Comment on Syncthing Android app discontinued

Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• BearOfaTime@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That takes a lot more effort.

  With Syncthing, I don’t have to setup a server, poke holes in my firewall/expose ports, etc.

  Plus Foldersync is way harder on battery, I’ve experimented a lot.

  And I’ve used Foldersync since at least 2010 - it’s great, really has it’s uses.

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  • Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Plus Foldersync is way harder on battery, I’ve experimented a lot.

    This is very configuration dependant. With an aggressive schedule checking a large number of files, it certainly can use a lot of battery; but I’ve had it setup to sync my entire device to my server a couple times a day, while also monitoring/syncing images immediately on creation/change. It doesn’t even register on androids battery usage monitor as it uses so little power.

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    • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It definitely gets better once it’s all caught up.

      But it’s still much harder on battery than ST when folders have changes.

      It’s kind of not Foldersync’s fault, it’s really because of the protocols - it’s all connection-based, and FS has to compare each file at sync time.

      Syncthing keeps an index so it knows what files have changed. Very different tools with different use-cases and approaches.

      I used FS for years until I found ST, and had to do a lot more tweaking to get sync to work the way I wanted with FS. FS doesn’t have sync conditions like ST, so I had to use Macrodroid to trigger it when on WiFi, for example.

      FS can be a solution, it’s just a lot more work for anything beyond basics.

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