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Idk how long a lot of you have been off reddit but I was there just after Sync for lemmy was announced and it had a lot of people saying they'd come over with Sync. So Idgaf if it's got ads or a premium fee, because I don't have to use it. I can just let the people who want it use it and let the fediverse grow.
- Based neutrality.

The only thing I like more than sync is people having the option to choose the app they prefer.
Lack of 3rd party apps is why a lot of us are even here in the first place. The more developers committed to Lemmy the better the platform will become.
- Amen to that. Monoculture is bad, in every context.
  The Vulcans have it right: Infinite diversity in infinite combinations.
  
  🖖

I use Infinity for Lemmy and it's pretty gosh darn nice (coming from Infinity for Reddit).
- I found it quite buggy. I love infinity, but I'm probably gonna stick to Sync for now.
  
  It's in early development, I'm sure it'll get better. The awesome thing is that we have so many great choices for clients. There's something for everyone!
  
  No it's not, mine is fine, just waiting for some features to get added.
  Maybe it's your phone.
- I just set mine up to be as close to RIF as possible. I love it so far.

I don't care, just stop talking about the damn thing.

i dont get it. whats wrong with sync?
- People are upset because they want to use a premium service without paying for it. The dev was kind enough to add a free version, which is supported by ads. However, the ads in the free version use trackers (just like pretty much every ad service), so people are getting hysterical that the app is "spying" on them.
  It would be one thing if this was the only app for Lemmy, but there's numerous other apps on the market they could use.
  Although none of them are even half as polished as Sync 😉
  
  It's mostly foss (free, open source software) linux guys doing what they do: Telling people what software they should use.
  
  The paid version will probably go on sale in a few months. I remember redditsync being $10 or something and I got it for $1-2 on sale.
  Edit: and I don't know if sync is on iOS but anyone on an android can download Google play rewards and usually get 1-5 surveys a day and get $0.10-$0.70 per survey. It adds up pretty quick. I get quite a few a day and even more when I walk in areas with lots of retail. If you are willing to share a photo of your receipt it'll give you even more. I've made a few hundred dollars for apps over the past decade using that app. I don't think I've ever paid for an app with my actual money and just used money earned off rewards. If you have an android (with Google services) it should be an app you have.
  
  You really can polish a turd.
- Not open source, payment if you don't want ads. Valid criticisms, but it's still the best app UX wise, by far, so the blame is not on the users, it's on open source projects to do better
  
  Sync has a giant head start.
  
  oh thats REALLY bad.
  
  but it’s still the best app UX wise, by far
  That's a high claim when tehre's features I want that other apps do that this doesn't, great user experience. Just say that you prefer it, stating it as a fact reads extremely arrogant and might be why some other people are getting pissed.
- lemmy is crowded with the FOSS and privacy crowd. it's what makes lemmy so much better than reddit.
  ita reasonable that a paid app, with ads and telemetry isn't their traditional jam.

For me Voyager marking on read when you scroll past a post is just a killer feature
- In case any sync users are looking to enable this: Settings shortcut: History > Mark posts as read on scroll
  
  The fact that you can link to a freaking setting is amazing. I love this app.
  
  TIL you can make links to settings by long-pressing them. That's actually awesome as hell.
- Is voyager the only app that can do that? That's a feature that I would consider switching for
  
  Connect can do it as well
  
  In not sure if its the only one, but on Voyager you just have to go settings then general and the option to mark as read on scroll is there. Its super convienent though!

I understand why people are complaining about the price but... Based on how much time spend on the app I kinda get it.
Also I just gave Google opinion rewards info on my whereabouts at all times and answered nosy questions which i quickly got 20$+ to pay for the add free stuff.
(Google opinion rewards is an invasive app that asks you stuff and gives you a quarter or so for every questions about nosy things)
- Which they know about anyway.
  Oh you visited x shop. Did you visit x shop? Here's 25p

Jerboa... Always
- Ngl, I downloaded Sync just to mess around and Imma be honest. I get why people like it.
- Jerboa has been good to me for the past month, but Sync is such an improvement. It has customization options that just make the experience better all around.

I downloaded Liftoff today. It's pretty fancy, and ad free.

Man, I am really out of the loop here. What's happening?
- Apparently sync was a popular reddit app (I think, I never heard of it before), which has now launched for lemmy. The result being that 50% of all posts on lemmy is now about sync for some reason.
  Guerrilla marketing or just very very dedicated fans?
  
  Long time sync user. It's fans. It's just that good.
  The app team is one man: Ljdawson. It ain't guerrilla marketing.
  
  As one of the people who came to Lemmy because of Sync, I'd say very dedicated fans. It was hands down the absolute best Reddit app on Android. Still feeling salty about what reddit did, so I followed Sync here.
  
  I was just lurking on connect till sync came out personally

I choose neither side. I prefer using the free apps, and I'm not sad about it.

Idk man I am using Connect and I am happy with it.

Still using Jerboa and still loving it
- Who asked you?
  
  Open forum = anyone can post their opinion on a topic. Sorry if I struck a nerve 😅

Can someone explain this one to me? I’m on ios and therefore can’t use sync.

I just use Artemis for kbin and a browser for lemmy until lemmy support drops

How can people even consider using this when infinity for lemmy exists? It's such an amazing port from reddit. Also it's free and no ads
- I've used sync since 2014 because Sync is amazing. The most recent redesign made it the best looking app I have ever used, and that's still true to this day. Also Sync can be as free, I don't have ads because I like the dev and gave him $20. Now I'll continue to use this app for thousands of hours over the next 10 years.
  
  You are optomisitic thinking Lemmy will be around in 10 years. You can pay the dev $40 though when it's ported to whatever the new platform is.
- No "swipe to hide post". The only swipe actions I can find on Infinity are up/down vote.
- I didn't like infinity because of a big pile of little things. half of which could be described as just habit.
  probably I wouldn't have been okay to stick with it but Sync came to lemmy. sync > infinity hands down. try it.
- From my brief testing with infinity, it does seem pretty good. I like that the feed doesn't bounce around like liftoff as images load. But sync just has much more customization. If I wasn't willing to pay, I'd probably be using infinity. But I had years of use with sync and that improved experience is worth the cost for me.

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