Sync for Lemmy

A few things I want to say:

1. Congrats for the successful launch! I hope this project continues to improve.
2. The ads aren't very intrusive, they're just banners in-between some posts and I'm fine with that.
3. This app makes using Lemmy more attractive than using Reddit, which means that the goal of moving me far away from Reddit has been accomplished!

Amazing job so far. Here's to the future of decentralized social media!

Apart from adding missing functionality (posting and searching), these are my top missing features at the moment:

• Setting to increase font size of replies you are typing
• Support for the link format [ Community Name ] ( /c/community @ instance )
• Support for full Markdown (code and spoiler don't work well, for example)
• Support for connecting to an unfederated community on a remote instance via search (like you would with ! community @ instance . tld on browser)
• Support for browsing all communities on a specific instance

There are more nice-to-haves I can think of but these seem pretty important.

Just voicing my support for the work you've done so far and am happy to pay the $20. Honestly I was a little taken aback at first sight but thinking about how many years of service I got with the reddit app I'm happy to support the developer. I'll reiterate what I saw another commenter say and it would be nice if a small portion of the fee was used towards to the support of Lemmy as a whole as well. I want to see this continue and flourish. Thanks again to the developer for one smooth app.

I think the biggest complaints are about the tracking stuff. That was a surprise to me as a long time user.

Hid posts are coming back when I refresh, this a known issue?

Edit: Yup, known issue, found the bug tracker! That's a doozy

Hey mate,

Yeah I'm another one who followed you over from reddit.

I think I maybe need to play with Lemmy a bit more - it's a bit confusing. Is there a map? A general guide or explanation for the ignorant?

Also, cheers mate - you must have put in a shit load of effort in a very short time to put this together. Fast development since the reddit API bullshit. Respect. An I paid ultra cos I like your work

I had not used Sync for Reddit as I was a Boost user but now that I've installed Sync for Lemmy I'm enjoying it. It's very polished, smooth and easy to use. I think it will great once it's feature complete.

In a way you have a headstart over the other new apps and it shows. I'm sure rewriting the back end is not fun but at least your already had the UI.

I think the pricing model is fair. Free with ads for those who want to try it, one time fee for those who don't like subs, and a low cost sub for power users.

Send like most people have an issue with €20. Perhaps they were expecting €10 but that's less than €1 per month in just the first year, nevermind all future updates. €20 seems fair for a lifetime unlock.

Glad to see it live!

I agree that $20USD for ad-free is a bit high, but on the other hand I used Sync for Reddit for roughly 10 years and paid $2.50 at the time.

So I consider it a way to give back for the great experience I had in the past.

And we got used for mobile apps being dirt-cheap, but most of us don't have any issue paying even more for sitting in a dirty movie theater for a 2½ hours movie with a popcorn and soft drink.

I got the lifetime sync ultra subscription for the reddit app for 34.99 after getting the ad-free version and then the pro version because I really liked it. I only used it for half a year, but hey, I guess that's the gamble you take with lifetime subscriptions. I now see that the lifetime subscription is €114.99?! Is this a mistake? What is going on here?

If I compare it to the 18.99 a year price, it'd take over 6 years to break even. If I compare it to the old 11.99 price, it'd take over 9.5 years. I just don't understand the logic here.

Thanks for your work on converting Sync to use Lemmy! I've tried just about every App for Lemmy, and Sync seems to certainly be the most feature-filled one so far.

As far as pricing goes, I don't see a problem with experimenting on price and seeing what people are willing to pay. To the people saying $20 is too much... we are talking about removing the main source of revenue in the app, forever. That's a pretty tough thing to figure out the 'right' price for, and might take some experimentation. If I was the developer, you can bet I'd start the price high though, rather than too low.

Can you add an option to use the device haptic engine, like the ones on Google Pixels, instead of the vibration motor for swipe actions?

The price is perfectly fine. I had Sync Pro for Reddit for nearly a decade for only a few dollars.

Though I’m no longer on Android, when I return, Sync for Lemmy will be my first purchase.

Thanks for your hard work!

Does anyone know how to get the coloured vertical lines back to show different levels of threads in comments sections? Or if that isn't a feature any more, can they please become a feature again?

One thing I didn't see mentioned yet: I quite liked the "go to random NSFW subreddit" function in the old app.

Would be cool to see that function again.

Seriously, I used RedditSync Pro for 10 years, since 2 months I'm trying Connect/Jerboa/PWA/etc and yesterday I tested Sync and how boy it's so fast and clean. I bought it, thanks LJ!!!

How come some responses end up above the comment they're responding to? Is this a setting I've got wonky? I'd like them to flow logically. Example:

Loving it so far! I think everyone freaking out about the pricing needs to chill out and just use a different app.

There's one thing I'm curious about and wasn't able to find in the settings. Do we have the ability to turn off the red/blue highlighting on the action area for a post we've voted? I don't like how it looks and find that the font color for the vote count is perfectly sufficient for me to know that I've upvoted and downvoted.

Lj, i appreciate the work and am loving being back to a familiar feel. I was wondering if there was a quick way to hide instances that i don't want to see on my feed. I typically hide other language posts simply because i can't read it or would the auto translate feature of ultra take care of this issue for me?

Mate, go grab a pint! You deserve it!

First time posting on Lemmy as a whole.

Thank you for making this app, been a Sync user for years and you made the hop to Lemmy seamless.

Already paid for ad-free and cannot wait to see where the app goes from here.

Thanks so much for your hard work! I can only contribute through ads, but plan on going ultra when I'm able.

I hope that, when you look through comments, you don't take the negative ones too seriously. You've done so much for us. I hope you're proud. :)

Not sure if you wanted feedback here, but here it goes. First, thank you, I missed my Sync.

• When clicking my profile page, it would be nice if comments and posts both displayed by default, instead of just posts. I believe this is how it worked before.
• When clicking a past comment to view, I would like to display context (all parent comments) by default. I don't think I saw a setting for this, but could be wrong. Right now, each parent comment to display is an individual click.
• Upvote/Downvote counter

That is all I have for now. Cheers!

Lawrence, you're awesome, thanks for making it happen! I paid to remove ads.