The only downside for me is the ad trackers. If those get disabled when we pay for no ads, then it would be perfect
Not saying that doesn't happen, I just don't know...
20Something I wish back on Boost for Reddit was a separate free app and a paid separate app without ads and trackers, but it's something Google apparently doesn't allow anymore. Reddit is fun was able to have reddit is fun gold because they had the separate app before the rules went into affect.
5Damn, that's sad, I love when they make the separate since usually I can put the paid app on my family library.
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This is an interesting question. Maybe Ruben can answer? Or Google it and see what other apps have to say.
3Apparently the ad tracking is disabled when you launch the rocket. Also, I deleted the other apps pretty much right away 🤣
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Even the beta version is more usable and way faster than other released apps. Incredible!
16Yup, paid for the add removal from the get. Love Boost.
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It doesnt appear to be released for Android yet. Why you gotta get my hopes up...
13you have to click the link the dev sent on the pinned post in order to be able to access it
18Thanks, I had only checked the store. Didnt realize it was an early access thing
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I've been using the Photon front-end on both desktop, and mobile, pretty much since it became available on this instance, after trying a dozen different mobile apps, that weren't an obvious 3-day hack, just to fill the niche. Boost is superior than all of them, combined, without any exaggeration
7Thanks to this, I realized Boost for Lemmy is finally out! I immediately signed up for the beta and downloaded it.
6Connect is my jam
5It's been so long that I'm fused to Liftoff. I don't want to readapt to something new now 😩
Maybe if I knew more about what features it has that Liftoff doesn't I could be coaxed into it.
5There are countless of QOL features. You can customise all the app's colours, there's a bunch of different view types for posts and you can set default views per community, you can favourite communities, select and copy on a comment, search through comments, highlight comments of the same user, ... and much more! Most importantly there are a ton of settings you can toggle. If you can see it you can likely tweak it or hide it. It takes a while to change everything to your liking, but I think it's worth it.
4Not sure what features it has that Liftoff doesn't (though it packs a bunch). But for me the selling point is the pretty and efficient user interface. All the gestures and buttons feel natural and intuitive, media rendering is smooth etc.
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I use Sync at the moment. Is there anything Boost offers over Sync that would be worth switching over for? Always looking for a better experience when possible
4Same here. Very happy with Sync. Not sure what I'm missing.
3I wouldn't say it offers anything grand to make you switch. It's just another flavor of ui that many people, like myself, personally enjoy.
Though if I were asked to pick something specific, it would be the customizability. It does have fewer options compared to the reddit version, but they will likely be added in the future.
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I was mostly using sync while waiting for boost to get a Lemmy port, and could make sync to look and feel pretty close to boost for reddit. I had a rather pleasant experience with sync overall. Both are pretty similar out of the box, very configurable and very polished, but now that boost for Lemmy is out, I'm back on boost. Not that boost has a killer feature that sync's missing, just that I find boost subjectively better.
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Does Boost have a desktop app? That would be dope.
2The Android app works well when installed on Windows (Windows Subsystem for Android).
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Definitely relate.
2An instant switch. All of my muscle memory is coming back to me now.
2Bought it immediately
1I felt sad when I uninstalled Voyager.
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