I like sync because I don’t have to interact with or smell the poors. Good job sync team 👍
Perfect response. I not usually one who is made fun of for being bougie, but why not pay for an app that I’ve used for nearly a decade and can easily afford?
Agreed. Get your grubby FOSSy hands off my amazing app.
Actually I’d invite the FOSS developers to learn from UI of sync. If they get better, I’ll switch to FOSS apps, I’d contribute to FOSS if I had the time, but I don’t and their UI does feel unpolished. Used liftoff and jerboa before sync.
Infinity is pretty slick
If affording a cheap app is rich in your eyes…I have bad news for you.
Not everyone is made of money. In my country 20 USD is a whole month’s rent.
But… This analogy doesn’t work at all. Sync isn’t a community, it’s a client. So you’re interacting with the same people.
It’s a joke
Yeah nah fuck that Sync hate, I don’t use it personally but if someone wants to use it, all the best to them and have a jolly ride in the lemmy part of the fediverse
I used many Lemmy Android clients and after trying out Sync it is so good. It is not FOSS but it is high quality. Other FOSS apps are not mature enough yet and are unestable. I hope one day a FOSS one can compete and have high quality and I will switch
“I don’t use it myself” LIAR, BURN THE HERETIC
/s
Welcome buddy. Welcome all sync users. The greatest part of the decentriverse is it’s not yours or mine, it’s no one’s. Do as you please.
I found out about Lemmy BECAUSE of Sync. I’m a huge FOSS supporter but that doesn’t mean I’ll trash anything that isn’t open source.
Much more importantly, I’d really like to see Lemmy succeed against data mining trash like Reddit. Let’s not dissuade potential converts coming over from Reddit with this gatekeeping nonsense. These manipulative parasitic social media companies are the real enemy here. Sync is one guy making one app with a one time purchase. Everyone is still welcome to use open source apps, the website or any other means of accessing the community. Sync is not your enemy.
I found out about Lemmy BECAUSE of Sync
I had heard of lemmy in the days before the reddit blackout, but only when ljdawson said he was considering building sync for lemmy, did I actually join up.
I tried other clients before sync was actually out, and voyager is pretty good - but sync feels like home.
Why do people hate sync anyways
It’s cool to hate it, for a lot of people who moved to fediverse early, it’s a matter of FOSS software and an ideology. Everyone has a flexing point in their ideology, early adopters of fediverse can’t be flexible at closed source products. I personally draw my flexing boundary at large capitalist companies. Sync is developed by one guy and tbh with a way pretty UI than any of the FOSS software has (my personal opinion) so I like it. And I use it. But I understand the ideological point of FOSS everything, but I don’t understand people who want FOSS everything but they contribute nothing.
I understand why people want to use FOSS, but I don’t understand being annoyed that a non FOSS project costs money. It doesn’t take away your choice and only adds more choice and gives FOSS devs a target to make their apps better. I only see upsides to having more choices of clients. This isn’t some huge mega corporations trying to monopolize on a platform, it’s a small solo dev that’s making a client for a platform with an open standard that cannot be closed off by design. There’s no downside to having more competition. It’s not like sync will put the FOSS options out of business since they’re free hobby projects to begin with.
I agree that I’m not flexible with non FOSS software but at the same time I’m glad that this new app will bring more people to lemmy and the fediverse in general. I just in huge disagreement over the pricing policy out of principle. I’m glad the money is going to one person instead of a mega Corp but his app should have been priced at less than 10$ for a, lifetime and maybe 20 for ultra. More than 20$ for lifetime and 100$+ is bonkers and no regional pricing even. As good as his app is it is not anywhere near that value.
I appreciate you answering the question and being brave enough to step forward to do so.
I think what’s been confusing me is why so many lemmings feel they need to tell us which UX to use and whether we should value it one way or another…
They’ll say, “use what works for you” but… “it’s should be (almost free).” Making an absolute value judgment, no caveat or allowing for other tastes or bank accounts.
It’s just bad form. If it confuses them, I get it. Strict adherence to FOSS confuses me. But we can talk that through.
But I’m not going to tell them that they’re doing it wrong or that they’re objectively valuing FOSS incorrectly.
But that keeps happening to Sync. I appreciate you answering the question and engaging.
This need to continually tell us that we’re wrong for supporting the app and dev is mystifying to me.
It’s like me telling everyone to stop funding the instance because it’s paid through the end of the year. Even mentioning that the instance was/is healthy feels like poor form.
But if people aren’t sure the instance will endure, the engagement may not persist.
Yet lemmings have stirred the doubt-pot, too. The instance deserves support. The dev deserves support. Labor, any labor, cannot be expected to be free.
That’s my moral line. You may have another one. That’s fine. The above is my opinion, not objective fact.
I just don’t get the need to keep shitting on people enjoying an app or paying for it.
This guy… He gets it.
Once I was exactly like you described: “people who want FOSS everything but they contribute nothing”. Indeed, it was really bothering me to not contribute anything, but the reason was I didn’t have much confidence about my skills. I slowly break that barrier of lacking confidence.
If there are people out there like who I was, please just go and commit anything on any project, whatever it is, doesn’t matter.
I can’t wait till I am as confident as you sir. Till then, I may try updating documentation to help out
Documentation is a super important job!!! 🎉🎉🎉
So are translations. Quite a few apps benefit from translations, so if you speak two or more languages helping in translation is very easy.
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Are you… Disagreeing with every autocorrect your phone is giving you?
Holy shit! That was the most excruciating comment I’ve ever read. Like seriously, he literally dismissed everything his autocorrect tried to fix.
It almost feels deliberate but that seems like effort
I have a coworker who types like this, they might have turned it off altogether
I haven’t used autocorrect since I turned it off on my iPhone 3GS. It’s not that hard to not type like a lunatic.
They might be using a FOSS keyboard. I’m on Floris Board and there is currently no auto-correct.
Holy shit, it’s typo man! He does exist…
Cool for people who think their code is good enough to let other people read it. I code for 20 years professionally now, not reached that point yet.
Most code isn’t really that good, it’s just good enough. If you think your code isn’t good enough, you should just read the codebase you’re thinking about contributing to. It’s probably full of stuff you would have been embarrassed about.
Yep I’ve got hardcore imposters sydrome when it comes to coding.
I don’t hate it. What rubs me the wrong way is the $20 ask to remove ads, when alternative apps exists that don’t charge or even have ads yet. It feels far too steep for what it’s designed to handle, compared to Reddit. $5 would have been reasonable as an early bird deal, then $10 afterwards would have made more sense. Then add a tip jar for those who feel generous.
It’s a bit of a catch-22 because while Lemmy and the Sync for Lemmy userbase is small the dev needs to ask for more to keep the lights on.
If there was a larger pool of users who might potentially subscribe then the dev wouldn’t have to charge as much.
But from a user perspective it might seem like a smaller/newer platform like Lemmy doesn’t justify a higher cost.
For me personally I am happy to pay it because I used and loved Sync for years on Reddit and having had the experience with creating a Reddit app the dev has been able to provide a more complete/polished interface for Lemmy than possibly any other app available right now.
But it is $30 on my end to remove the ads on sync. I completely agree with you, and I had sync for years. I am currently using Jerboa, and it fits my needs.
As a sync user, I agree, $20 is a steep price for what lemmy is currently offering. If I’m sure I’m gonna staying on lemmy for years (like I did for reddit), im probably gonna pay. But only time will tell. But so far the als I’ve seen are really not that frequent or intrusive, and I’m just happy I have sync back tbh.
You just answered yourself there’s alternative apps. If you don’t want to pay for kid ads go use one of them. You don’t have to use sync
What rubs me the wrong way is the $20 ask to remove ads
I would feel the same way if Sync was the one and only option to view Lemmy on mobile but it’s not. You can use all the other FOSS apps which don’t have ads.
By the way you can install a global adblocker on your phone to remove all (well, most let’s say) ads across your device. I use one and don’t see any ads on Sync, just a blank square.
F that noise. I’m here and active because Sync came out, and I’ve become used to its interface over the years. I’ll eventually try the other FLOSS apps but I’m here learning and enjoying first.
Yeah, op, don’t feel shamed about using sync, it’s a great app that’s worth using. I use it. Lots of us use it. The hate is a knee-jerk reflex to the sudden influx of excited reddit sync users who have migrated to lemmy and talked a lot about sync. I think FOSS users were expecting a FOSS-type option and were shocked when that wasn’t the case. Then you also had users who were just mad that it would cost more to be used here than it was on reddit.
No one hates you for using sync.
Sync is what got me to really enjoy using Reddit. I’m proud to be a Sync user. lol .
How I feel using, and liking, Jerboa
Jerboa is a cute lil app
Couldn’t login on jerboa did they fix it? I’ve been using connect.
Back when the other site first shut down there was an update to jerboa that made any instance under v18 unusable. Which was most of them for about a week.
Ive been logging in just fine. I can also post threads, unlike with Synch which can’t.
Minimal design, easy on the eyes. Reminds me of rif. It’s absolutely perfect.
I’m on Jerboa too, what’s the problem with it? I like the rat
IDK what people are complaining about, the UI is good.
I installed it a while ago and I’m loving it ngl. (I never used sync tho. Was a Infinity and Boost user)
I can’t use apps that lag during simple scrolling so I never liked Jerboa. Quickly switched to Liftoff and now will switch to Sync I guess.
Also Jerboa has too few settings and that annoying post button that I rarely use stuck on screen.
A Sync user loves Lemmy enough to pay for it and isn’t wrapped up in drama spun by FOSS advocates. Be proud.
That being said, I love FOSS.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software?wprov=sfla1
Had to look it up
Almost thought it was an app 🤣
I wanted RIF to support Lemmy
is it confirmed it won’t? sync is okay, but RiF was simply better
RIF creator said he was developing for tildes, not lemmy.
I wouldn’t say they’ll never move to lemmy but that appears to be the case for the time being.
wtf is tildes
Another reddit alternative which I believe is focused on longer text posts and deeper discussions
I would be super stoked if the creator of RiF created something for Lemmy. But to Sync’s credit, I’ve been able to mess around a little with the settings and make my feed look like RiF in dark mode.
I won’t hold my breath for RiF making a comeback (LiF??). However if it does, I’m all in. It was a really sad day when I had to say goodbye to it.
I would put money toward that. I had RIF for years, and would love something to make Lemmy feel a little more familiar.
I haven’t messed with the settings yet, but the defaults are pretty much how I left sync before I uninstalled the Reddit client, but it used to be able to look basically however you wanted it, and if it can’t yet give it time. He’s a good dev.
Huh. I call Lemmy users “Lemmers”. Is “Lemmies” the agreed term?
I think «lemmings» is more common.
I disagree with the rest of the people itt. Downvote me NOW
I agree with this comment.
I set up sync to look as much like Alexandrite as I could, its a nice bit of consistency when I switch to desktop from mobile and vice versa.
Not enough people know about alexandrite. It’s definitely my favorite web interface.
I haven’t tried many, maybe one other than Alexandrite and “stock” but I like that it uses more of my screen than just the middle.
I personally like MLMYM more, but you do you.
Jerboa has been treating me right so far
I was using both jerboa, liftoff before sync came along. But my problem with both was effectively less dense information. And hard to navigate comments. The more I have to scroll the more I dislike it. Sync is good at packing information densely if you wish to do so. But also good at spacing it out if you like that layout.
Jerboa wouldn’t let me save any posts or comments. Other than that it worked great. I’m using sync now as I had the sync for Reddit back in the day and love it.
I can save posts and comments on it fine.
I don’t see why people are so against the developer using ads. If you don’t like them, you can remove them yourself with an adblocker, you don’t need the dev to do that. If you consider ads an ethical violation, you shouldn’t see using an adblocker as unethical.
Or get this. Pay to remove them. Should people not be compensated for their hard work?
That’s not really my point. If people are demanding that everything should be free, they can just make them free and stop whining about it.
