Hi everyone, first comment on here. Going to try to get an MVP out within the next 3-6 weeks.
I'll be posting updates on discord:
Cheers, Ljdawson
This is going to be a game changer. I've been using Sync Pro since 2015 and can't see myself using anything else for mobile browsing. Thanks for the awesome app!
That is great news! I look forward to trying it when it is ready. I really enjoyed using Sync and was so sad that reddit ruined their ecosystem.
I'm literally getting emotional. For me, Sync was reddit. Been using it for over 11 years. Can't wait to be an early adopter and never let go again.
If you need beta testers familiar with the original Sync or anything, happy to help!
Excellent! Sync was my first and only Reddit app. I think I had multiple lifetime subscription s to Sync Pro. Very glad you are continuing with Lemmy! I've been done with Reddit and haven't been back since the day I saw that you were shutting Sync down.
@ljdawson@lemmy.world I'd love to collaborate on QA for Sync for Lemmy! Let me know if I can be of assistance!
Just wanna add my voice to the chorus of people cheering you on. Sync was my app of choice and I'd definitely happily pay for a lemmy version
Thankyou, this is excellent news. Syncfor Reddit was one of the slickest apps I've ever had the pleasure of using. So there's no one else I'd rather have working on a Lemmy app!
You've made my day! I've been a Sync for Reddit user for over a decade, my Google play review is from 2014!!!
As a thank you and goodbye I recently bought lifetime ultra, I hope that's helping in the development of Sync for Lemmy! π
As a Pro user since 2013, I can't thank you enough for bringing the awesome experience also to Lemmy!
Awesome! You should probably also make a SyncForLemmy community too.
EDIT: Nevermind, there is one! https://lemmy.world/c/syncforlemmy
Wanna go full fediverse and bridge the discord to a Matrix room? Might as well get 100% free from corporate overlords.
Yeah using it rn is pretty ass compared to old reddit and 3rd party apps. Good things coming tho.
Well yeah, but that's the difference between volunteering and being on a big salary. Hopefully the influx of new users will lead to more code input though, and more donations.
The end of Sync is the reason why I will leave Reddit at the end of the month. So nice to see that we eventually might get a new app for Lemmy!
It's exciting to see all these apps ramping up development. Honestly, the greatest gift that Reddit gave to the fediverse is sending all their former third party developers here, because that will greatly accelerate development.
I agree. Been using Jerboa as well and it's nice and usable enough as a placeholder, but I'll be watching the Sync development. Can't wait!
Jerboa has been nice, besides the weird glitch where it shoots me back to the top of a post when scrolling down. Lol
Otherwise it's pretty good for a FOSS solution!
nah.
Mastodon has great apps and they are FOSS. Jerboa is "better-than-nothing", it is bad.
Yeah, tusky for mastodon for example is great, I didn't really get along with jerboa at all.
Hell yeah! He had commented about it on one of his posts announcing the API pricing would kill his app, but the way it was phrased made me think he wasn't actually going to bother trying to adapt the app to Lemmy.
That's fantastic news - we have over 300K users already, we have communities getting more and more active. The single thing holding us back at the moment is the UI, which is sometimes confusing or glitchy for new users.
But these folks have years of experience adapting Reddit into an easy and powerful UI. They can make it happen for Lemmy, and that's really transformative.
Imagine just telling your friend "yeah download Sync and create an account" rather than explaining what Lemmy is, what an instance is, how to navigate to new communities, how to find communities in other instances, how to navigate to Kbin magazines, and so on
The auto loading thing on the feed is driving me crazy! I know it's a bug that is being fixed. The sooner the better.
As a recent lemmy convert from reddit who exclusively used Sync, this made my day. Thanks for the news.
I saw it in the redditsync subreddit already - this is such great news, especially since I'm still struggling to get used to the Lemmy interface. I had bought Sync Pro 7 years ago and it is probably the most heavily used app on my phone.
Wow, I've never even used Sync but from the screenshot of the Reddit app on Google Play it's one of those UIs so good that make you want to use it. I'm currently fine with the Lemmy PWA but the more feature-complete Reddit apps that get "ported" to be used with Lemmy the better, especially to ease the transition for new users.
Just created an account then downloaded Jerboa. I am +/- ten minutes old here in Fediverse yet. About to delete my 11 year-old account in Reddit. Thank you u/spez
I already bought Sync for Reddit twice. Removing ads from the free version the first time (it was still called Reddit Sync back then) and then again for the 'ad code not even included' pro version earlier this year. Guess I'll be buying Sync a third time.
Or more specifically, Google will be buying it for me with the cash they paid for my data.
So many good news. Glad these developers are also trying out other options since Reddit has started shitting itself.
Great news! I hope the developers of Relay and Apollo do the same. The more options the better!
The Apollo dev has said he doesnβt have an interest in making another app sadly
That's why I came here today! Like a Phoenix rising from Sync for Reddit's ashes Sync for Lemmy will be born! Nice to see you all my fellow converts. Today is my new cake day!