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And just like that, all the other lemmy clients mean nothing to me. Just the handling of media posts is next level compared to the other guys.
I, too, love intrusive tracking permissions and ads.
Oh, wait… no I don’t.
Just pay to remove the ads then, this disables all of that
Definitely worth the 20 USD
You want free. You want no ads. You want sustainable. You want a fairy tale.
… They said, on the ad free, FOSS free, free as in beer free, constantly updated and sustained platform.
Posted from my free, ad free, constantly updated, ‘fairy tale’ Android App.
But actually not free as in free beer. Someone is paying to sustain these instances.
Edit: this is the 2nd time I’ve seen the phrase “free as in free beer” today and decided to look it up because I hadn’t really taken notice of it before. I retract my statement and apologize. You used it perfectly and TIL, so thank you.
Don’t get ahead of yourself about sustainability. Let’s see how long free ad-free at scale lasts.
Funded by an Open Source grant by NLNet
Just because you think something is free doesn’t mean it is.
Just because something receives funding doesn’t mean it isn’t free. I understand development has costs. Hosting has costs. But nobody is extorting payment for hosting or developing lemmy. As an end user, the service is free to use. That’s obviously what I’m referring to.
Until the grant runs out and new funding needs to be found. And when socialised funding become untenable they will turn to the users or the corporations. Nothing is free.
Asking for donations is, again, different than extortion. There’s a stark difference between a splash screen asking for funding to continue providing a free service and forcing ads and tracking in exchange for cash to operate on said FOSS platform.
Use a different app, nobody’s forcing you to use Sync.
Where was that implied at all?
Half my feed is filled with posts about Sync so I decided to finally respond to one. It was a popular app on Reddit for a reason, I’m sure, and I’m simply expressing my opinion on inviting ads and intrusive tracking to this platform.
I’m happily using Connect after using Jerboa for a month. Both work fine and Connect isn’t perfect but it’s been developed quicky with a lot of changes for user feedback, collects 0 data, has no ads, and offers the most important feature for me - the ability to filter keywords and block instances.
Where was that implied at all?
Reading all these threads about Sync makes me think about fanboys. The critics aren’t welcome.
It was a snarky comment and I replied in kind. Criticism is fine but I like Sync and don’t go around putting down other apps. I just use the one I like and support the developer.
Absolutely agree. Connect has come a long way since I left reddit when RIF died.
Wait what?
What has been added vs sync pro for reddit?
I was ready to drop a bunch of money to support the dev, but not if the app is loaded with tracking bullshit
Nothing, same model as sync for reddit except no separate app available for pro or dev
I mean, it’s not like Threads but for me anything more than 0 data collection is too much. I saw it linked in another post so I can’t say exactly but you should be able to see specifically by finding it on your app store.
To be fair, the comments and posts you leave are technically being collected for display across the lemmyverse. In that sense, there’s never going to be a zero data collection Lemmy client. Still, Liftoff currently has my vote. A decent little FOSS fork of Lemur, I believe.
Sync for Lemmy doesn’t have trackers
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KNOWN TO COLLECT
It doesn’t mean it’s collecting, DDgo is the worse app to do this, use the Exodus web
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There’s no trackers
I used Sync Pro for years but I’ve found the connect app to be pretty close.
So yeah I’d probably have used sync for lemmy if it was priced similarly to the Reddit one but I’ve no interest in paying 10 times more to remove ads or any type of subscription.
This is just beta. The developer is bringing one time payment for removing ads.
Cool, that’s what I was looking around for
Everyone keeps talking like there isn’t a free version. I didnt pay anything to down load thus app. Did I get hidden charged or something?
The free version includes ads and trackers. Some people don’t want that.
It’s free but has ads unless you pay to remove them
The Connect app is awesome! Using it right now. Super happy with it!
Does the connect app have comment navigation to jump to parent comments? I couldn’t find it for weeks and I’m now using sync because it’s so polished.
Connect dev here and there is comment navigation between parent comments!
Now I feel home.
Absolutely. Lemmy had a very different feel than reddit up until Sync was released. Now I can barely tell the difference.
Yes. We are home!
So happy with Sync.
Me too! The mojo is back!
Take my money, dammit!
This is the 3rd app I have installed for Lemmy. I’m going to have to consider uninstalling one! (Connect, Voyager, and now Sync)
Connect has been my primary app so far. I do really like that Sync allows me to customize how posts look. I am a former RIF and old reddit user, and dislike large image previews. I am really happy I can have a larger headline and smaller preview image.
I’m alright with connect for now, Boost is the only one I’d pay for
Boost is the one I’m looking forward to with by far the most excitement. It was my favorite Reddit client. While I’d be happy enough with Sync, it was always 2nd to Boost for me and this launch and the extremely premium pricing haven’t left me with the best first expression.
I also have the feeling that ljdawson will be the first to cut their losses if the client doesn’t perform as expected on this platform, which makes me extra hesitant to dish out for 22€ or 115€ lifetime payments.
The pricing definitely seems steep to me for an ad free version of a phone app. I’m also holding our for boost although Sync seems like a pretty solid alternative for the moment. I haven’t been fully satisfied with many of the other apps except maybe Voyager
Connect is a decent client, but if dbrady ever releases Relay for Lemmy, I’ll jump on it.
dbrady is like the only Reddit dev that is staying with Reddit so I highly doubt it. Relay was also my app of choice, but Sync was #2 so it’s good enough.
Yeah, I know, but a guy can dream can’t he?
Boost gives me so much joy to use.
Can’t wait to launch the rocket! (ㆁωㆁ)
wut
Beetlejuicing
Is one of these free (license-wise) and open source?
Boost won’t be, it was a buy once type deal with the reddit client he made
Good thing. Liftoff would be an adfree and free alternative. But for those that loved sync, probably the only correct solution
I’m really digging Liftoff! It can use some customisation features, but it is pretty good as is. I think I will keep using it since the adfree price of sync is a bit too high for me.
Connect is much like Sync. In fact, I uninstalled Sync and went back to Connect.
I love Sync and will be using it going forward. But it’s really great that there are so many options for everyone.
I like Sync, but honestly, I think I still prefer Connect.
Connect for me was just a placeholder until Sync got released. So happy it’s back
They’re both good. I can’t get into other apps like Infinity though. I just tried it and now I’m too used to the sleek look of Sync. Connect is very close in the race, and without ads it may as well be neck and neck.
That’s why we love options! 3rd party apps ftw
I was disappointed it wasn’t on iOS, but once I saw that privacy policy I was kinda glad. Good on the dev for making a living, but jeeeeez
Care to elaborate?
This, in the span of 30mins or less. It’s a major turnoff. I’ve considered getting the lifetime ad-free version but I’m not paying USD170 just for an app. Got to give credit where credit’s due though, Sync is hands down the best Lemmy app I’ve used so far.
What app did you use to monitor this?
It’s the App Tracking Protection function in Duckduckgo’s browser.
Removing ads is just 20$
The 170$ is to support the dev and for more extensive features
Where do I find the $20 option? That’s all I see on the android app.
It’s under your profile on the top left “remove ads”. Sync ultra removes ads too but is more expensive because it has extra features.
Ahhh ok thanks for that! I was looking in the wrong place all along. Wonder why dev didn’t just place this option in or at least next to Sync Ultra. I’ll probably hold out till I see what Boost has to offer first.
Sync was my go to reddit client, I’m beyond excited this is out already for Lemmy!!
Now do Apollo for Lemmy!
Memmy has been a great fill-in, as has Lemmios. Memmy is probably a little further along, but both are definitely “Apollo-inspired” and both have been nice to use. Still some features missing that I have to come to the site for.
Voyager is basically that. It’s on test flight or as a PWA on Lemmy.world
It’s good but Apollo has a level of polish that won’t be replicated for a while. It looks like Apollo, but it doesn’t 100% feel like it. Apollo for Lemmy would still be better than all of our current options imo.
Hopefully the native version, coming soon, will be a bit smoother than the pwa and have better integration with the OS.
It’s probably the best pwa I’ve ever used, but it’s still a pwa. And the native version will still just be a wrapper on the pwa, but it has the potential to be better.
Still, Apollo was around for a while which means it’s had more time for polish, and it had a lot more users, which meant more support, motivation, and money for development, as well as more people to submit feature requests and bug reports.
Indeed. It was a native app and it was such a polished gem. Christian’s vision from the beginning was to make the perfect Reddit IOS app for Reddit and he made it happen.
Memmy is aiming to be Apollo for Lemmy.
Open-source and ad-free.
If only, perhaps the Apollo developer will do a Lemmy client in time, I think for now he’s taking a moment to himself. Memmy is a pretty good iOS client.
Is it libre and available on fdroid?
no and no.
Relay for lemmy when
Probably never. The dev seems intent on keep drinking the reddit kool-aid and push subscription to users. It’s too bad, there is a gap for an app with the same polish for lemmy (although I have yet to try Sync)
sync is almost as polished as relay but it doesn’t have the look and feel of relay
(I’m a former relay pro user)
I’ve been grinning like a kid on Christmas for the past half an hour
Who cares? Infinity dropped an APK!
I know that Lemmy is years old, but as this is my first day on the platform, it feels like a whole new world.
