FUCK YEAH

My only criticism is the subscription fee instead of a one off charge for the full set of features. I would like a lot of them but I don't need cloud sync or another ongoing cost to worry about.

I've just pushed beta 25 which adds the option to remove the ads as a one time purchase.

Hopefully they'll approve the update within the next 24 hours
- Does it just remove the ads visualization or actually disables all related data collection and tracking?
- <3 can tell you did some on the backend.. smoother than reddit's client
- Wow you work fast.
- Loving it, keep up the good work.
- That's great to hear!
- Excellent, I'm looking forward to this!
- But lemmy does not have ads. I'm confused
He wrote in another thread there will be a lifetime price for us who hates subscriptions. It's coming.
- That's good to know. I bought several Reddit apps over my 15 year history with the site, I don't have a problem supporting developers but I absolutely hate the subscription model. It feels like letting a colony of ticks leech off of you when literally EVERYONE is doing it.
- It better be coming within the 20th of August, cause that's when my Google rewards balance is expiring.

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!

It feels so surreal to be in a newly-budding set of communities with the same UI I fell in love with years ago.

Thank you, LJ!

So happy to have the sync icon back in its spot on my homescreen! Thanks LJ!!

I feel this so much. First had jerboa there and then liftoff. No shade to either of those but having sync back is just so great.
- I'd tried voyager, then connect, and finally had settled on Liftoff. All are great apps especially for how quickly they were published but Sync just feels so much better to me after having used it for years for Reddit. Feels so good to be back!!

Literally the first thread I reply to on the app.

Feels so good to be back!

Agreed. It's as if I just got back from a long trip. Feels like home.
Hell yea!

We are so fucking back

I wonder why you have a 🍑 app recommendation... 😛

I don't know honestly, didn't even pay attention to that when I took that screenshot lol

The GDPR consent settings is ludicrous. It reads like fucking spyware and I cannot fathom why, someone please explain!

The vendor settings alone is like 300 different vendors all with their own preselected consent button, ffs!

You are just being made aware of how many vendors your data will be shared with by default.
Eh that's beta apps for you, pretty sure Ljdawson will improve it at some point.

Just in time. Reddit killed RIF all the way just now

Yeah I just saw that. RIP

I'm making a stand and abandoning reddit like digg
I was on the verge of abandoning reddit before when I could only use RIF to browse logged out, but now that it's gone for good...goodbye, reddit. I wonder if it'll affect things like reddit traffic at all. Time will tell, I suppose.

My first 🥇 comment from Sync for Lemmy

Is it not for free? Why is it not on f-droid?

It's not open source, f-droid is for open source apps only
It is for free. It is not Free. Never was.
- Free as in beer, but not speech
- It's for fee
In order for something to be on F-Droid, it needs to adhere to being FOSS, which is free and open source software. Sync is not open source .
It's closed source and full of ads and spyware

Just the thing I've been waiting for. We are so back.

THE WORLD IS HEALING

Never used sync before. Must be a reason people are so excited

Subscribed for Ultra immediately. 👍😎

It's seem that posting is still not available yet, how did you post this? or am I missing something?

Posting isn't, but commenting is!

-from Sync
Probably posted from another app. For example, I posted my Sync bug report using Connect.

Oh... You've unleashed The Flood...

This is my first experience using sync, I been a boost user and never used sync for reddit. This is a very promising beta

I just downloaded it and I'm loving it so far. Definitely the best Lemmy client for Android.

Let's keep him caffeinated!

I'll wait until Ljdawson sets up regional pricing, not really used to paying American prices for everything online personally.

Happy to pay the monthly fee to support this

Yeah...this is what I wanted...

I remember when I had an android phone that Sync was by far my favorite app, glad to see the transition to Lemmy. Fucking awesome.

Gogogoooooo!

Impressive, very nice.

"Finally...inner peace."

Commenting from Sync, with paid ultra as basically my 3rd click in the app before all else.

This is my first time using Sync. I bounced around different reddit apps back before the shit hit the fan but never tried Sync. I have to say. Im impressed. It's so much more stable than Jerboa.

Never used Sync before, but I have a couple questions-

Can I swipe on post view to go to the next/prev post?

Does it track "read" posts and support hiding those posts?

It's so hard to find an app with both of these 😭

And more.
- I don't necessarily want more, I want those two things ;p
  
  Anyway, it is a nice app but I can't seem to swipe from the post I'm viewing to the next one, so maybe I'll keep looking.
Nope for both afaik.