Sync for Lemmy is now available for everyone

Holy shit y'all. Developers need to eat too. It's totally fine to charge for an app or serve ads. LjDawson is a fantastic developer and really listens to his user base. Yes there are plenty of open source apps to use, but sometimes closed source is way more polished because the developer makes it their job to create the app. Living isn't free. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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!

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Jesus, the absolute entitlement in this thread. Can everyone just chill until the app is out of the beta version? Some of us are fine with seeing ads until the lifetime fee is available, and some of us are fine paying a subscription until the lifetime fee is available. If you'd rather not use the app until then don't, but trashing the dev for getting paid while he works endlessly to create the sync experience for us is so ignorant and childish.

Sync is by far the best user experience app for lemmy that's available for Android, just as it was for reddit, and it's worth the wait and the price until the pro version is available.

I hope the dev ignores the whiners and focuses on those of us that get it. How demotivating to see people run their mouths when they dint know what they're talking about.

My God, I missed Sync so much. Devs , thanks.

Storing data usage, personal ads, 21.99€ just to remove ads or a subscription model.

I'm a dev myself and I get that everyone needs to be compensated, but right now I have only one thought:

"You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain."

Ads or subscription.

Yeah, I'll stick with Thunder. Having used Lemmy and Mastodon, I realised how much I hate ads.

ITT, bunch of people who have never used Sync for Reddit whining about Sync Ultra and the app having ads. 🤦🏻‍♂️

Contains ads

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https://lemmy.world/comment/1975537

Looks like the Dev is looking to add a lifetime option and an option to remove ads in the future.

Lol! The choice is ads or a SUBSCRIPTION!?

My friend, we know other 3rd party Reddit app developers are working as fast as they can to make lemmy apps. One of them is bound to have a one-time pro version upgrade. I'll hold out for that.

LMAO ... Subscriptions. Why on earth do you think we left Reddit?!

I am testing it out now. It seems really good.

It's good to be home :)

Yes it contains ads. I'd rather have a single purchase.

But, DNS adblocking does remove the ads, just leave a grey box. It's also definitely far more polished than any of the other Lemmy apps right now.

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Using Sync for Reddit for so long I realized I missed the layout of Sync so I'm glad to see it back for Lemmy.

Bought a month subscription since I can use my rewards to pay for it. Worth it for the no ads.

I'm sorry. I get a developper needs to eat but 100+ dollars for the lifetime is absolutely outrageous. That is more than some AAA games on release.

Long time Sync user and Ultra (lifetime).

Now I am really disappointed the lifetime membership isn't transferable to Lemmy. Nothing. Not even a discount, a note, nothing.

And the best part is that settings backed up from sync for reddit, can be simply restored into sync for lemmy. Thank you ever so much dear developer!!!

I know there is some controversy with the ads and that it's closed source but wow this app is really nice. I never used it for reddit I used rif so I didn't understand the hype but I get it now. I'm holding out for an app with multireddit though. That's the one feature I really want.

Finally I can feed myself information at an alarming rate once more

Not interested in something that supports ads or subscriptions. It definitely doesn't fit the ethos or average desires of most lemmy users from what I understand.

The free and open source applications for lemmy are working out for me, so I really have no need for something like this that goes against what I believe lemmy stands for

What?? Ads is the first thing I see.. My dude have you seen your competition? Thunder's latest update is amazing zero ads. Why would I change?

Loving the Foss spirit of Lemmy so far reading the comments

Yay so happy Sync is back! Feels like home... :)

The return of the king 😎

The most common gesture I've been missing up to this point is swipe to hide. Now it's back and I'm so happy!

Interested in the lifetime membership but its so damn expensive!! Would wait to see how Boost is before deciding on which app I would be staying in.

I use adguard dns and I don't even see the ads. Honestly a non issue for me.

It's good to be back ya'll

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And I'm back in the game

Commenting from it now.

It appears to work, thanks!

it's my first post using sync for lemmy, before i just didn't know to post comments

Feels SO GOOD to use this app again, even if it's on a different platform

My life is now back to complete

Used your reddit app so now I'll use your lemmy app

Very appreciative of the work that went in to getting this out so quickly. I have happily subscribed.

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Now I can uninstall Liftoff . Sync's interface was Reddit for me . And now it is Lemmy for me . The custom theme base colors are great for keeping my different accounts visually separate .

I don't particularly care about the ads they seem pretty unintrusive but I've got to say that connect has won me over at this point and I don't see any reason to switch.

I'm in!!!

It's so good to be back. Reddit was absolutely bone headed when they threw this away

So far it's a seamless transition, glad iamthatis decided to release it. I feel like many users have less of a barrier to entry now.

Fuck yes thankyou lj

I was a reddit sync user. Same experience. Better than all other lemmy apps available now. Smooth and easy to use. Decently customisable.

Awesome! Typing my first comment now.. cheers

Yup, I'm on it right now, works great!

Thank you Devs, you're amazing.

Any plans to add support for lemmy.nsfw accounts?

I'm officially a Lemmy user. Thanks Sync!

I'm rocking both Reddit Sync and Lemmy Sync in the meanwhile since my reddit version is patches to still work. Dipping my toes in both pools.

Looks like logging in with 2FA isn't working for me. Works fine on a browser, but not with the app. Anyone else seeing this problem?

EDIT: This might be an issue with Lemmy.world right now. Login takes so long that the 2FA token has already rotated by the time it actually sends. I'll try it again later.

Damn. After using Thunder and Jerboa for a while... I feel at home again.

Omg I love it

How do I get the subreddit menu when I swipe right? I have that setting on my old sync and I can't for the life of me figure it out.

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Yay!

That's absolutely crazy. It's sad it's an app as a service. I would gladly pay a good amount for a one time purchase. I have more than enough subscriptions already, and am not willing to commit to another one.

Honesty I still prefer Liftoff, it's lighter and feels more like RIF.

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Someone reply to my comment so I can see what sync does!

Fyi - if you've used Sync for Reddit, you can import your settings into the app. You'll need to export it from the original app first, though.

Can sync show imgur images instead of the link icon?

Man it's good to have sync back. Now lets make Lemmy greater!

Sync is back in action!

I missed the material you design of sync! Glad to have it back

this is pretty kino i cant pay to get rid of ads, but seeing them is no issue for me

Woop! Finally can comment without crashing!

So amazing. Many thanks!

I'm trying to login in the app, but lemdro.id is not an option?

Omg the feels

Sync is OK but I still like the look and feel of Thunder for Lemmy. It's fire. I use the F-Droid version.

There's a difference between being against being taken advantage of and ripped off, the principle of it... And just being cheap. This thread blows my mind at the amount of people who are just plain cheap. $2.00 a month to a singular dev who busted his ass to give Lemmy an app that will help simplify the process for many users to transition away from Reddit and these cheapskates are complaining... You all wait til the last bite of your steak to complain too? Oof.

The ads thing is a bummer, but god it's good to be back. Legitimately the best app available right now by far.

How does it compare to Connect for lemmy ?

Ok so now we have a one time purchase option, now someone make it make sense how it costs more to buy lifetime access to a months old site, than it did for me to buy the same upgrade for a longstanding site I knew Id be using for years. As far as I'm concerned lemmy is still just a possible reddit replacement, at least until we see that it has the longevity we all want.

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Order of priority of paying for stuff

1. Donate to the lemmy instance you're using if possible. They are bearing the brunt of the costs for you to have access to the threadiverse
2. Donate to the lemmy developers.
3. Donate or buy the frontend of your choice.