Looks like this might be a thing now! : syncforlemmy

[-] morain@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ha ha ha! Spez is really pushing it.

[-] LillianVS@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

They really scared about Lemmy? Being so blatant about this shit... I have learned the following:

They do not like subreddits going NSFW it makes them no money. I for one welcome all furries and rule 34 artwork to Reddit.
They do not like people promoting Lemmy, any kind of competition gets them trying every tactic they can muster, playing all their cards now.
They do not like people deleting or removing data from Reddit. You know what would suck? A GDPR deletion request... That would be a real damn shame. No data to sell then lol

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[-] zaktmt@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

Sync and Boost were my favorite Android Reddit clients. I always preferred Apollo and being back on iOS, but they are great in their own right. But I paid for premium for both Sync and Boost for a reason. They were so feature complete and were the closest thing I could get to Apollo on Android.

[-] dm_me_your_secrets@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

I agree. I hope Boost follows as well. it's been my most used app for years.

[-] kommanditbolag@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

Reddit says r/SyncForLemmy is an unreviewed sub and that I should open it in their app.

[-] GunnarRunnar@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Lmao what? They can't even stick to their deadline and need to expedite the inconvenience?

[-] kommanditbolag@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I'm guessing it's because it contains the word Lemmy.

[-] GunnarRunnar@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

You're probably right but big boy like Reddit should handle a little competitor talk in its platform.

[-] CletusVanDamme@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Let's be patient with this and not give him a hard time. For those of you who haven't used Sync before, there was a major update a while back which caused strong emotions from many people and caused the developer to take a hiatus. Please be patient and kind and the result will be worth it!

[-] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

which caused strong emotions from many people and caused the developer to take a hiatus.

This is why we can't have nice things.

[-] livingina@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It was so sad because you could tell he put so much work into it. But like a good dev he listened to feedback and ended up allowing it to be customized to how I liked it originally.

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[-] DontMakeMoreBabies@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

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[-] BorkBork@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

+1 to this, would rather the app supports logging into a fediverse server instead of just lemmy

[-] Kichae@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

Lemmy, kbin, Mastodon, Misskey, Pleroma, Friendica... They all use different APIs, and those APIs need to be supported separately by developers if they want their app to be compatible with all of them.

ernest is talking about changing the kbin API to be more in line with lemmy's, which would allow apps made for lemmy to also work with kbin, but they wouldn't, for instance, work with (or possibly even know about) kbin's microblogging feature.

[-] elrac@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I'll be honest, I think kbin's microblog feature needs work. It either needs to be integrated into the lemmy style posts somehow or needs something else fine with it. It's pretty confusing how it currently stands.

[-] Kichae@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

It needs to be in the sidebar of magazines. There's no way to directly integrate it other wise, as they're totally different formats.

But there's a lot of potential in having the fedi microblogging stream at your fingertips. A not insignificant amount of Reddit is screenshots of Twitter posts. Being able to directly quote Mastodon posts to promote them to a thread would be pretty powerful.

But, you know, it's a very young projects. The developer hasn't had the time to integrate things

[-] moonie@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

And if I need a lemmy account, how do you manage accounts across the fediverse, you make accounts on each site and they are unrelated?

[-] ryknow@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

I am ALL for this!! I was a sync pro user for years!! Miss that app now that I'm done with reddit.

[-] Poiar@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Sync was Reddit for me.

Reddit dies in my mind when Reddit Sync is no more (I'm gonna patch it with revanced)

If Sync lives on in Lemmy, that's gosh dang amazing

Jerboa is cool and all, but it's no Sync :)

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[+] PopOfAfrica@lemmy.one 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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[-] can@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Or, what if the app had its own instance in the future? Would help with onboarding new users to lemmy for simplicity (of course with the option to sign up elsewhere in app too).

[-] antik@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I'd would just like the app to be able to create "Multicommunities" so I can bundle my /c/technology or /c/news communities on different servers in one thread. Yes like multireddits but spread accross the instances :)

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[-] sunaurus@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Awesome news! I used to use Sync daily back when I was on Android, very happy to hear that the users will have some place to go.

[-] WheelcharArtist@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

give me relay for lemmy and i'm set

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[-] YellowGas@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

This is very unexpected but I'm so ready to show support! I'll be financially donating and supporting! ljdawson, it at your own pace and I'll be happy with anything you can bring to the community! I was so pleased with Sync for Reddit every step of the way.

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[-] livejamie@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Let's goooooooooooooooo

[-] CrypticFawn@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Woo! I may actually spend more time on the Fediverse. I was a RiF user, but I'll happily pay for Sync and spend more time here too.

[-] Liam_Galt@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Great news! Jerboa is fine for now but it definitely doesn't feel as polished or user-friendly. I'm looking forward to having some more options. I'm following the Artemis development already but I'll be keeping an eye on this for sure.

[-] snakesnakewhale@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Oh god, the loss of Sync was legitimately the straw that broke reddit's back for me. I would instantly pay Laurence for this

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[-] demesisx@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Thanks for making the fediverse such an amazing community, everyone. We may have a long way to go before social media without billionaire control is ubiquitous, but I’m confident that this is the right way and it’s just a matter of time before most people realize that.

[-] WorldUponAString@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I used Sync for years before I moved to iPhone. I would love to get back into Sync, I'm all for this!

[-] dreamfall@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Hell yes! Sync was my reddit app of choice, and I will for sure migrate to this full time once it is out!

[-] Pixlbabble@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Now I just need RIF for lemmy. Multiple fediverse accounts ie lemmy and kbin on one feed?

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[-] Rogue_General@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Huzzah! I had only just voted earlier today in the sync subreddit for a lemmy app and already @ljdawson@lemmy.world is on the case. You rock dude!

[-] ljdawson@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Just hooked up messaging and username mentions.

Cheers!

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[-] Imhotep@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Would it be closed source?

Good app, but with many trackers, and it wouldn't work without Google services one day (anti piracy measure?).

[-] Deemo@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I'd presume so based on reddit sync (monitization primarly from ads and iap). Apollo's dev at one point made another app (primarly for killing amp links) that was paid and open sourced it, however he had issues with low effort copycats.

https://github.com/christianselig/Amplosion

The bright side of a closedsource app is in certain cases it can encourage faster development since the dev can work on it part/fulltime (idk how syncs revenue worked).

To be clear the post above is my personal view (I could be completly wrong).

[-] poopsmith@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

That would be amazing. I loved Sync for reddit and was heartbroken to have to abandon it.

[-] superspicykyle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Sorry, i have no idea what this is. Anyone able to give me a rundown

[-] Master@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Sync is one of the big mobile apps for reddit that is getting shut down on the 30th with reddit's API changes.

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[-] Dakydd@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Sync is a Reddit 3rd party app.

MVP is Minimum Viable Product.

The lead developer for Sync is going to work on a Lemmy app!

[-] 5redie8@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

I've used sync for reddit on android for years, absolutely beside myself with excitement

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[-] hillbicks@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Fantastic news, really happy to see this happening!

[-] ben914@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Would definitely be interested in Sync for Lemmy! I've been switching back and forth from Lemmy's web UI, and the Jerboa app. I like Jerboa, but it has been a bit buggy and in some ways isn't as good as the web UI, and I think the developer of Jerboa is too busy with improving the Lemmy API to focus on Jerboa.

I used Sync for Reddit for a long time, and really liked it. I did eventually move on to Boost for Reddit, but now that I'm moving away from Reddit in general. I'd like to see more options for Lemmy apps.

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