1y ago

But have you tried Jerboa?

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I'm a sync ultra user. My sense of superiority is only eclipsed by my ignorance of what FOSS stood for. But seriously use what you like. I just want lemmy to grow.
- Yeah, I have used sync for years. Decided to switch to Lemmy once sync announced an app in production. I used Jerboa and Connect in the meantime, but now that Sync is here, it's like sinking back into a warm bath.
  I'm here because of Sync, and if it is good that I am here, it is good that Sync is here.
- The ~~Factory~~ Lemmy must grow!!!
- I installed sync yesterday and am having a really hard time getting it to work as well as Jerboa. i feel like I've been in every setting, but the layout and UX just doesn't seem nearly as good. It just feels like everything is multiple extra actions to do the same thing in Jerboa.
  Like, what do you have to do to get a seamless experience in sync?
  
  Years of tweaking my Sync for Reddit app and then just importing the settings in 3 taps. It's not the answer you were looking for, but it's what a lot of us did.
  
  I love Jerboa for what it is, but just switched to the new native Voyager app and am very happy.
- FOSS is also important too. It means free and open source software. https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software
  Free in this case means something different, I'd recommend a read up on it too https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software
- Yesss... I agreeee... Use what I like. I will make them use what I like!!!
- It's about having the freedom to control your own devices. Proprietary software like Sync takes away that freedom, so it's unethical. We should be complaining about it.
  
  You're going to have to explain how purchasing and using software that is completely voluntary takes away any freedom from anyone. It's literally just a ui wrapper with different visuals and functionality that some people find useful enough to pay for. Entire legions of people protested the removal of these apps from Reddit. Nothing is free, the concept of that is broken.
  
  This is not about price. Nobody is saying that authors can't charge for their software. It's about freedom.
  Your computer/smartphone is controlled by the software that runs on it. Libre Software like Jerboa gives you the source code and the right to study it, modify it and distribute it. This means that anyone can verify what the program does and change it if needed. It means that users actually control the program. If the authors added malicious functionality, it would be easy to remove it.
  Proprietary software doesn't give you those freedoms. It's very difficult to verify what such program does or change it. You can't really control it, but it controls your device. If it contains malicious functionality, usually you can't do anything about it. That's why proprietary software is unethical. It gives developers power over their users and they often abuse that power.

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