Hear, hear, brother.

OS: Linux, Arch (btw).

FTFY

Update: the issue has been fixed and the feature is now live on Sync for Lemmy!

This comment should be pinned. Are community mods able to do that?

apparently there’s meshing between the two fediverse projects, given that they use the same platform.

What are you referring to exactly? Sounds a bit like kbin but I get the sense that’s not what you’re talking about.

Thanks for putting down my vague impression into clear words. I couldn’t agree more!

Took me a bit longer, but here it is: https://github.com/laurencedawson/sync-for-lemmy/issues/242 — it turns out someone had reported this already, so I added a link to this thread there.

You can download an apk from the releases page.

You’re doing it right. That’s exactly how to build momentum! 💪

Are you nerd-sniping? Cause that comment is begging for an xkcd reference 😁 → https://xkcd.com/605/

Im on exactly the same boat — experimenting with various apps, slowly becoming more active, but always missing the Sync experience. As I commented elsewhere, I even went back to take screenshots of the same views in multiple apps (album here) to make sure my memory wasn’t tricking me. I feel like objectively it is indeed the most polished experience, hands down.

Not at all! Just like with price, the difference between zero and one is hugely more consequential than any extra dollar added. Think of it: if you see a community with no posts in the last hour, or day, it does feel a bit deserted. Or a post without comments. By adding a post, or the first comment, you can be the difference for the next guy’s impression, and encourage them to do the same, and then the ball gets rolling, and that’s how you get momentum.

I can do it later today if nobody else gets to it first.

I keep hearing people mention all of these apps, and I’ve tried most of them (I’m on Android, and besides Sync, I currently have Liftoff, Connect and Thunder installed; I had Jerboa and the Voyager PWA, but removed the former due to bugs and the latter due to slow startup).

Honestly, none of them feel as polished as Sync. They do offer pretty much the same functionality, sometimes even better, but the UI and UX of Sync is just smoother.

Maybe it’s just that I’m used to Sync after using it for reddit for many years, but in any case I thought I’d put this out there in case others were feeling puzzled as I was from all the mentions of other apps suggesting they can replace Sync without any quality loss. Sure, maybe not functionality-wise, but to me the user experience is just as important.

Edit: for reference, here’s an album of screenshots comparing the same views in Sync, Liftoff, Connect and Thunder (yeah, I’m a fan of the compact list view): https://imgur.com/a/MvawTYm — there are pros and cons to all of these, but IMO the sync experience is the one with the best design and UX polish. Happy to hear your thoughts, though!

Yes, it’s on the sidebar:

Yeah, I’ve been wanting this as well. You may want to post this on the issue tracker, though, so that the request won’t get lost in the feed.

there’s no way to activate pro right now, and afaik that option is not coming.

Since beta 25 it is now possible (and the developer had mentioned before that it was coming).

Edit: I stand corrected (should have read your comment more attentively), what’s available is, as you say, the option to remove ads with a one-time payment, as well as the sync ultra subscription. I’m not sure how the ad removal option is different from the pro mode in sync for reddit, though.

I wonder why you have a 🍑 app recommendation… 😛

Wait, really? I just spent several minutes repeatedly going back to the settings as I navigated the app, to restore my setup to the look and feel I had in sync for reddit 🤦

Pois, olha, não sei… não estou a usar VPN mas claramente há aqui algo que não está a funcionar como é suposto. De qualquer forma é só mesmo por curiosidade — mesmo o Twitter eu já praticamente não usava, e só estou à espera de um cliente de Mastodon que tenha notificações decentes (btw, recomendações aceitam-se!)