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New subreddit talking about it here. I'm assuming it will eventually be a Lemmy community

https://reddit.com/r/SyncforLemmy

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[–] gaydarless@lemmy.ca 79 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

lol:

I'm genuinely excited though. I've been a long time sync user, and I'd love to see similar features available for Lemmy!

[–] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

like if the app is serving different content than the browser....

But in the app they can fingerprint you better, allowing them to better identify the criminal scum using third party apps.

[–] hemmes@vlemmy.net 9 points 1 year ago

Holy shit, what a dumpster fire

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[–] Frederic@beehaw.org 35 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Just WOW! I'm using SyncPro for 9+ years, I'll support this app for sure!!!

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[–] ulkesh@beehaw.org 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (11 children)

Mlem is a good beginning, but I hope for an Apollo-level quality app for Lemmy. It'll come, in time. And perhaps SyncForLemmy will be just that!

[–] BrooklynMan@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That is our goal with Mlem. And trust me, our team is working, as absolutely fast as we can! Keep in mind, though, we’re starting from scratch. 😁

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[–] Master@beehaw.org 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Obviously lemmy.world isnt the ideal location for beehaw users to follow but you dont need to be logged in to view content so I'd suggest just browsing the syncforlemmy community natively for now. Right now there are no official posts by ljdawson anyways.

https://lemmy.world/c/syncforlemmy

[–] livejamie@lemm.ee 22 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Seems like a consequence of beehaw's actions

[–] soiling@beehaw.org 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

it may seem that way, but that's not accurate. something had to be done to stem the trolls and lemmy doesn't provide any tools for less severe action.

[–] livejamie@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're describing the reasoning behind the decision. The fact that this is a consequence of that decision remains the same.

[–] soiling@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't agree. I think it's disingenuous to isolate the decision from the context as if it were made unprompted. it comes across as if you are blaming the admins for something you don't like - if that's not your intent, then what is ?

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Amazing news. I loved Sync. If the developer could just imitate what they did with Sync but for Lemmy that would be great!

[–] Sentenial@beehaw.org 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sync was my preferred app. Will pay money again for a lemmy version

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[–] lowleveldata@programming.dev 21 points 1 year ago (5 children)

How's Sync compared to Reddit Is Fun? I've never used the former

[–] chloyster@beehaw.org 28 points 1 year ago

Sync was my favorite reddit app personally, its not the most similar to RIF though. As far as I understand RIF was more like old.reddit.com. Sync utilizes a lot of modern UI choices but the layout has always been really nice and has had amazing customization

[–] verysoft@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Not like RIF, more modern space wasting with the 'card' approach. Although I'm not sure about customisation, I just remember trying it and it had the same design 'flaws' every other had until I stumbled into RIF, which was perfect.

Would love a RIF-like app.

[–] atocci@kbin.social 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Sync was very big on customizability, so it did have the options to make your view incredibly compact as well. By default, it was always set to follow very closely with Google's design language, but you could get something very similar to the density of RIF as well.

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[–] skillful_garbage@beehaw.org 17 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Lol I clicked the link and reddit showed

This community has not been reviewed and might contain content inappropriate for certain viewers. View in the Reddit app to continue.

With the only two options being continue in the app or take me home

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[–] aranym@lemmy.name 16 points 1 year ago

Very exciting! Jerboa is nice but it's always great to have alternatives.

[–] runarskoll@beehaw.org 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As someone who paid for Sync Pro, I would gladly pay the developer again for a Lemmy app. I just hope /u/ljdawson won't opt for a "subscription" based app.

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[–] xtremeownage@lemmyonline.com 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If- redditisfun was ported to use lemmy- the circle of life would be completed.

[–] Wereduck@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 year ago

The circle of lif.

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[–] HalcyonReverb@midwest.social 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fantastic news! Sync was my main client of choice. I will be more than happy to toss the dev a few more bucks.

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[–] Moonwalk@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago

That's my favorite reddit client. I was hoping someone would do a similar client for Lemmy. This is great news, I'd totally buy a paid version of Sync for Lemmy just to support the developer.

[–] Beeko@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

In a few months we’ll probably have a dozen Lemmy apps. Sync, Mlem, Memmy (which I’m typing this from), Artemis, and several others I’ve seen posts about are already in development. Excited to see what people create!

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[–] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 11 points 1 year ago

Cool, that would be ideal for me as its the reddit app I use(d).

[–] grte@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dream come true right there. I used sync since 2012? 2013? A long damned time anyways, and I'd love to continue.

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[–] SoftwareSlicer@beehaw.org 10 points 1 year ago

That seems quite exciting, I'm personally hoping to see a platform agnostic Lemmy application available for desktop operating systems as that would be a really nice and convenient way for users to interact.

[–] ChimpanzeeThat@aussie.zone 10 points 1 year ago

Great news. Sync made Reddit usable for me, as I was able to easily filter out keywords and subs that were problematic.

[–] four_leafed@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yesssssssss - by far my most used app. would happily pay for another pro version.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow, tried to view it on my mobile and just got a pop up from reddit saying it's unreviewed content and I should be careful, ONLY giving me the options either to leave or download the official reddit app to view it.

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[–] Ashen44@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago

Thank goodness, sync was the app that worked the best for me! Awesome to see more apps coming out already

[–] massive_meatballs@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago

And Boost will apparently be included as a patchable app in ReVanced Manager, allowing any user to use thir own API. i'm sure there could have been a very sensible way for 3rd party app developers continue their amazing work and Reddit get a share of the profits...This Elon Effect is stupid to a default

[–] Inori@lemmy.one 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That's incredible news, I've always used Sync

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[–] Shinespark@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

Hey, I'm from the sync exodus! Super excited.

[–] gaytswiftfan@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago

this has been my reddit app for over a decade!!! this just made my entire day!!

[–] tanja@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 year ago

Really hope Relay does the same

[–] Da_Boom@iusearchlinux.fyi 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

https://lemmy.world/c/syncforlemmy

This is the new community on Lemmy

Edit of course it's a lemmy.world community. Sorry guys, I'm not on the beehaw instance so I see both.

[–] Astigma@feddit.uk 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

~~https://lemmy.ml/c/syncforlemmy or search !syncforlemmy@lemmy.ml in your instance.~~

Edit: Official community modded by Ljdawson himself is: !syncforlemmy@lemmy.world

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[–] krn1@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 year ago (8 children)

ive never got to use any third-party app for reddit, just the official one... as matter of fact i just discovered that such thing existed when the current crisis began lol. since i decided to flee of that dictatorial ship and now found myself here, kinda lost, id like to ask u guys if this "Sync for Reddit" was good and if we can expect the lemmy version to be as well (ofc, taking into acc the differences between both platforms).

im asking that to be able deciding if i should watch it up close or nah. thanks guys

[–] can@beehaw.org 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It was the best. I have tried most reddit apps but that one could be customized exactly how I wanted and it was great. Definitely one to keep an eye on.

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[–] falinter@midwest.social 8 points 1 year ago

Just using firefox android's Add Site To Homepage button for lemmy has worked pretty well for me. i have jeroba but i like the web app a little better. i am open to trying newer lemmy apps as they come out though.

[–] Arctic@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago

This accelerated my plans to join Lemmy immensely and, et voila. Sync is probably the best software app I have on my phone, simply from a design perspective.

If Boost for Reddit shifts to Lemmy/kbin, I would be overjoyed.

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