boost on Android, Apollo on the iPad. So excited to hear about Boost for Lemmy!
- Boost is so good I explicitly just made this account to use it in case kbin support isn't planned. Can't wait to pay for premium again and feel like nothing changed.

first Sync, now Boost? Let's funking go!!!
- This is Lemmy now, you can swear if its not targeted
  
  I know, but I find it more fun this way
  
  Not targeted? Can't I randomly just tell you to go F yourself and it'd be fine?

Between Boost and Sync, Lemmy is emerging as a promising option because there's going to be multiple strong 3rd party apps to engage with.
- Literally my two favorite (former) Reddit clients by a wide margin. This makes me happy.
- It's a good thing too, because the native feed on my mobile browser is a pain to try to deal with.
- I can't wait for LiF.
  
  They should name it RIF for Lemmy (Reddit Is Fucked)

Round 2

Whilst waiting for the boost app to be available, I tried wefwef and its pretty fucking sweet.
Link for android home install is:
https://wefwef.app/settings/install
- That is the smoothest webapp experience i ever had
- It is really neat. And a bit weird to have some Apple looking icons on my android! LOL+
- Eh, looks fine, but laggy and posts not going up.
- I just tried wefwef, thanks for the recommendation. It's better than Jerboa so far.
  
  Good to hear, enjoy :)

Oh yeah, this is definitely hot! Shoot me up there into the endless fediverse! It's time to discover all those niche galaxies riding a nice vessel!
- That is weirdly poetic. Sailing the sea of information to discover the pockets of humanity there have gathered together to scrape out an existence. Bound only by a common idea, they have formed their own home far away for the popular places others have settled.
  We are the explorers. Show us your culture, teach us your ways, and we'll take the story back with us to spread word of the strange and new. We map the path as we walk it and light the way for those who follow.
  Your place is waiting for you.

Yes this is great! Between this and wefwef which is Apollo lookalike right now for iOS ppl this is great! Just need everyone over to Lemmy now but that'll prob take decades
- Saw the post about Apollo going offline and someone added the info for wefwef. Preregistered for Boost but so far wefwef is working great.
  Edit: meant to write Boost not Apollo.
  
  Wait, is Apollo coming to Lemmy???

I'm registered for this.... incidentally it's the first time I've ever seen pre-reg for an app before lol
- Yea, it's also the only time I've been pre-registered for an app

As a long term user of Boost for reddit, I'm so hyped by this now!!!!

Boost wasn't just my favorite Reddit app but my favorite App in general. I love the clean design so much. When the Lemmy App is released I will launch the Rocket to the Moon

It's the reason I finally decided to create a Lemmy account. Been a Boost user for many years.

Never knew pre-registration for apps was a thing. Signed up for this one, looking forward to giving it a go
- it's a thing mostly used for games but games and other apps are fundamentally identical

I'm in! Unless rif goes to lif, in which case cheers all around :)

Kudos to developer!

As a boost user this is weird... So many people were asking in the subreddit and he never answered. I'm glad it's happening
- Iirc he said he wasn't going to work on a lemmy client earlier. Glad he changed his mind.
- I wouldn't be surprised if RIF springs up too. I think devs are starting to see the magic happening here and it'd be easy'ish to port an existing app.

This damn near brought a tear to my eye. I no longer miss reddit at all.

Hell yeah! It's my favorite reddit app by far.

I do get the “distributed” nature of networks and the underlying philosophy, but only if there’s a common interface where lemmy/mastodon or other similar network created accounts can be used seamlessly in addition to the current behavior.
- I think that's what KBin is trying to address.
  
  https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/standards_2x.png
  
  Thanks for the link! A content aggregator is not addressing the actual problem statement. Especially not useful for now when they don’t serve up-to-date content: https://postimg.cc/218LVQdF
  Just noticed “tooot” on Apple App Store… I’ll pass on that.
  Edit: Things are shaky with kbin read author’s announcement: https://apollo.town/post/34644

Yes! Boost was my favorite.

Avid Boost user rejoice!!! Let's go boissss
- let's gooo

Hell yeah, Boost rules

Dude don't posts screen shots. i kept trying to press back on your image.
https://libranet.de/display/0b6b25a8-2863-8e31-25ae-d40428649419
- lmao why did this make me laugh so much
  “I personally failed at following my own recommendation several times this week and I feel bad about it.” hahahah
  
  Gotta respect that honesty tho.
- Got 'em

This will actually make lemmy usable on mobile for me! I've been using boost for years, and I really can't wait.

I thought Rubén said he was going to move onto smaller apps instead of making a Lemmy app?
Regardless, I'm glad this is happening!
- I'm sure I read that as well. Hopefully he's had a think and decided that a Lemmy app would be really worthwhile. Excited to see what he creates, as I've used Boost for years and thought it was awesome.

OMG, cannot wait for this.

Just pre-registered. Boost for Lemmy would be awesome
- will* :)

Boost was my most used app for several years. Really excited for this and to see the Fediverse grow.

Nice! Really hoping BaconReader follows suit soon as well 👍🏻
- Baconreader was my #1 for 10 years. I really hope it will find a new home here. (or anywhere decent).
  Boost was my #2, so this Lemmy place might just work out after all.

What is Boost?
- Boost For Reddit is one of the third party apps being forced to shutdown.
  The dev is rebuilding it as Boost For Lemmy, keeping the same familiar interface so many have gotten used to.
  
  And loved. Simple clean UI.

WAIT WHAT THE FUCK WHAT!?
Last time I checked dev wasn't too convinced of it!!!!!
- Ikr? I was under the impression that Mayayo wasn't interested but he probably saw the potential even more so when other former reddit 3rd party apps are switching, potentially bringing a lot of users.

FOSS?
- Boost for Reddit wasn't, so I would expect the same here.
- Are there any Foss lemmy app yet?
- Got to support the dev of somehow. I'd happily pay for it again.

This won't be pirated mateys, my gold awaits the dev

Fantastic news. This'll really scratch the itch.

Preregistered.

This will actually make lemmy usable on mobile for me! I've been using boost for years, and I really can't wait.

Awesome, used to use the reddit version and really liked it, switched from the official app and never looked back. Excited to try it out when it releases (also this is my first comment on lemmy, been lurking for a week or so but I think it's time I start interacting)

I have used Boost for so many time before I Switch to Joey but maybe the time use this app again.

This is a game changer

This makes me so happy! I've been maining boost for almost six years now and was so bummed when the dev announced he wasn't going to be working on a Lemmy app. Looks like he changed his mind!