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.
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I’ve been using them all for the past month, jumping around between them. Now I’m exclusively using Sync… It just nails it for me. I have no problem with people using whatever app they like.
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-$0.70 per survey. It adds up pretty quick. I get quite a few a day and even more when I walk in areas with lots of retail. If you are willing to share a photo of your receipt it’ll give you even more. I’ve made a few hundred dollars for apps over the past decade using that app. I don’t think I’ve ever paid for an app with my actual money and just used money earned off rewards. If you have an android (with Google services) it should be an app you have.
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You really can polish a turd.
Not open source, payment if you don’t want ads. Valid criticisms, but it’s still the best app UX wise, by far, so the blame is not on the users, it’s on open source projects to do better
Sync has a giant head start.
Oh no doubt about that. And I really hope other apps do catch up, having one “best app” isn’t super healthy
oh thats REALLY bad.
For me Voyager marking on read when you scroll past a post is just a killer feature
Is voyager the only app that can do that? That’s a feature that I would consider switching for
In not sure if its the only one, but on Voyager you just have to go settings then general and the option to mark as read on scroll is there. Its super convienent though!
I downloaded Liftoff today. It’s pretty fancy, and ad free.
I understand why people are complaining about the price but… Based on how much time spend on the app I kinda get it.
Also I just gave Google opinion rewards info on my whereabouts at all times and answered nosy questions which i quickly got 20$+ 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
I use Infinity for Lemmy and it’s pretty gosh darn nice (coming from Infinity for Reddit).
I just set mine up to be as close to RIF as possible. I love it so far.
Man, I am really out of the loop here. What’s happening?
Can someone explain this one to me? I’m on ios and therefore can’t use sync.
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 😅
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
No “swipe to hide post”. The only swipe actions I can find on Infinity are up/down vote.
