Sync is back on the Play Store, but it's not a third-party Reddit app anymore
Sync is back on the Play Store, but it's not a third-party Reddit app anymore
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I've never been as excited for an app to be released as this one!
Been a sync user since day 1 and I'm looking forward to continuing to support it.
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I used RIF, but I remember a lot of people loved sync for reddit, so I plan to jump on the bandwagon.
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A fellow RiFugee
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RiF went to tildes, if you hadn't heard.
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It's like having Reddit back, this is amazing. 🙏
For as long as I can remember Reddit and Sync have been one and the same. I never used Reddit website or app, only ever used Sync to browse Reddit hosted content. I used it a lot. I've missed it a lot.
Between the Lemmy platform and Sync client, to all intents and purposes what Reddit was has been fully restored/migrated.
I know it's early days, but I did not expect to see anything like this so soon and it gives me hope that Lemmy can grow and thrive into the network of people that always made Reddit what it was. Everything that's needed is there - early, a little rough around the edges, but there. And being improved constantly.
Hallelujah!
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Yea this app going dark for a month made me realize how much I actually enjoy the experience of this app rather than reddit itself. Being forced to use the official app has pushed me away from Reddit more than ever
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Lemmying from Sync right now and it brings a tear to my eye. I don't think anything other than Sync would have made Lemmy feel "right" to me. And now it does.
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He just added an £18.99 one off charge to remove ads as well. Instabuy for me. Just brilliant.
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I couldn't said it better myself. After 12 years on reddit, here I am! Joined as soon as sync launched and after some Eli5 of Lemmy, I'm ready for it.
All tips for interesting instances or give me some tips about what I should check out, or catch up on, it would be appreciated .
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I don't consider myself to be "Lemmying" or "Redditing".... I'm "Syncing"
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Helllll yeah!!
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I just got access to Sync for Lemmy! Very nice. I hope the developer of rif would also make a lemmy client.
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Seems like the rif dev made an app for tildes instead
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Yeah I know. kinda disappointed about that.
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It's one of the downsides of the reddit reckoning: there are so many different fediverse communities/sites now that existing subreddit communities have been split across different sites.
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What's Tildes? Another Reddit clone?
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Same, just got the notification!
I'm waiting for Boost since that's what I was used to, but this looks great too :)
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I'm also a former Boost user, bit this a really nice app. I may switch to Boost when it comes out, but I will admit I've grown attached to gesture controls.
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I'm still more a fan of relay which is staying for reddit but this is pretty nice.
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spotted by the /r/Android Reddit community (out of all places)
lold
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I went and checked... That's a mischaracterisation. A lot of people are excited, a lot of people are asking what Lemmy is. Some people are saying it sucks but that's not the general vibe. There are quite a few people saying they visit both Reddit and Lemmy and enjoy Lemmy a lot more and go there first.
Jives with my own experience, TBH.
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They can enjoy the shitty official app
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Damn, it's almost like the people that still reddit are the ones you wouldn't want here in the first place
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Anyone still using reddit is a lost cause at this point. They've thrown their lot in with reddit's changes wholly.
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Its a feature not a bug. They can stay in their corporate containment hellhole far away from the awesome communities on Lemmy.
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while they have either A) never tried it or B) they came here for 20 minutes and left
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just got sync installed a few minutes ago, feels so good to have a proper UI for endless scrolling now :)
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Duuuude same here. Feels good.
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Same! Found this using Jerboa app, it's OK but so far this feels a bit more... I don't know, user friendly or something
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Sync has had over 10 years to refine the user experience.
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And here I am, waiting for a "Lemmy is Fun" app.
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Ive found connect is a pretty great alternative if you haven't already checked it out.
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Connect dev here, glad you're liking it!
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Former RIF user for over a decade here. Now using connect and is not too bad of a transition.
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hell yeah another connect brother
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While we're all talking about Connect (and this could probably be a support post in the community but whatever), is anybody else having an issue that the app isn't showing all comments? I can get it to show different ones by changing the sort but it doesn't seem like there is a way to view all comments in a post. I don't think it's the result of a block or defederation.
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Same same
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He's only making a Tildes app 😞
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Isn't Tildes still invite only and basically denying everyone their application?
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Because my brain is 60-70% walnut, I thought you made a joke about abbreviating Tildes is Fun to TIT.
Tildes is Terrific?
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Waiting for Boost for Lemmy here.
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Relay for me. But it looks like Sync finally added swipe gestures so I'll just use that, since my favorite app isn't getting a Lemmy port. Connect and Voyager are too clunky for daily use. Can't wait until Sync launches.
(Edit: I just hope it shows downvote counts, comment previews, and has a tablet mode... Oh and doesn't refresh the page every time I post something.)
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Fellow Relay refugee. I welcome the swipe drawer even though it misses some actions. My biggest grudge is probably scaling. The font sizes are way too small and adjusting them in settings doesn't seem to adjust them everywhere (e.g. this reply screen I'm looking at right now).
Overall I'm positive. I'll probably duel-wield Sync and Jerboa and see which one brings the most pleasure.
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