Tried sync but honestly given that it’s an advertisement supported app, I couldn’t find a single justification to keep using it, short of the generic “spez bad sync good” base.
I switched to Jerboa, I don’t like the idea of accessing a free community via a paid/tracking app. It doesn’t make any sense to use an app that actively works against my interests, just because they did a good job making the app fast.
Jerboa seems good so far, I’m only ~9 hours into it though. It’s definitely more stable than lemmy beta was.
Also honestly I’m already tired of every fan boy (you’re out there don’t act coy) yelling about how amazing it is. My all page has waaaaay too many posts about sync, doesn’t feel organic. Was instantly not an issue when I switched to Jerboa however.
Reminds me a lot of how I had to block the “enough musk spam” because ironically they were filling my all page with TOO MUCH MUSK SPAM. Wtf
I bounce between all the ad free apps, but please don’t forget to donate to your instance admins if they have a link set up. Especially if you paid to remove ads. Y’all got them deep pockets, show some love.
You can install and update it using obtainium. I haven’t used it before using it for infinity for lemmy and it works perfectly. Obtainium itself can be installed over android, although I’m not sure it’s in the standard repo (I got it from the IzzyOnDroid repo)
I have Sync and Jerboa, and I must say, Sync is polished and smooth and makes it more simple to use. I haven’t tried the Infinity for Lemmy but I might test that one out, too.
The moment I tried Sync for Lemmy I have this feeling of closure, like I finally can make peace with the fact that I’m leaving Reddit behind for good after using it for 13 years (8 years of those on Sync). The only thing that top this is the first time I saw federation in action where people from various lemmy, kbin and mastodon instances talk to each other in the same thread and deciding to jump ship on the spot.
Yeah, man. I’m with you and I’m incredibly pleased. My old experience I’ve enjoyed on reddit for years is finally back and is functionally identical, at least for the basics I missed so much.
Infinity! It was my go-to client for Reddit, and now it’s my go-to client for Lemmy. Most basic things work. There are still some bugs lurking in the app, but it’s still in Alpha so that’s kinda expected.
The UI is really smooth and customizable, but I guess anyone who’s ever used Infinity already knows this.
I have been rotating through most lemmy clients on android, and the truth is I haven’t been satisfied with any of them, although Jerboa was best of them even though the search was a bit lacking. I used Infinity on reddit and was kinda bummed it wasn’t coming here. I found out about this fork 3 versions ago and am not looking back.
Been using Memmy on iOS but used to use Sync on my Android device. Now I got that and using it more and more. Love the customization features on Sync and this is the first time I truly didn’t miss Reddit.
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