▲ 182 ▼ Sync for Lemmy is now available on the Play Store (play.google.com) submitted 3 years ago by Zeus@lemm.ee to c/lemmyapps@lemmy.world 20 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Kovu@lemmy.world 22 points 3 years ago (4 children) lmao: Personal Data processed for the following purposes and using the following services: Advertising AdMob Personal Data: Trackers; unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example); Usage Data Amazon Mobile Ads Personal Data: Trackers; Usage Data permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Rossel@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 years ago I just paid to disable the ads and tracking. It's worth it for me, a longtime Sync user. permalink fedilink source parent [–] los_wochos@feddit.de 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) Might as well keep using Connect. It's a nice app. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Finkler@lemm.ee 4 points 3 years ago Yeah back on Connect myself but the previous release as it now has pag numbers which just really seems a strange thing to add and for some reason just niggles me enough to make it annoying. But that's just me permalink fedilink source parent [–] Zeus@lemm.ee [S] 4 points 3 years ago yeah... i certainly won't be using it it's a shame, as it has some nice features that no other client has; but the privacy policy is just incredible permalink fedilink source parent [–] can@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 years ago Most of us who were excited for this were eager to support the dev and therefore no ads or tracking permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rossel@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 years ago I just paid to disable the ads and tracking. It's worth it for me, a longtime Sync user. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] los_wochos@feddit.de 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) Might as well keep using Connect. It's a nice app. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Finkler@lemm.ee 4 points 3 years ago Yeah back on Connect myself but the previous release as it now has pag numbers which just really seems a strange thing to add and for some reason just niggles me enough to make it annoying. But that's just me permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Finkler@lemm.ee 4 points 3 years ago Yeah back on Connect myself but the previous release as it now has pag numbers which just really seems a strange thing to add and for some reason just niggles me enough to make it annoying. But that's just me permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zeus@lemm.ee [S] 4 points 3 years ago yeah... i certainly won't be using it it's a shame, as it has some nice features that no other client has; but the privacy policy is just incredible permalink fedilink source parent
[–] can@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 years ago Most of us who were excited for this were eager to support the dev and therefore no ads or tracking permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OtakuAltair@lemm.ee 4 points 3 years ago (2 children) Well worth the 20$ to remove the ads and support the dev! permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Zeeroover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Spend your money more wisely and support Lemmy devs (and instances) which don't have ads and tracking. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OtakuAltair@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yeah you should definitely be donating to instances first. Clients come later. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zeeroover@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yeah, piggybacking off of the hard work all the devs and instances put in is really annoying. Sync brought Reddit to Lemmy (unfortunately). Time to move on I guess. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OtakuAltair@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) 'Piggybacking' is a weird way to put it when good clients are an important part of a website, and Sync is a fantastic one. That's one of the big reasons people moved off of reddit, no? Sync brought Reddit to Lemmy Yeah that's... the goal permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Zeeroover@lemmy.dbzer0.com -4 points 3 years ago (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OtakuAltair@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago This is the problem with the foss community. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Zeus@lemm.ee [S] -4 points 3 years ago (1 child) *per year also, as a closed-source app, there's no guarantee that actually removes tracking. i'm not going to say sync does this, because that would be libel, but there's nothing stopping sync collecting everything it can collect anyways and selling them to the highest bidder, just not showing actual ads in-app permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OtakuAltair@lemm.ee 6 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) The yearly subscription is for Ultra. The ad removal option in profile -> remove ads is permanent. LJ has always been very open with the community the whole time Sync was for reddit. You could post about it in !syncforlemmy@lemmy.world if you're worried about tracking permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zeus@lemm.ee [S] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) The yearly subscription is for Ultra. The ad removal option in profile -> remove ads is permanent. i'm going to take you at your word, as i can't see that option to prove or disprove (you sure it's in profile, not settings?) LJ has always been very open with the community the whole time Sync was for reddit. i know. i never really used sync after the redesign, but i have full respect for mr dawson. You could post about it in !syncforlemmy@lemmy.world if you're worried about tracking honestly there's no real point, many people have done so already. but i personally don't like the privacy policy, and the fact i would have to agree to firebase & crashlytics to use the app (i'm actually pro opt-out telemetry; but not un-opt-able and not via google). and sync is nice, but it's not that much nicer than thunder permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] can@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 years ago* (1 child) It was pushed out as an update yesterday a few hours after the initial open beta launch. Make sure yours is fully updated. The dev actually listened to user feedback after the big redesign and I was able to customize it to what I wanted. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zeus@lemm.ee [S] 1 point 3 years ago It was pushed out as an update yesterday a few hours after the initial open beta launch. Make sure yours is fully updated. so it was. i still maintain that £18.99 is a bit steep though. The dev actually listened to user feedback after the big redesign and I was able to customize it to what I wanted. yeah, that's what i heard. but i'd already moved on to slide, and now i'm happy enough with thunder permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zeeroover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Spend your money more wisely and support Lemmy devs (and instances) which don't have ads and tracking. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OtakuAltair@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yeah you should definitely be donating to instances first. Clients come later. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zeeroover@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yeah, piggybacking off of the hard work all the devs and instances put in is really annoying. Sync brought Reddit to Lemmy (unfortunately). Time to move on I guess. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OtakuAltair@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) 'Piggybacking' is a weird way to put it when good clients are an important part of a website, and Sync is a fantastic one. That's one of the big reasons people moved off of reddit, no? Sync brought Reddit to Lemmy Yeah that's... the goal permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Zeeroover@lemmy.dbzer0.com -4 points 3 years ago (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OtakuAltair@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago This is the problem with the foss community. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OtakuAltair@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yeah you should definitely be donating to instances first. Clients come later. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zeeroover@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yeah, piggybacking off of the hard work all the devs and instances put in is really annoying. Sync brought Reddit to Lemmy (unfortunately). Time to move on I guess. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OtakuAltair@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) 'Piggybacking' is a weird way to put it when good clients are an important part of a website, and Sync is a fantastic one. That's one of the big reasons people moved off of reddit, no? Sync brought Reddit to Lemmy Yeah that's... the goal permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Zeeroover@lemmy.dbzer0.com -4 points 3 years ago (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OtakuAltair@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago This is the problem with the foss community. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zeeroover@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yeah, piggybacking off of the hard work all the devs and instances put in is really annoying. Sync brought Reddit to Lemmy (unfortunately). Time to move on I guess. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OtakuAltair@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) 'Piggybacking' is a weird way to put it when good clients are an important part of a website, and Sync is a fantastic one. That's one of the big reasons people moved off of reddit, no? Sync brought Reddit to Lemmy Yeah that's... the goal permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Zeeroover@lemmy.dbzer0.com -4 points 3 years ago (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OtakuAltair@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago This is the problem with the foss community. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OtakuAltair@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) 'Piggybacking' is a weird way to put it when good clients are an important part of a website, and Sync is a fantastic one. That's one of the big reasons people moved off of reddit, no? Sync brought Reddit to Lemmy Yeah that's... the goal permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Zeeroover@lemmy.dbzer0.com -4 points 3 years ago (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OtakuAltair@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago This is the problem with the foss community. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Zeeroover@lemmy.dbzer0.com -4 points 3 years ago (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OtakuAltair@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago This is the problem with the foss community. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OtakuAltair@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago This is the problem with the foss community. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zeus@lemm.ee [S] -4 points 3 years ago (1 child) *per year also, as a closed-source app, there's no guarantee that actually removes tracking. i'm not going to say sync does this, because that would be libel, but there's nothing stopping sync collecting everything it can collect anyways and selling them to the highest bidder, just not showing actual ads in-app permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OtakuAltair@lemm.ee 6 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) The yearly subscription is for Ultra. The ad removal option in profile -> remove ads is permanent. LJ has always been very open with the community the whole time Sync was for reddit. You could post about it in !syncforlemmy@lemmy.world if you're worried about tracking permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zeus@lemm.ee [S] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) The yearly subscription is for Ultra. The ad removal option in profile -> remove ads is permanent. i'm going to take you at your word, as i can't see that option to prove or disprove (you sure it's in profile, not settings?) LJ has always been very open with the community the whole time Sync was for reddit. i know. i never really used sync after the redesign, but i have full respect for mr dawson. You could post about it in !syncforlemmy@lemmy.world if you're worried about tracking honestly there's no real point, many people have done so already. but i personally don't like the privacy policy, and the fact i would have to agree to firebase & crashlytics to use the app (i'm actually pro opt-out telemetry; but not un-opt-able and not via google). and sync is nice, but it's not that much nicer than thunder permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] can@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 years ago* (1 child) It was pushed out as an update yesterday a few hours after the initial open beta launch. Make sure yours is fully updated. The dev actually listened to user feedback after the big redesign and I was able to customize it to what I wanted. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zeus@lemm.ee [S] 1 point 3 years ago It was pushed out as an update yesterday a few hours after the initial open beta launch. Make sure yours is fully updated. so it was. i still maintain that £18.99 is a bit steep though. The dev actually listened to user feedback after the big redesign and I was able to customize it to what I wanted. yeah, that's what i heard. but i'd already moved on to slide, and now i'm happy enough with thunder permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OtakuAltair@lemm.ee 6 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) The yearly subscription is for Ultra. The ad removal option in profile -> remove ads is permanent. LJ has always been very open with the community the whole time Sync was for reddit. You could post about it in !syncforlemmy@lemmy.world if you're worried about tracking permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zeus@lemm.ee [S] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) The yearly subscription is for Ultra. The ad removal option in profile -> remove ads is permanent. i'm going to take you at your word, as i can't see that option to prove or disprove (you sure it's in profile, not settings?) LJ has always been very open with the community the whole time Sync was for reddit. i know. i never really used sync after the redesign, but i have full respect for mr dawson. You could post about it in !syncforlemmy@lemmy.world if you're worried about tracking honestly there's no real point, many people have done so already. but i personally don't like the privacy policy, and the fact i would have to agree to firebase & crashlytics to use the app (i'm actually pro opt-out telemetry; but not un-opt-able and not via google). and sync is nice, but it's not that much nicer than thunder permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] can@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 years ago* (1 child) It was pushed out as an update yesterday a few hours after the initial open beta launch. Make sure yours is fully updated. The dev actually listened to user feedback after the big redesign and I was able to customize it to what I wanted. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zeus@lemm.ee [S] 1 point 3 years ago It was pushed out as an update yesterday a few hours after the initial open beta launch. Make sure yours is fully updated. so it was. i still maintain that £18.99 is a bit steep though. The dev actually listened to user feedback after the big redesign and I was able to customize it to what I wanted. yeah, that's what i heard. but i'd already moved on to slide, and now i'm happy enough with thunder permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zeus@lemm.ee [S] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) The yearly subscription is for Ultra. The ad removal option in profile -> remove ads is permanent. i'm going to take you at your word, as i can't see that option to prove or disprove (you sure it's in profile, not settings?) LJ has always been very open with the community the whole time Sync was for reddit. i know. i never really used sync after the redesign, but i have full respect for mr dawson. You could post about it in !syncforlemmy@lemmy.world if you're worried about tracking honestly there's no real point, many people have done so already. but i personally don't like the privacy policy, and the fact i would have to agree to firebase & crashlytics to use the app (i'm actually pro opt-out telemetry; but not un-opt-able and not via google). and sync is nice, but it's not that much nicer than thunder permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] can@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 years ago* (1 child) It was pushed out as an update yesterday a few hours after the initial open beta launch. Make sure yours is fully updated. The dev actually listened to user feedback after the big redesign and I was able to customize it to what I wanted. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zeus@lemm.ee [S] 1 point 3 years ago It was pushed out as an update yesterday a few hours after the initial open beta launch. Make sure yours is fully updated. so it was. i still maintain that £18.99 is a bit steep though. The dev actually listened to user feedback after the big redesign and I was able to customize it to what I wanted. yeah, that's what i heard. but i'd already moved on to slide, and now i'm happy enough with thunder permalink fedilink source parent
[–] can@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 years ago* (1 child) It was pushed out as an update yesterday a few hours after the initial open beta launch. Make sure yours is fully updated. The dev actually listened to user feedback after the big redesign and I was able to customize it to what I wanted. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zeus@lemm.ee [S] 1 point 3 years ago It was pushed out as an update yesterday a few hours after the initial open beta launch. Make sure yours is fully updated. so it was. i still maintain that £18.99 is a bit steep though. The dev actually listened to user feedback after the big redesign and I was able to customize it to what I wanted. yeah, that's what i heard. but i'd already moved on to slide, and now i'm happy enough with thunder permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zeus@lemm.ee [S] 1 point 3 years ago It was pushed out as an update yesterday a few hours after the initial open beta launch. Make sure yours is fully updated. so it was. i still maintain that £18.99 is a bit steep though. The dev actually listened to user feedback after the big redesign and I was able to customize it to what I wanted. yeah, that's what i heard. but i'd already moved on to slide, and now i'm happy enough with thunder permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jonhanson@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago (2 children) Should it be possible to login to the app using kbin.social credentials? Doesn't seem to work for me. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Rossel@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 years ago It isn't, Kbin hasn't finished its API and therefore doesn't currently support third party apps. permalink fedilink source parent [–] can@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago* In the future, but right now Sync is only a Lemmy. In the meantime for kbin Artemis is pretty good and where public beta this week. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rossel@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 years ago It isn't, Kbin hasn't finished its API and therefore doesn't currently support third party apps. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] can@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago* In the future, but right now Sync is only a Lemmy. In the meantime for kbin Artemis is pretty good and where public beta this week. permalink fedilink source parent
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