Spyke

Dude what the heck, I was thinking the same while I was loading this post.

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lemmy.world

I just want to be clear that I've paid for Sync in various ways I think 3 or 4 times now and I'll gladly pay for it again. Jerboa has been at least functional (10x better than when I first started using it a few months ago).

But it's Sync I want.

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Toriborreply
corndog.uk

Honestly I feel like I should donate to Lemmy apps I don't even use. Sync will likely become my primary vehicle to the fediverse but the fact that I have a choice is the most important aspect. A healthy competitive app ecosystem is essential.

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I ended up buying pro of several reddit apps during my time there just to support the up and coming devs of those apps. Sync will most likely be my daily driver here, but I'd be happy to kick a few bucks towards each of the other Lemmy app devs and buy a pro version. It's the least I could do to show support for the work they've put in so far.

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lemmy.world

They're are also other apps, like liftoff which I think is really good. Also thunder if you're big on gestures.

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I hope they all succeed! Honestly I do.

It's just that, well, I started using Sync morev than 10 years ago. Averaged 1.5-2 hours every single day since then. It's very much home for me.

I'm very happy there are other choices and I'm very glad that some people prefer them. But once I learned Sync was coming to Lemmy it automatically earned first dibs on my loyalty.

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no bananareply
lemmy.world

I like liftoff, sure, but sync just... Does everything I expect like I expect things to be done.

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Sync is basically liftoff on drugs. Any customisation you want, will probably be available in sync.

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lemmy.sdf.org

Jebora wouldn't launch on my phone the first time I tried it a couple weeks ago. Downloaded it again today and now it's my default over Liftoff (which is still a great app). It just gives me the Sync feel. But nothing can beat the real thing so can't wait.

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They should change the logo so blue is up and orange is down now

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lemm.ee

Enjoyed sync for reddit for basically the entire time I used it. Excited about sync for lemmy.

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vlemmy.net

Sync = reddit for me, so I'm sad with the forced shut down. I'm ready for Sync for Lemmy!

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+1

haven't been back since I got the Rate limit message.

Sync brought me to reddit. I'll happily follow sync to lemmy.

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Rokkreply
lemmy.world

Is an app for viewing the website. Lots of the apps offered better viewing, filtering and search features for reddit compared to the normal website.

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That's where the name comes from actually. It synced reddit for offline viewing.

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I've gone through the whole cycle of grief with the enshitification of Reddit and finally come out really optimistic about the future of the web.

Sync for Lemmy is definitely a huge part of that. I'm overwhelmed with how much energy there is behind this.

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lemmy.world

༼ つ ◕◕ ༽つ take my energy ༼ つ ◕◕ ༽つ

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Apex_Failreply
lemmy.world

༼ つ ◕◕ ༽つ take my energy ༼ つ ◕◕ ༽つ

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lemmy.ca

༼ つ ◕◕ ༽つ take their MONIES! ༼ つ ◕◕ ༽つ

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Knightfallreply
lemmy.ca

༼ つ ◕◕ ༽つ take his MONIES! ༼ つ ◕◕ ༽つ

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Sync was the only Reddit client I could use. Tried all the others but man Sync hit the spot for me. Liftoff is decent but can't wait for Sync!!

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Me: "Man, why is someone tempting us with a screenshot like this."

sees who posted this

Also me: "We're not worthy! We're not worthy!"

Day 1 purchase when it comes out. I can't wait!

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Bought Pro when it was Sync for Reddit. I will buy Pro again, maybe even send in a donation. Sync has ruined other apps of its kind for me.

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Throw harder son! .... nickles and dimes start cracking the screen

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lemmy.world

Difference between it and Connect? Behaves a lot like Sync to me tbf

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Do not underestimate the crazy work you've done with Connect. It is hands down the best client out there, and am incredibly grateful for it

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Currently reading this via Connect, and this is a fantastic thing to see. Genuine respect. 🤌🏼

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Disgustoidreply
startrek.website

I'm the weirdo who had 3 different Lemmy apps on his phone trying them all out to see what worked best for me and Connect was definitely one of the ones that stood out. Keep up the good work!

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I would be even weirder then, because I was cycling through 5 apps lol: Connect, Jerboa, Thunder, Liftoff and Wefwef (currently using Wefwef).

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Gotta say as a long time sync user, I just downloaded Connect to try and it's really good! Feels somewhere between Sync and Boost

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Thank you for Connect! I was using Join for Reddit, and Connect works like a charm for me. There are a couple of bugs, but I'm happy as can be. I know you work hard on Connect. "Tap tap hold and slide" would be nice for zooming in pictures, btw. Keep up the good work. I'm pretty sure that Connect is the right one for me.

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I'm using Connect now and I like it. It reminds me of Sync. Appreciate your hard work.

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lemmy.world

I checked out connect because of the comments here, and I have to say that's it's freaking awsome. Really lives up to the sync feel. Keep up the great work👌

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Using Connect right now. What I really care about is a Frontpage widget like RIF. I'm holding open real estate on the main screen of my Android. Basically the first dev to have that and a decently usable interface (bonus points for a "black" mode) gets the space :)

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I've been using Connect and love it! Thank you for the work you've been doing and the recent updates have really improved the usability and performance!

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Lemmynadereply
lemmy.fmhy.ml

I appreciate your work on Connect. I used every lemmy/fediverse app there is on Android and have to say that the experience on Connect has been great. Unfortunately, my loyalty does lie with Sync, and as you said in your comment, Sync still had more features than Connect does currently. I'd be glad to donate for your work and helping me ease into the fediverse while I am waiting for Sync. However, I don't see an option to donate to you in app or anything like that. If you let some of us know, I'm sure there'd be more people other than myself willing to contribute and show their appreciation of your app.

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See the bottom of settings in Connect. There's a "buy me a coffee' link there 👍

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DharkStarereply
lemmy.world

Since you're the dev, maybe you can answer a question I have. I just downloaded Connect and noticed if I select a post from a different instance, it won't let me comment or anything saying that I'm not logged in. Is that a bug or am I just not doing something right?

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Manucodereply
infosec.pub

I can comment here using Connect while being logged in on another instance.

Edit: When you go to the sidebar (Ξ), you should see your account selected at the top. Is it there? Further down, you should see settings. Under settings, you should see your instance selected. Is it the right one?

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DharkStarereply
lemmy.world

Hmmm. I must be doing something wrong then. I've only been using the app for a couple of minutes so I'll have to keep playing with it.

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Manucodereply
infosec.pub

Disclaimer: Sorry for spamming this. I'm not sure how notifications work on Lemmy.

When you go to the sidebar (Ξ), you should see your account selected at the top. Is it there?

Further down, you should see settings. Under settings, you should see your instance selected. Is it the right one?

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I figure out what I was doing wrong. I was tapping on the picture which was taking me to the original URL (which was on lemmy.ml) instead of opening it up through lemmy.world.

Now I just have to figure out why I can't see your comment through Connect. I see the comment in my inbox and when I select it I get taken to this post but I don't see this comment or any of the comments in the chain starting with my original comment. I had to post this reply through the web browser.

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mmagodreply
lemmy.zip

Thank you so much for your hard work. It's a pleasure meeting you here. Im a reddit refugee and randomly picked an app out of a few options and the improvement has been great.let me know anyway I can support.

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Glad you're enjoying it! I'm a Reddit refugee too haha.

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I'm using connect and am enjoying it. It works really well. I would like an option to always open links in the system browser instead of the built in one.

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Used Sync forever and with Connect now I feel very much back at home, changed the font size and theme and it feels very similar.

Still, great that both and others are progressing so quickly, it's incredible how far Lemmy and apps has progressed in a few weeks!

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lemmy.ml

I was waiting for Lemmy is Fun, but honestly, wefwef.app is just amazing, I don't really care anymore.

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yoichireply
lemm.ee

I'm working with wefwef till Boost comes out. I just fell in love with Boost for Reddit and it's similar enough, I'll switch over immediately. There's also Memmy which I would like to try, and it's supposed to be for Android as well, but I can't find any builds and haven't been able to figure out building it for myself

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yoichireply
lemm.ee

I expected the Play Store release to take some time, but Android really has no need to go through with that. Just a simple apk file is all you need. You don't even need to go through the whole TestFlight process on iOS so I kinda wish they had some beta releases by now.

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Ya, this is quite annoying. Every other Lemmy app just releases the APK on GitHub.

It's obvious the Memmy developer is biased towards iOS, which is fine, but it really does feel like Android is an after thought, and in return, the app wont really be best on Android.

Which is okay, because we have a ton of amazing Android apps currently, with a ton more coming.

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I'm on the same boat, wishing for Lemmy is Fun, but I'm happily using Liftoff. It's not RIF, but it's a very good Lemmy app on its own.

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Same. Sync and Boost were my two main apps, and both are getting brought over! It's really great.

Connect is also really good right now.

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![email protected]

Edit: The bot reply is what I was looking for. On wefwef, it will only go to the post, comment or community if you link it like this

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lemmy.world

This is going to be amazing. I can't wait to try it out if there'll be a beta or not.

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Letrangerreply
lemmy.world

Why can’t I see register option going to this link ? Is it closed or geo restricted ?

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cephusreply
lemmy.world

Playstore changed their rules so only "official" apps from a brand can start with the brands name. Happened to all the reddit apps a long while back and they all quickly had to rename to Blah for Reddit, or just Blah or whatever. Like Sync use to be Reddit Sync.

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Aha, so that's why "Reddit is fun" changed its name to "RIF is fun"?

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kbin.social

Man this looks hype! Honestly I moved to kbin, but Sync would convince me to move to Lemmy instead of sticking with kbin

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Supposedly he's gonna add kbin support also. I hope he changes the name to be more broad, like Sync for Fediverse. Or Synciverse or something.

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Zootreply
lemmy.world

Do you use an app or browser for kbin?

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cutitdownreply
kbin.social

Not sure about them, but I use browser on desktop and the progressive web app on mobile generally. Sometimes browser on mobile

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yeah, I use the PWA for Mobile. I know a lot of developers are waiting for Ernest to add API support for kbin, so it's why there's not that many apps that actively support kbin rn, outside of Artemis (instead of using an API, they scrape kbin for now).

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drd
lemmy.ml

v23.07.08-00.34 already? This dev really gets to business.

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Orvanisreply
lemm.ee

In all seriousness, is the Dev using the build date as the version number....? July 8th, 2023 at 12:34am - vYY.MM.DD-HH.mm

Unusual approach for sure as you have no clue if it is a major version change or minor bug fixes.

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icesentryreply
lemmy.world

Using the date as a version number for an application that gets frequent updates is very standard. Most users will be expected to be on the latest version always.

There's even a website for it https://calver.org

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Orvanisreply
lemm.ee

Thank you for the web link, TIL it is much more common than I was aware!

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Generally speaking, I find it easier and more intuitive to use. We use calver at work bc it seems pointless to identify if every week's release is major / minor / patch etc. My thought is the latest is the greatest - if something goes wrong, it'll be fixed in a later version ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

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schnexreply
reddthat.com

Interesting, I always found semantic versioning pretty useless, except for knowing that a new major release breaks existing APIs

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It's great to get a quick context of the size of the change expected. That does require the developer numbering the release to appropriately version it though.

3

calendar versioning (calver) is not that uncommon actually.

3

Let's gooooooo, cannot wait been using Lemmy in browser since cold turkeying that site that shall not be named.

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Just chiming in to show my support! Keep up the good work, instant download when it's ready.

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kbin.social

Could you please the discord server?
I haven't been able to find it.

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lemmy.world

Honestly, jerboa and liftoff are painful to use after switching off Sync. Looking forward to the new release of Sync.

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Matthewreply
programming.dev

Connect is pretty damn good, and I have no qualms about having to depend on it for the next several weeks. Too bad for it that my loyalties lie elsewhere.

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If Connect and Jerboa had a baby it would be perfect.

I'm waiting for Boost, however. I can't wait for a familiar UI with all of the features I consider must haves.

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trachesreply
sh.itjust.works

I'm a sync fanboy too, but It's a little bit not cool to praise one project by shitting on another, considering jerboa is FOSS and sync is not.

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sanporeply
sopuli.xyz

Comparing is not shitting on.

I'm a fan of FOSS too, but you just can't argue that Jerboa isn't more than a little rough around the edges.

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Yeah, I can't disagree but as an open source maintainer I kinda feel bad anytime I ever say bad things about an open source project.

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forfe1treply
lemmy.world

The best one for me so far has been Thunder - so easy to use with a sleek UI. Compatible with both iOS & Android.There are obviously some missing features, but it's pretty good for a beta version app.

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So hyped!!! If there's anything I can do to help test I'm happy to contribute however I can. If there's a discord or something I'd also love to join

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oscarlavireply
lemmy.world

Sync for Reddit was one of the best Reddit apps out there, I used it exclusively for years, I can't wait until Sync for Lemmy releases

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pitninjareply
lemmy.pit.ninja

They did answer your question. Based off what they told you, one can reasonably assume Sync for Lemmy will be to Lemmy as Sync for Reddit was to Reddit...

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Speiser0reply
feddit.de

Tried to search the web, but haven't found any repo or homepage. Also tried searching for "sync for reddit". It seems to just be a reddit client.

Who the heck names their application "sync"?!

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nickreply

It was named Reddit Sync before Reddit forced apps to rename a few years back for trade mark reasons.

Sync was named for a feature it had where you could sync posts to your device for offline use. It was super useful as recently as a few months ago when I wanted to mindlessly scroll on a plane.

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Whoa, Sync has been my most used Android app for the past 5 or 6 years and I never knew the origins of its name. I just figured naming products is harder than most people think (trying to be original and memorable) hence the basic Sync moniker.

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Who the heck names a company "Apple"? It's just a fruit, what's so significant about it?

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Cabrioreply
lemmy.world

Memmy for lemmy just hit top 50 on appstore across the globe.

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I just downloaded it two hours ago as well and I’m impressed. It’s open source, it has a very clean UI, and works extremely fast.

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AlexisFRreply
jlai.lu

I'm pretty sure Appolo for Lemmy is going to be a thing in the future

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Apollo for Lemmy would be awesome!

Unfortunately, Christian recently said that he’s not interested in developing an app for Lemmy.

wefwef has massively helped me in transitioning from Reddit to Lemmy, though, as it’s taken lots of inspiration from Apollo.

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The anticipation is very real. This is the last thing I need to get rid of reddit forever.

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lemmy.world

Sync for Reddit was THE best option for browsing reddit. Everyone praised Apollo on iOS but nothing on Android or iOS was as good as Sync. It was just so consistent with themes and scrolling smoothness.

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grysbokreply
lemmy.sdf.org

Sync for Reddit (SfR) was a wicked popular third-party Reddit app. Sync for Lemmy will help former SfR users feel comfortable.

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lemmy.world

I'm using Lemmy mobile browser specifically waiting for this app. I will go wherever Sync takes me! Can't wait!

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I'm doing the same with the mobile browser. It's enough for me now as I slowly get my bearings in the fediverse, but I am so stoked for Sync to drop. It's the only app I've ever paid for o his day.

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Skankyreply
lemmy.world

Very unlikely. There was never an iOS version of Sync for Reddit and it was wildly successful

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Got it. Well there are already enough alternatives so no worries!

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I can't wait, pre caching comments for offline use please!

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wax
lemmy.world

Bought pro, but it stopped working with microG after a certain version. Froze the version to keep it working, but features gradually stopped working due to missing updates

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Aha, thats interesting. I'm on calyxos with aurora and microg

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Which version was it? Sync got completely new revamped version around last year or the year before. This version is superior and with major bug fixes, offering new experience than the previous version.

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boyireply
lemmy.sdf.org

Which version was it? Sync got completely new revamped version around last year or the year before. This version is superior and with major bug fixes, offering new experience than the previous version.

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Hmm not sure, but I remember reading a reddit post 2 years ago with other users complaining about the same thing. I think I tested the newest version like half a year ago and did still not work

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Even though I have moved Sync into a new location on my phone my brain immediately opens it if I even catch a glimpse of the icon. So happy to know it's coming!

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bertreply
lemmy.monster

I had originally used the incorrect link but I edited my post. It is showing the proper Sync link for me since the edit but maybe the edit didn't federate properly?

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szmer.info

prolly no, ljdawson never developed Reddit Sync to iOS, except some beta 3rd party port, which never took off except a few test builds, so I can't imagine why this would happen for Lemmy now

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lemmy.ml

You might want to keep track of Apollo if you are an iOS user! Apollo for Reddit was loved by many, even Apple itself.

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Gotta change the colors on the arrows of opposite on Lemmy.

Can't wait tho

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Pretty excited for this. I assume pro for the reddit app won't transfer? No problem if not, I more than got my money's worth and will happily buy again.

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