Comment on Fediverse now well past 12 Million total daily users
JustAThought@lemm.ee 10 months agoI just came from Reddit, and I hear a lot about Sync. Anyone willing to let me know what it is and how it is important to Lemmy?
Comment on Fediverse now well past 12 Million total daily users
JustAThought@lemm.ee 10 months agoI just came from Reddit, and I hear a lot about Sync. Anyone willing to let me know what it is and how it is important to Lemmy?
westyvw@lemm.ee 10 months ago
It’s just another third party app. But it has made the transition from a reddit app to a lemmy app.
Anything was better than reddit official app which was garbage. I preferred Relay. But for people used to sync, it is familiar and a smooth experience here like they were used to there.
For lemmy I prefer Jerboa an open source app, but sync is free to try as well (although it had ads).
JustAThought@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Thanks, so it seems like those apps that were going to be charged for the API have a place to transition to. Nice!
Clipboards@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Exactly. The other end of it is that a lot of the app-specific advanced functionality made the transition for Day 1 - unless Infinity/else has some tricks i’m unaware of, its currently the most customizable/feature complete app - actual tablet modes, foldable support, biometrics for subaccounts, user painting/tagging for sub accounts, profile backups so you can carry customizations to other android devices - etc.
Its all auxiliary & definitely not required, but losing these features made Lemmy a no-go on mobile for me. It’s also missing some real basic stuff like mod tools & the ability to make posts at all, but i’ve used the app for a decade & the dev is quickly pushing fixes/new features out the door.
westyvw@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Yeah, it’s actually a really positive outcome because people really liked the app so they are willing to try something new.