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    • Mike Stevens 🇦🇺@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      2 years ago

      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.

    • Name021@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      Yeah using it rn is pretty ass compared to old reddit and 3rd party apps. Good things coming tho.

  • lalay721@feddit.itEnglish
    7·
    2 years ago

    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.

  • th3sup3rdud3@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    2 years ago

    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

  • TheSaneWriter@vlemmy.netEnglish
    6·
    2 years ago

    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.

  • Exilfranke@feddit.deEnglish
    6·
    2 years ago

    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!

  • amelia@feddit.deEnglish
    6·
    2 years ago

    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.

    • ijeff@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0·
      2 years ago

      Likely a game changer that has be giving Lemmy a try. Jerboa isn’t too terrible either.

      • House.of.Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish
        0·
        2 years ago

        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!

        • GeneralChaz9@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          2 years ago

          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!

    • cjsolx@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      Same here, I’m so excited!

      I’m more than happy to pay for a service I enjoy so I legitimately cannot wait to give him my money.

      Here’s to new beginnings in the Fediverse!

  • xbhaktapur@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    2 years ago

    As a recent lemmy convert from reddit who exclusively used Sync, this made my day. Thanks for the news.

  • Cobe98@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    This will really legitimize and mainstream the platform!

    I am a Boost for Reddit User, but have seen Sync and it is well designed. Jerboa is cool but it is not there yet. The experience the dev from Sync brings to Lemmy will be amazing.

    Not asking for features but would be good if kbin is included with it so that user fragmentation is limited. I still don’t really understand the difference with Lemmy but it’s cool.

    • KazuyaDarklight@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0·
      2 years ago

      My understanding is its all different UIs creating/cataloging content via the ActivityPub standard and it comes down to the different “types” of content being emphasized or focused on. Lemmy focuses on"link aggregation" ala Reddit, Mastodon does “Microblogging” ala Twitter, kbin does and supports both.

      • Cobe98@lemmy.worldEnglish
        0·
        2 years ago

        Thanks for your answer it clears it up.

        So theoretically it seems like someone could create an app which “marries” mastodon content with Lemmy.

        • KazuyaDarklight@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          2 years ago

          Really, I think one of the only reasons kbin hasn’t exploded like the others, is because of that split nature. The Mastodon blow up and the Reddit blew up were both instances of people looking for a very direct replacement to the thing they were leaving, rather than something that was, from their perspective at the time, a replacement with extras. Kbin could also use more devs though, I think they just have the one who is doing it on donations alone.

        • KazuyaDarklight@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          2 years ago

          Yes, I haven’t tried it myself but my understanding is that kbin is exactly that. What kbin calls a “magazine” maps directly with Lemmy communities/subs and a kbin user can subscribe to a Lemmy sub via the same process they would use to subscribe to a kbin magazine. Kbin microblogging maps directly with Mastodon posts and so a kbin user can follow Mastodon users and their posts the same way they follow fellow kbin user microblogs.