• Redredme@lemmy.world
    19313·
    1 year ago

    I just leave you with my favorite quote of Ljdawson, made during the reddit api war:

    “I don’t know. I don’t track shit.”

    He has crashlytics. That’s about it.

    Tbh, I don’t care for open or closed source, I don’t even care for free or payed. (19 bucks per year… That’s like what, a coffee and a donut at a Starbuck?)

    Stuff must just work and to be honest… All available clients all work sort of.

    This one does this good but sucks at multi instances. That one screws up gifs from that and this site. Made an error typing your user name!/password during setup? Tough shit. You can’t edit it so redo from start, remove it and type well this time.

    Sync just seems to work.

    That’s not to shit on anyone hard work: I can’t do it, I can’t make them, I’m glad these clients exist. I don’t expect free tools to be perfect.

    But I’m also superglad Sync for lemmy is a thing. And I will pay for it when it’s out of beta.

    • Huschke@programming.dev
      843·
      1 year ago

      Sync not only works. It’s the smoothest App I have on my phone. The animations and transitions are just beautiful, well timed and do not stutter even a tiny bit. I wish all android apps were like Sync. I’ll gladly pay whatever he charges.

    • kommanditbolag@feddit.nu
      603·
      1 year ago

      Sync just seems to work.

      And that is why I’ve used it for all these years. There are no weird quirks, it just does exactly what I need it to do.

    • Altima NEO@lemmy.zipEnglish
      101·
      1 year ago

      Yeah I assumed the ad tracking was mostly Google’s own doing, or whatever ad provider that hes using for injected ads.

    • RBG@discuss.tchncs.de
      61·
      1 year ago

      Sync just seems to work.

      Didn’t I read the current version does not allow you to post? I feel its pretty weird to release an app in that state and still keep ads in it.

      But if you are happy paying and using that, more power to you! Meanwhile I save that money and use one of the many open source clients that actually work.

      • Raxiel@lemmy.world
        41·
        1 year ago

        I’m posting from it right now. The ads don’t seem to work through. I’m not blocking any but I’ve not seen one yet.

    • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Sync is fantastic, and I’ve used it for years. But I’ll be sticking with Thunder. Its UI is close, and I’m able to contribute the things I want to change.

    • snor10@lemm.ee
      48·
      1 year ago

      You do you, but for me personally, the only honest software in existence is software willing to disclose it’s source code.

  • OtakuAltair@lemm.eeEnglish
    1595·
    1 year ago

    Sync is fucking fantastic, just how I remember. I don’t mind at all paying for a great app by a talented dev.

    The pro version is supposed to be out later, and will just be a one-time payment unlike ultra’s subscription

    • RosselEnglish
      452·
      1 year ago

      The lifetime purchase to remove ads is up. It’s a bit pricey but I can understand why, Lemmy has a smaller userbase. Totally worth it.

      • Altima NEO@lemmy.zipEnglish
        14·
        1 year ago

        I wonder if it was because of the backlash from being subscription only? I was surprised by how many angry posts there were. I gotta admit even I was disappointed. I don’t mind paying for a pro version. But a subscriptions a bit of an ask, as I don’t need the features offered by it, but I do like sync and Lawrence is a good guy.

        • BSMan1011@lemm.ee
          9·
          1 year ago

          No ads for 20 bucks isn’t bad as an alternative if you don’t need the features

          • Altima NEO@lemmy.zipEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            Yeah, he didnt have that option when I first installed it. Went ahead and grabbed that.

            • bazovanyiEnglish
              2·
              1 year ago

              Are you talking about sync ultra or is there another ad free purchase? Ultra life time costs 120 usd, which is too much for me

              • Skyhighatrist@lemmy.ca
                2·
                1 year ago

                They are talking about the remove ads option. It’s a one time purchase just to remove ads with none of the additional features of the subscription. As I understand it.

    • karlthemailmanEnglish
      17·
      1 year ago

      Same here. The latest update has the “remove ads” option added for a one time 12.99 fee.

    • cant_breath@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 year ago

      Same, I’m paying for the ultra subscription. But I understand if someone is using another app, Connect is pretty good. I’m just an old dog

  • Captain Beyond@linkage.ds8.zone
    1525·
    1 year ago

    I say this as someone who is probably one of the biggest supporters of software-freedom around here, but bullying or shaming people for preferring non-free apps does nothing but incite resentment towards the movement. I value the four freedoms because I think I deserve control of my computing, not because I think it’s my place to dictate what others should value.

  • kratoz29@lemmy.fmhy.net
    1166·
    1 year ago

    I don’t understand the bitching about it, we users were asking for this, it is the good thing about Lemmy/Fediverse, you have tons of options, and probably will have more, heck even the PWA are awesome, no need to download anything at all.

    • Araozu@lemmy.world
      205·
      1 year ago

      You have to accept to being tracked by Google, having an advertising id, all the data Firebase collects. Their ToS is large.

      Users were asking for it, that’s true. I guess users don’t really care about being tracked, allowing google into their phone and indirectly supporting them controlling the web, thus enabling them to do things like manifest v3 or the web integrity API.

      Ads? understandable, the dev has bills to pay. Not open source? Purists may hate it, but not the end of the world. Tracking? Google? No thanks, the beautiful design is not worth it.

    • Altima NEO@lemmy.zipEnglish
      161·
      1 year ago

      Remind me of that meme where the person is complaining about the thing, gets the thing and then has the frowny face.

  • faintedheart@lemm.ee
    1064·
    1 year ago

    Sync is a perfectly fine app for me. I tried all other apps and nowhere near to sync. I don’t even have ads on the free version as I am using dns ad blocker. The moment one time payment for removing ads is out(it is coming), I will buy it. Or I will donate to dev in some other way as I am not a fan of subscriptions.

  • negativeyoda@lemmy.world
    8513·
    1 year ago

    Yeah, this shit is getting old really quickly.

    What client I use doesn’t affect your experience. I and lots of others are reddit refugees and I used sync for years. I’m ecstatic to have the interface back.

    Bullshit gatekeeping and bickering over ideological purity doesn’t help anyone. At the end of the day, lemmy is confusing for someone accustomed to reddit. There is a learning curve. Most of us just want to exchange info and converse. I don’t give a fuck to learn about FOSS and all that other bullshit any more than any of you want to learn the specialized minutiae I have to sift through at my day job.

    Shut the fuck up already. This sort of discourse lands like a bunch of shitty kids meeting at a half empty bar all criticizing how one another got there

    • utopianrevolt@lemmy.world
      10312·
      1 year ago

      what’s the point of judging? Sync is the only app so far that has full, thoughtful support for foldable phones and the dev genuinely has been putting in a lot of work into it. I bought the No Ads IAP and I’m perfectly happy with it, but there are so many good options now for those that want something completely free.

      • m625@lemmy.world
        448·
        1 year ago

        Because the open source community has been full of a bunch of people who built whole personalities on shitting on anything not FOSS. And even though they now have an opportunity to bring a lot more people into the community than before they’d rather play these stupid arrogant superiority games instead of just letting people enjoy things how they want to enjoy them.

        • kboy101222@lemm.ee
          2336·
          1 year ago

          Cause FOSS people are worse than vegans. It’s like Linux users but infinitely worse.

          FOSS ≠ better or good. Most of the FOSS Lemmy apps are usability nightmares right now. The only reason I was using jerboa for so long is because sync wasn’t out yet

          • sgtlighttree@lemmy.world
            193·
            1 year ago

            FOSS apps often suffer from mediocre UX/UI since the expected audience are power users, but it alienates users that aren’t. They’re functional for those who need it, yes, but is the GUI high quality? More often than not, they aren’t.

            I’m not saying FOSS can’t have bad UI, like Blender for example, but those are the exception, not the rule.

            For me, Connect and Thunder are getting there, but they don’t have the same level of quality and finesse as Sync. Though to be fair, Sync has a decade of work put into it.

    • voxel@sopuli.xyz
      231·
      1 year ago
      • I’m just used to it, and no other client accommodates my workflow (liftoff is very close but has some annoying issues, quirks and differences),
      • It’s quality software with great design and a lot of customization options.
    • kameecoding@lemmy.world
      308·
      1 year ago

      do you really have a hard time understanding how different people have different preferences and how familiarity works or do you just like being smug?

      as for “trackers” and ads you will find that unless they are intrusive about 99% of the population doesn’t give a fuck, even on a fairly niche site like lemmy the majority won’t give a fuck.

    • Stephen304@lemmy.ml
      4·
      1 year ago

      I love FOSS but I got pretty used to the official reddit app, and Sync is the only app that feels like if the reddit app wasn’t buggy and laggy. The paid aspect doesn’t bother me because I would have donated to whatever app I use anyway, at $5/mo the $20 one time ad removal option makes sense if I use it for more than 4 months so it’s worth it to me.

  • Jim@lemm.ee
    571·
    1 year ago

    I just installed Sync after browsing with Jerboa for the past month. Sync has such a clean, smooth look that if it functions even remotely consistently it’ll be my new replacement.

    • BigCountry@lemmy.ml
      171·
      1 year ago

      I used sync for reddit for years, I had no ads in the free version and the pro version. I’ve tried a half dozen apps for Lemmy since my Reddexit. Sync for Lemmy is far and away the best. I really missed its design. I was happy to toss $20 to you for no ads on Sync for Lemmy. Thanks for all the hard work.

    • Metal Zealot@lemmy.ml
      3·
      1 year ago

      Nice, I have family in Nottinghamshire.

      Also, is your .ml or .world your main instance? The .world seems to have the biggest audience

  • bykle@lemmy.world
    5714·
    1 year ago

    How about instead we respect everyone’s decisions and preferences? Free as in freedom, is that not what the Open Source community is about?

    • DarthDaddy87@lemm.ee
      39·
      1 year ago

      That’s how I’ve always read this meme format. It literally says the non-preferred option is still brilliant.

    • Imgonnatrythis@lemmy.world
      13·
      1 year ago

      Sure, but when people are excited about something, they’re going to trash-talk. It’s healthy to have the freedom of debate these choices.

    • snor10@lemm.ee
      84·
      1 year ago

      Anyone can choose to install whatever software they choose on their device, but the “free” in free software specifically refers to the freedom to read and modify the source code.

      Under the philosophy of the FOSS movement, all proprietary software are by definition unethical.

      Since Lemmy and the larger fediverse is the choice for many free software advocates, it’s natural that you see this kind of backlash when fundamentally unethical software to interact with it is released.

  • ﾌ卂ㄖ卄乇卂卄@lemmy.worldEnglish
    422·
    1 year ago

    I have always preferred Infinity when I was using Reddit. But right now Infinity for Lemmy seems to be not in a usable state. I have been using Thunder For Lemmy as of recently, not sure if I will switch from it to Infinity for Lemmy once its in a more usable state.

    Edit: I can’t even use Sync for Lemmy as on the Play Store it says its unavailable on my device. I have a Samsung Galaxy s23 Ultra. One would think that it would be available considering its pretty much this years flagship of the largest Android brand.

    Edit 2: It seems to not be because of the device itself @[email protected] seems to have been able to download it on their s23 Ultra.

    Edit 3: It was because of Age Verification. I can now download it fine.

  • setVeryLoud(true);@lemmy.ca
    477·
    1 year ago

    Y’all gotta stop shitting on non-FOSS Lemmy apps.

    Lemmy is Lemmy, let people access the platform how they want to. It doesn’t affect you. Don’t use Sync if you don’t want to.

  • recluse@lemmy.world
    40·
    1 year ago

    Why can’t I just use the service that has a design I like?

    I wouldn’t have used reddit if it wasn’t for sync and that same logic applies to lemmy. Adoption is critical for lemmy to succeed so please tone it down a bit, unless having the same 2 dozen people in your community was your personal appealing feature of lemmy.