• solrize@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Is there a simple explanation of what Sync does that’s so great, that e.g. RedReader doesn’t do, and that isn’t fairly straightforward for someone else to add to RedReader if it’s missing?

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      2 years ago

      The simplest way is to download it for yourself and compare. For me, the layout, font sizing, navigation, and features gave me exactly the Reddit experience I wanted. I bounced back and forth between it and like 8 other apps and always went back to Sync because nothing felt more comfortable.

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        2 years ago

        Thanks, I don’t have a google account so can’t install stuff from google play, and I don’t want to install a closed source app anyway. Is there a user manual or anything like that?

        It would be good to have a detailed comparison someplace (not asking you to write one here), that can be turned into enhancement requests for RedReader or something similar. I’m not much of an Android or Reddit power user so RedReader is the only mobile Reddit app that I used. It always seemed ok to me, but I don’t have other apps to compare it too.

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      2 years ago

      I’ve tried RedReader when the Sync shutdown was announced, the UI is clunky and feels very dated. Sync is the best overall app I have ever used, and it’s consistently gotten better over time, and at times when I thought improvements were simply no longer possible. It’s that good.

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        2 years ago

        Interesting, thanks. I believe I have old fashioned tastes in interfaces so maybe that’s why I like Redreader. A quick youtube search shows several videos about Sync for Reddit, so maybe I will watch a few of them to see what I’ve been missing. I have some slight interest in Android programming, so maybe enhancing RedReader can give me something to play with.