• Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    it’s disappointing seeing so many people here excited about something that is not (and apparently not planning to be) free open source software :(

    • Dessalines@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      I def prefer people contribute to the existing open source apps (or make new ones), but overall the more the merrier. I’m happy when anyone builds something for the lemmy ecosystem.

    • CosmicSploogeDrizzle@lemmy.mlOP
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      1 year ago

      I think it’s more of people wanting to stick with the developers and apps that they have used on reddit. Some of which have been using and supporting for almost a decade. It also means more of an endorsement for Lemmy, as some reddit sync users wouldn’t consider Lemmy otherwise. Lastly, a significant number of power users (those that actually post, comment, and otherwise contribute) use third party apps over the official app, meaning that having support for these apps on Lemmy will hopefully bring over quality users and not just a larger quantity users.

      That’s my take on it, and I am someone very pro open source.

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    1 year ago

    This is absolutely fantastic news! Sync was pretty much my only way of browsing reddit for a long time. This should make the transition much easier.

    BTW: Hi everyone, that’s my first comment on Lemmy!

  • Aragorn@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    This is exciting! Glad to see Lemmy will be getting so much more attention!

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    1 year ago

    This is really cool for Android users. If Apollo came to lemmy, that would be the biggest kick in the teeth for Reddit.

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    1 year ago

    Any app right now would be great. The web needs some UI tweaks. I hope Apollo comes to light.

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    1 year ago

    Awesome. I uninstalled Sync after they stated it would be going down on July 1st because of the updates. It was the a great app. Looking forward to this.

  • sina@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    By the way, is there a working Lemmy client in the iOS app store that is out of testflight?

  • bl4kers@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Great! I think Infinity for Reddit is considering the same. Same for Troddit which I use on my desktop

  • Xeon@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Of course Reddit wants you to either sign in or use the app to view the subreddit. I’ve never used any 3rd party app for Reddit, using Jerboa currently for Lemmy. Curious what Sync will bring!