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[–] 129 points 3 years ago (1 child)

I've never been as excited for an app to be released as this one!

Been a sync user since day 1 and I'm looking forward to continuing to support it.

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  • [–] 118 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    It's like having Reddit back, this is amazing. πŸ™

    For as long as I can remember Reddit and Sync have been one and the same. I never used Reddit website or app, only ever used Sync to browse Reddit hosted content. I used it a lot. I've missed it a lot.

    Between the Lemmy platform and Sync client, to all intents and purposes what Reddit was has been fully restored/migrated.

    I know it's early days, but I did not expect to see anything like this so soon and it gives me hope that Lemmy can grow and thrive into the network of people that always made Reddit what it was. Everything that's needed is there - early, a little rough around the edges, but there. And being improved constantly.

    Hallelujah!

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    [–] 104 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    I just got access to Sync for Lemmy! Very nice. I hope the developer of rif would also make a lemmy client.

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    [–] 96 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    spotted by the /r/Android Reddit community (out of all places)

    lold

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    I went and checked... That's a mischaracterisation. A lot of people are excited, a lot of people are asking what Lemmy is. Some people are saying it sucks but that's not the general vibe. There are quite a few people saying they visit both Reddit and Lemmy and enjoy Lemmy a lot more and go there first.

    Jives with my own experience, TBH.

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  • [–] 43 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I bet a large number of the negative comments only checked out Lemmy the weeks of the protests. I think their critiques are very accurate for that time period. But I think Lemmy now is a lot better than a month ago and a viable alternative to Reddit.

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  • [–] 25 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    As long as the masses don't all flock to just one server, the next time reddit fucks up it'll be a much softer place to land. The only problem is the niche communities and they're survivability when transferring over.

    This really does feel like the early days of reddit. Where small, niche communities have to just keep plugging along until they hit a self-sustaining number of active users, and I didn't realize how much I missed that till I came here.

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  • [–] 83 points 3 years ago* (3 children)

    just got sync installed a few minutes ago, feels so good to have a proper UI for endless scrolling now :)

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    [–] 73 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    And here I am, waiting for a "Lemmy is Fun" app.

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    [–] 54 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Reddit is making the same mistake that 3DFX made against Nvidia and ATI back in the day with third party developers. Restricting 3rd party development was suicidal on reddit's part.

    Ultimately, people want choices, and I think if the average user see only one reddit app vs a literal wall of different Lemmy apps, they will be inclined to try at least one Lemmy app instead.

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  • [–] 38 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I disagree that the majority of people want choices, at least when it comes to social media. The vast majority of social media users want to be where the user base is at. For Lemmy to be the more attractive option, it either needs to have do similar numbers to it’s competitor or offer something very unique and useful that the others don’t.

    And I say this as someone who has been much happier on Lemmy than I have been the last few years on Reddit.

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  • [–] 50 points 3 years ago (13 children)

    Downloaded just now, looks great! But I don't really enjoy the subscription model. Why not make one lifetime purchase of let's say $20 or something? Monthly or yearly payments are a no for me. But paying even a little bit more for a lifetime would be working.

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    [–] 47 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    It feels like old reddit sync experience. I am glad the app is back.

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    [–] 39 points 3 years ago

    Just downloaded. I have not been this happy for months.

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    [–] 37 points 3 years ago

    My first comment, feels good to be using a Sync app again. My Reddit usage has dropped considerably so I've had extra time to waste...

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  • [–] 34 points 3 years ago

    This app looks and feels super solid. I didn't use sync for Reddit, but this feels and looks smooth as hell. Secondly going to use this and keep looking to see how all the apps are progressing.

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  • [–] 31 points 3 years ago (6 children)

    Happy more notable support is joining but I think it will be hard for me to leave Voyager (tAfka Wefwef) at this point.

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    [–] 30 points 3 years ago (10 children)

    I've wanted Reddit to burn for awhile. It devolved into nothing but a circle jerk.

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    [–] 29 points 3 years ago

    So hyped for this. I've completely moved on from Reddit and this will help solidify the decision. All the screenshots of the app up til now look really good.

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  • [–] 27 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    If spez wasn't such a petty hurensohn this wouldn't have happened.

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    [–] 27 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Y'all I have missed this app. Jerboa is fine but sync just feels so much better.

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    [–] 25 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I stopped using reddit entirely. Sync was reddit. Glad to have it back!

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    [–] 25 points 3 years ago

    Wrapping Sync around Lemmy has made interfacing with the fediverse so nice, you don't get this kind of quality from anyone but a passionate developer.

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  • [–] 23 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Any chance for a paid version but not a subscription? I would dump money into that so fast.

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    [–] 22 points 3 years ago

    This is where reddit messed up. Third party apps are priceless to certain users. Different flavors of apps and choices will bring in more users etc. These third party apps may have indeed been the digg moment reddit has been toying with for years.

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    [–] 21 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Using this on a pixel fold and it's glorious.

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    [–] 21 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I didn't use Sync before but it's a really solid beta. I can't wait to be able to post from it. Until then I'm running Jerboa and Sync.

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    [–] 16 points 3 years ago (20 children)

    Bummed out they're injecting ads into lemmy :/

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