1 yr. ago • 98%

Sync for Reddit is dead, long live Sync for Lemmy

Morning all, Just a quick update to say I'm making good progress with the development and we just hit 24k email signups!

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This is great news. I have signed up!

I must say, despite of how awesome Sync for Reddit was, I think we should all try not to go overboard with our expectations of what the first version of Sync for Lemmy will be. This is testing ground for all developers and expecting the same level of polishment that an app had on its 22nd version might be detrimental to the actual experience.

We know what ljdawson is capable of, so let's support him, let's enjoy his work (I am sure Sync for Lemmy v1.0 will still be awesome), but let's also give him time to refine his product on a new platform. I don't know what is involved in the development of this new app, but I do see some points where all other Lemmy apps are struggling, so I can only assume this enterprise presents some new challenges. It is only fair to give him some room for growth and not expect absolute greatness from scratch.

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- I'll bet Laurence is stoked to read: "It's been 47 minutes since the last update. Is Sync for Lemmy abandoned?" once things are underway
  
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Fuck yeah! I was so sad to uninstall Sync, can't wait to have the same experience but for Lemmy! Thanks for your work, I'll gladly pay for pro again

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- Absolutely. Not even a question. Sync on Android has been better than Apollo on iOS in my experience
  
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- +1 on this!
  
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I'll being pro again as well!

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- Agreed! I picked up Lifetime for Sync for Reddit before uninstalling it in support for Sync for Lemmy, and I'll be popping for Lifetime again when it's out! 🤘🏼 Long live Sync for Lemmy 🤓
  
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  This is the way 💪
  
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  Easiest purchase decision ever
  
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  This is the way 💪
  
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- Saving up my google play credit to buy lifetime pro on day one!
  
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- I'm happy to go Pro again too, but I need it to support non-Google Android
  
  I was stuck on Sync 19 because of this
  
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There's a sync sized hole in my home screen and only you can fill it

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- I'm so ready to get Sync'd again
  
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  Sync me daddy 😩😩
  
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As someone who bought Sync for Reddit (Pro) back in 2012, I just wanted to express my thanks for all your hard work over the years. It's one absolutely stellar app, and you can count on a day one purchase for Sync for Lemmy from me.

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- Absolutely, same here, will pay for Sync for Lemmy!
  
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- Same here!
  
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Super excited for Sync for Reddit, thank you lj!

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Hey LJ!

Just another redfugee here and long time Sync user. I'm excited to see what you come up with.

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Fantastic - literally joined Lemmy today to be ready. Looking forward to this, long, long time user and now dropping Reddit.

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Yes!! Sync was how I browsed Reddit 95%+ of the time and I have no desire to use the official reddit app. Stoked that sync for lemmy is confirmed!

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I'll be there on day one. Deleted Sync two days ago and need to fill that gap in my app list.

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- I haven't been able to bring myself to uninstall it yet :(
  
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  It was hard. But I am finding a lot of the same communities here on Lemmy. And sync will be coming here soon enough.
  
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  Same :((( though not because of reddit, I've been looking to leave reddit for 4 years. Sync was a special app though.
  
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- I replaced it with Jerboa shortly after the the AMA. Jerboa has been great so far, but I'll happily switch back to Sync for Lemmy.
  
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I've signed up! Been using Sync Pro for so many years, I'll continue to do so on this new platform

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I'm so excited for this, we all appreciate the immense amount of work this must take.

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Can we have this one supported on non-Google Android?

I was stuck on Sync 19 because of this

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- Seconded! I had to switch to another app, but I still remember Sync as the best.
  
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- My sync v22 or whatever it was worked perfectly fine on my OnePlus oxygen android os
  
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  Interesting. And you didn't have anything Google installed on yours?
  
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Can't wait, thank you!

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I'll buy Pro again!

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- Day 1 purchase for me too.
  
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looking forward to it my dude, i havent used reddit at all this month. thank you !

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I've been using Sync for many years, and I'll be switching over. I started with sh.itjust.works, and have moved to kbin.social because it supports a proper OAuth login process... I've read some people suggesting that kbin is a slightly differnet API than other federation sources, but... if it takes time, I'll wait, no worries. Or I'll create another account somewhere else... I think porting accounts and such is something that needs to be better handled, as does such a lot of the UI across all the different federation instances, but hopefully that's something Sync can handle :) Thanks for your hard work, and you can guarantee that if you offer it, I'll be going lifetime subscriber again. Totally worth it.

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This is great, I can't wait!

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Really excited for this, how have you found working with the Lemmy API's compared to Reddit's?

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is there a confirmation on the signups? I click the button but nothing appears to happen.

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- You use Firefox, don't you?
  
  I've experienced the same problem. FF's advanced blocking blocks the call. Try signing up from a shittier browser, like Chrome.
  
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  It logged in once I did the confirmation from my email.
  
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I'll being pro again as well!

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You Sir, are a legend.

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The king is DEAD.

*#LONG LIVE THE KING! *

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I’m very excited about this! Sync was my preferred client on my Android phones, so I’m definitely looking forward to this.

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Only reddit app I've ever used. Can't wait for the Lemmy version!

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Just take my money already! Definitely will pay again for pro version of Sync!

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I'll buy Pro again!

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Let's go!

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Guaranteed fan for life. Fuck spez. Long live Sync.

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Fantastic news! Signed up, happy to pay again, can't wait!

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i was genuinely sad when i saw this.

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Respect dev, you made the right choice to hop in here!

Can't wait for Sync for Lemmy.

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You should start doing pop-ups daily when opening the app.

Like saying, "it's no meta Mondays today!"

Or, "new app update features: xyz"

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Can't wait!! Thank you for your efforts and I'll be purchasing Pro again!

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Great to hear that about time reddit's monopoly ended, too many shitty decisions they need punished

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Great to hear that about time reddit's monopoly ended, too many shitty decisions they need punished

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I'm hyped! Currently using Connect for Lemmy which feels fairly polished but I find myself always trying to do Sync's gestures lol. Really excited to get Sync back!

If I keep Sync for Reddit installed on my phone, will there be a way to import my settings once the Lemmy version is released?

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- Connect is good but the 3rd party Reddit apps were so crazy polished. The absolute dumbest thing spez did as an outcome of his dumb decisions was he sent all the best app developers on his platform, straight to his biggest competitor.
  
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  I mean third party apps have had over a decade more time to get polished in comparison to the Lemmy options. I'm not really optimistic that Lemmy is a true competitor to reddit. While I, personally, no longer want to support reddit, only a tiny fraction of reddit's user base has made the switch to Lemmy, and if you go over to reddit right now, not much has changed. Posts are still getting orders of magnitude more interactions than posts here. Some mods will leave but people will eagerly replace them. I also think Lemmy is inherently a little difficult to understand. I'm pretty tech savvy and I had issues figuring it out. The average user is going to struggle a lot which is bad for becoming more widespread.
  
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- It's the back swipe and the collapse, isn't it! This is pretty good in the meantime so fair dos to the developer of Connect.
  
  But sync was sooo good. Can't wait.
  
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  Exactly lol. Also the swiping on comments and posts to upvote, save, reply, etc behaves differently. I find myself accidentally downloading posts when I'm just scrolling.
  
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  Clearing read posts is something I miss.
  
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The King is Dead! Long Live the King!

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I'll being pro again as well!

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Excellent!

Really excited to see this. Signed up to your Patreon, hopefully a few others have too.

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- Patreon link pls. I'll send some $. Sync is was by far the best reddit app. Would love to support.
  
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  Here it is:
  
  https://www.patreon.com/syncforreddit
  
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Hey @ljdawson@lemmy.world, good work! Can you provide a ETA if you could?

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- I think ljdawson said 4 to 6 weeks in the introduction post in reddit. That was a couple of days at least ago though.
  
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  Im looking forward to it. But atbthe same time i doubt my willpower is strong enough for me to wait that long.
  
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Sweet, can't wait!

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Kind of feel cheated considering I purchased pro just a week ago, but that's on me for being too optimistic when it comes to SHTF.

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- A week ago you should have known that 3rd party apps were going under
  
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- If only developing software for multiple, completely different platforms was as easy as simply making one app, and all debugging & patching was universal across the board. Ag, what a world that would be.
  
  Instead, it's tough and worth every penny of support by the fans who appreciate good work when they see it. There must be countless free options out there, but after all: you get what you pay for, right?
  
  Let's support the amazing work of this superhuman solo dev, the hero we need and just in time. 🤌🏼
  
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  Am a developer myself, even less paid. So I know the struggle. Making any kind of software is hard, I know that first hand. It's just that I had hopes reddit's resident shitheads would understand gravity of their mistakes and turn back on their decisions considering the size of protests. But alas, that didn't happen.
  
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Can't wait! I'll buy it again!

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- It feels kind of silly but I'm also looking forward to buying it again.
  
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We keeping the same icon right?

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- I really hope so.
  
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  Flipped I hope, like this sub's (wait, are we calling these subs?) icon.
  
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Is there like a timeline for this?

And I just want to say thank you for doing this development

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- About 6 weeks for a mvp from what I understood, but that was around a week ago, so around 6 weeks
  
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  Was this a typo, or a funny joke on software development?
  
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  Ohh I can’t wait
  
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Awesome! Will there be an iOS version later on?

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Far out that a huge number, and Lemmy is just starting out!

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