• Jules@lemmy.worldEnglish
    114·
    11 months ago

    It’s like having Reddit back, this is amazing. 🙏

    For as long as I can remember Reddit and Sync have been one and the same. I never used Reddit website or app, only ever used Sync to browse Reddit hosted content. I used it a lot. I’ve missed it a lot.

    Between the Lemmy platform and Sync client, to all intents and purposes what Reddit was has been fully restored/migrated.

    I know it’s early days, but I did not expect to see anything like this so soon and it gives me hope that Lemmy can grow and thrive into the network of people that always made Reddit what it was. Everything that’s needed is there - early, a little rough around the edges, but there. And being improved constantly.

    Hallelujah!

    • UsernameIsTooLon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      251·
      11 months ago

      Yea this app going dark for a month made me realize how much I actually enjoy the experience of this app rather than reddit itself. Being forced to use the official app has pushed me away from Reddit more than ever

    • cjsolx@lemmy.worldEnglish
      221·
      11 months ago

      Lemmying from Sync right now and it brings a tear to my eye. I don’t think anything other than Sync would have made Lemmy feel “right” to me. And now it does.

      • Jules@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        11 months ago

        He just added an £18.99 one off charge to remove ads as well. Instabuy for me. Just brilliant.

        • Celediel@slrpnk.netEnglish
          6·
          11 months ago

          At first it felt a little steep to me, but then I remembered I’ve been using Sync since 2012.

        • cjsolx@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          11 months ago

          Insta buy indeed lol. Probably double paid to remove ads and get ultra but that’s alright, it’s for a good cause and LJ deserves it.

        • TheFriendlyArtificer@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          11 months ago

          Same!

          The second that I opened the interface it was like being greeted by an old friend.

          I totally get the subscription fatigue that people get. Work gave me an iPad and I was gobsmacked that a simple SSH app using open source libraries was going to cost $6.00/mo. Hell with that.

          But in this instance, I feel like the subscription is worth it. The dev has proven that he is extremely active. Weekly updates on the beta channel for the original Reddit version.

          • Coelacanth@feddit.nuEnglish
            2·
            11 months ago

            That’s for Ultra. The other purchase is under “Remove Ads”. Ultra comes with some extra features, like cloud storage.

          • limecoolEnglish
            2·
            11 months ago

            That’s for lifetime ultra. Check the sidebar for remove ads option. Should be $24

      • Franki@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        5·
        11 months ago

        I couldn’t said it better myself. After 12 years on reddit, here I am! Joined as soon as sync launched and after some Eli5 of Lemmy, I’m ready for it.

        All tips for interesting instances or give me some tips about what I should check out, or catch up on, it would be appreciated .

      • Eyeklops@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        11 months ago

        I don’t consider myself to be “Lemmying” or “Redditing”… I’m “Syncing”

  • randint@lemm.eeEnglish
    1031·
    11 months ago

    I just got access to Sync for Lemmy! Very nice. I hope the developer of rif would also make a lemmy client.

      • displayerror@lemmy.worldEnglish
        71·
        11 months ago

        It’s one of the downsides of the reddit reckoning: there are so many different fediverse communities/sites now that existing subreddit communities have been split across different sites.

            • Rose Thorne@lemm.eeEnglish
              7·
              11 months ago

              Being invitation only probably hasn’t helped spread the word out, and when I’ve seen it brought up, the strict moderation has brought out complaints.

              Not attacking the platform for those things, their house, their rules, but I could see where that keeps them more under the radar.

        • crowsby@lemmy.worldEnglish
          9·
          11 months ago

          It was a community built by a former Reddit backend developer, Deimos. He also built the subredditsimulator subs and automoderator, and is looking to purposefully cultivate an online community that avoids some of the common pitfalls, mainly:

          • Gravitating over time towards low-effort, lowest common denominator clickbait.
          • A culture of lawful-evil trolls who “follow the rules” but are ultimately assholes who ruin the vibe.

          Personally I love what he’s done with the place. It’s small, but it’s big enough and I find that the quality of comments is far better than what you might find in most corners of the internet. I’ve also got a few invites if anyone wants to check it out.

          Also the Tildes app is astoundingly good for what the developer is calling an “alpha”.

          • derpgon@programming.devEnglish
            1·
            11 months ago

            I see, I myself am not really against the idea of strict moderation. So many times, on many sites where I had some sort of moderation powers, I’ve always wanted to just fucking ban people who tip toe around breaking the rules or being assholes, but not quite breaking the barrier.

    • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
      11·
      11 months ago

      Same, just got the notification!

      I’m waiting for Boost since that’s what I was used to, but this looks great too :)

      • TheSaneWriter@lemmy.thesanewriter.comEnglish
        4·
        11 months ago

        I’m also a former Boost user, bit this a really nice app. I may switch to Boost when it comes out, but I will admit I’ve grown attached to gesture controls.

    • dunidane@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      91·
      11 months ago

      I’m still more a fan of relay which is staying for reddit but this is pretty nice.

  • slitno@lemm.eeEnglish
    81·
    11 months ago

    just got sync installed a few minutes ago, feels so good to have a proper UI for endless scrolling now :)

  • Kokesh@lemmy.worldEnglish
    522·
    11 months ago

    Downloaded just now, looks great! But I don’t really enjoy the subscription model. Why not make one lifetime purchase of let’s say $20 or something? Monthly or yearly payments are a no for me. But paying even a little bit more for a lifetime would be working.

    • MosterdMan@feddit.nlEnglish
      27·
      11 months ago

      Same here, would buy the lifetime purchase straight away but holding off on the subscription, given the ad-free experience is the only thing I care about.

    • OR3X@lemm.eeEnglish
      281·
      11 months ago

      Exactly what I came here to say. I had purchased Sync Ultra (or whatever it was called) in the reddit app and was really happy with the experience. First thing I went to do upon installing the new one was go to purchase again and was really disappointed to see a monthly subscription and no one-time purchases option. Then I was even more disappointed to see ads in the feed. I mean, I get why the developer went this route, but it really sucks. I don’t want another running subscription to think about. I have enough of those as it is.

      • KingStrafeIV@midwest.socialEnglish
        11·
        11 months ago

        I might be mistaken, but I don’t think Sync Ultra is the same thing as the ad-free sync premium. Sync Ultra is a subscription because it adds functionality that requires cloud resources, not just removes ads.

          • KingStrafeIV@midwest.socialEnglish
            3·
            11 months ago
            • Ad free
            • Cloud backup
            • Highlight users
            • Tag users
            • Translate text
            • Select text from images
            • Push notifications
            • Saved folders
            • Import / export subscriptions

            Source: The sync ultra description from in-app

              • KingStrafeIV@midwest.socialEnglish
                4·
                11 months ago

                It all depends on how you implement it. He describes the text from images as using machine learning, which implies using an external API to do that translation.

                Storing cloud backups requires a server and storage, etc.

                • Rikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldEnglish
                  31·
                  11 months ago

                  which implies using an external API to do that translation

                  It doesn’t. You can have local models.

                  Storing cloud backups requires a server and storage, etc.

                  Yes, it doesn’t have to be the author’s storage. Many, many apps implement it as adding the data to your Google Drive / Dropbox / whatever.

      • AZmaybe9@lemm.eeEnglish
        91·
        11 months ago

        Alternatively, Sync had so many updates that paying for Ultra once so many years ago felt like I stole it. It’s like $17 a year? I could do that easily to support the dev.

    • big_slap@lemmy.worldEnglish
      51·
      11 months ago

      I’m not a fan of subscriptions either but come on, it’s 17 dollars a year.

      • Vqhm@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        I’d pay 20 a year if it were split 50/50 with the instance I select as my default… I mean the instances need to pay for bandwidth and hosting somehow. I get it, devs need to eat too, but pay it forward.

    • calr0x@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      11 months ago

      I think it’s definitely reasonable to expect that the app will continue to improve and there is no lifetime charge that would cover that.

      The time is now to encourage and support development of the things you like and that also includes your favorite Lemmy instance itself.

    • Rikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldEnglish
      32·
      11 months ago

      Also please ditch the Google Play billing. It’s the reason I had to switch to Relay for Reddit, because I simply won’t have the spyware, that is Google Play Services, on my phone.

    • curiouscuriosity@lemmy.worldEnglish
      32·
      11 months ago

      I get that lifetime subscriptions are much more palatable to users but I don’t think it works if you consider that users will want lifetime support as well. So for maybe 20$ you’ll get theoretically years of even decennias of support, ignoring inflation, new bugs and security concerns, etc. It just doesn’t make sense and I wouldn’t expect it from a dev.

      • Kokesh@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        11 months ago

        I don’t really expect support. I guess bugs get fixed along the way no matter if the user pays monthly, or once. I get the appeal of a subscription for devs, but for users it is not so nice.

  • samsaBEAR@lemmy.worldEnglish
    37·
    11 months ago

    My first comment, feels good to be using a Sync app again. My Reddit usage has dropped considerably so I’ve had extra time to waste…

  • iAmArdan89@lemmy.worldEnglish
    34·
    11 months ago

    This app looks and feels super solid. I didn’t use sync for Reddit, but this feels and looks smooth as hell. Secondly going to use this and keep looking to see how all the apps are progressing.

  • pixelscience@lemm.eeEnglish
    321·
    11 months ago

    I’ve never been as excited for an app to be released as this one!

    Been a sync user since day 1 and I’m looking forward to continuing to support it.

          • Khotetsu@lib.lgbtEnglish
            1·
            11 months ago

            I’ve been using an app called Summit for Lemmy, and it feels very RiF-esque. RiF was the only way I used Reddit, and it’s made the transition very easy. In fact, in some ways, I feel it’s done some quality of life stuff even better than RiF did, like color coding comment chains, which makes it easier to keep track of who’s responding to who.

  • Zurr@lemmy.worldEnglish
    25·
    11 months ago

    Wrapping Sync around Lemmy has made interfacing with the fediverse so nice, you don’t get this kind of quality from anyone but a passionate developer.

    • Jeroenemans@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

      Reddit had become a new Instagram experience with the native app . I’m completely biased to Dutch sub Reddits now which is something I thought I wanted from sync for a long time. I should have stayed naive

  • Yokozuna@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    11 months ago

    Any chance for a paid version but not a subscription? I would dump money into that so fast.