Sync was my Reddit app of choice, this is great news for Lemmy.
this post was submitted on 20 Jun 2023
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ive never got to use any third-party app for reddit, just the official one... as matter of fact i just discovered that such thing existed when the current crisis began lol. since i decided to flee of that dictatorial ship and now found myself here, kinda lost, id like to ask u guys if this "Sync for Reddit" was good and if we can expect the lemmy version to be as well (ofc, taking into acc the differences between both platforms).
im asking that to be able deciding if i should watch it up close or nah. thanks guys
It was my favorite of the apps I tried. Really clean interface and a good dev.
Sync was widely regarded as the best third-party app for Android. I preferred a different one, but I don't think it's shutting down for another 10 days, so you can always open it up and try it
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Good? The best one. I started to use Sync in 2013, there was no official app, only a couple of 3rd party ones. I tried them all a couple of days and Sync was vastly superior. I bought it and used it almost 10 years!
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It is good, if only because it means the Lemmy developers can focus on back end development.
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Just using firefox android's Add Site To Homepage button for lemmy has worked pretty well for me. i have jeroba but i like the web app a little better. i am open to trying newer lemmy apps as they come out though.
Thank goodness, sync was the app that worked the best for me! Awesome to see more apps coming out already
awesome news! i used to jump between Sync and Boost for reddit.
I know Christian mentioned he wouldn't port Apollo to Lemmy, but I haven't given up hope just yet!
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Great news!, if kbin implements a lemmy-like api (which is being discussed) this app would be entirely compatible as well!
When I read about this yesterday, I was so damn happy about it! I loved Sync for the last ~10 years and I am thrilled to have the dev on lemmy. Its going to be awesome!
Yay! I've been using Sync Pro for a few years and love it.
That's awesome to hear! Hope there's a lot of code that doesn't need to be changed.
It's mentioned in the comment section that the developer made /c/syncforlemmy@lemmy.world as the community for the new project.
You'd need the full link since beehaw defederated with lemmy.world. But you can keep track without needed an account.
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Dream come true right there. I used sync since 2012? 2013? A long damned time anyways, and I'd love to continue.
Same, I switched between Relay and Sync a couple times in the early days, but I stuck with Sync (pro and then dev) for the long haul. Without that, there would have been no Reddit for me, which is why I'm here now and thrilled by this news.
Looks like I need a Lemmy account!
A kbin API is in the works, if we manage to make it compatible with lemmy this app would be usable for kbin as well.
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Great news. Sync made Reddit usable for me, as I was able to easily filter out keywords and subs that were problematic.
Thank god. Sync is the app I was using before this entire shitshow.