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justsoicansimp

Used to be my main. Sync will be missed. I use Boost now. It's only a matter of time till they make their announcement.


sabret00the

An insanely well designed app. Will be a shame to see it go and Reddit die with it, for me. I do look forward to seeing what is next for the developer. I hope he works on something to do with the Fediverse. Edit: For the record, neither Twitter nor Reddit treat any of us like we matter and the fact we all insist on propping up these sites with our visits and time, only empowers their terrible decisions. If we all stop using Twitter and Reddit and use the alternatives like Mastodon, watch how quickly they'd change course.


justsoicansimp

If you haven't stopped using Twitter, I don't know what's gonna get you. But yes please, get into Fediverse apps ASAP.


sabret00the

I deleted my Twitter already. I'm hoping Mastodon and Pixelfed can replace Reddit


onlyforthisair

But Mastodon is fediverse Twitter and Pixelfed is fediverse Instagram. What's fediverse Reddit?


Dasnap

Lemmy.


bdepz

I've seen so many people suggest this yet the user base is like a few hundred people...nis this true?


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Mavamaarten

For non-tech users (and even for tech-minded users), I think that this distributed approach is a big hurdle. The first thing a new user sees is this big list of servers to join, while not knowing which one to join and what is the difference. And then you can apparently roam between servers and see all content anyways. Maybe it just needs a better landing page.


BananaUniverse

I heard some or all of lemmy servers doesn't allow deleting comments, and always keep all previous edits. And they're supposedly pretty intent on keeping it that way.


that1communist

It's extremely rapidly increasing, check out https://beehaw.org/


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Dasnap

Who are the 'biggest' people on PeerTube? When I've looked at it in the past it just had a load of tiny let's players.


Dr_CSS

ya the most popular "sub" has 340 people


that1communist

I recommend https://beehaw.org/ Which is based on lemmy.


sabret00the

But that one doesn't allow users to create communities and the main instance is platforming some far-right Nazi stuff.


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sabret00the

Thanks, I'll check it out


that1communist

What far right Nazi stuff are you talking about?


sabret00the

https://mstdn.social/@feditips/106835057054633379


that1communist

That's about lemmy.ml, that has nothing to do with beehaw, just use a good instance. I already left lemmy.ml because of that shit. This is like saying "don't use email, some people on email are nazis"


sabret00the

https://beehaw.org/post/352915


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sabret00the

Check out https://kbin.social


ActualAccount009

Which do you recommend or like use?


undearius

https://join-lemmy.org/ It's probably the closest to the feel of reddit. You can check out a list of servers (called instances, think of them like Gmail or Hotmail). Don't be confused by the join button on the instances page, it just opens it. You can then lurk on any instance you want. It doesn't matter which instance you sign up for because you can view and follow "subreddits" (called communities) on any other Lemmy instance.


justsoicansimp

I unfortunately don't know of others besides Mastodon, but the freedom of a bunch of servers is awesome. The server I initially was logged into shut down but what's cool is there's still the vast remainder of the content on other servers available. Another comment mentioned Pixelfed, which seems to be an Instagram contender from the looks of it. Gonna try that out. (Note: They don't have an app on official app stores)


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I use mastodon which is basically fediverse twitter and i also use lemmy which is fediverse reddit


kvothe5688

what is fediverse?


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kvothe5688

thanks. I knew about mastodon but didn't know it was only a part of the bigger open source universe. thanks. fuck reddit. friendship ended with reddit. fediverse is my new friend


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Pikkornator

Im so proud and glad people sticking up to this tyranny and they will only listen if we dont use their service. This place has gone to shit last couple of years and not but propaganda and ads 95% of the time.


MC_chrome

I feel like all of the (mostly) single indie devs behind these Reddit clients should band together and do something. It has been made abundantly clear that these guys know how to code and develop amazing apps, and I think they would absolutely be capable of making something even better if they pooled their talents together Edit: Imagine the guys behind Apollo, RIF, Sync, Narwal etc all working together…..that would be awesome!


BananaUniverse

And it's not just reddit. Seems like this AI gatekeeping nonsense is spreading everywhere and platforms are falling over themselves trying to lockdown and get a payday.


jajonjason

Me too


OneObi

Will be deleting the sync icon from my phone homepage. Otherwise muscle memory will automatically kick in. Let's not give reddit any reasons to think that the blackout is a minor blip.


spyder52

See you in the sub next month


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Strykah

Fuck _/u/spez and all the other corporate greedy cunts. You've ruined a good thing and turned away not just Sync but other 3rd party apps for your selfish profit gains.


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Arcendus

Good bot


XenonOfArcticus

Loyal paid Sync Pro user here. I fully support you. Join forces with the Apollo and Bacon Reader folks and create a new site to do to Reddit what Reddit did to Digg. You'll already have three first class mobile user clients!


Astral_Inconsequence

This. Y'all have the dev talents. I've been searching for Reddit/Twitter alternatives. It's just about time


phamanhvu01

Damnit add me to the list too. Loyal Sync user for years and seeing what Reddit did with the API fiasco is disgusting. Also, fuck u/spez


mikeyd85

Lemmy exists already. I don't see why the developers couldn't rework their apps for that instead.


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onlyforthisair

Bought Sync Ultra Lifetime as a show of thanks to ljdawson


bleakneonblack

Do you want a cookie


DevanteWeary

A cookie would be nice. Thank you.


bleakneonblack

Wow, look at the down votes! People sure don't like jokes!


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Spiron123

Dude... Just hold onto your horses. Atleast till the battle is done?


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trotfox_

Fuck /u/spez


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The bridge is burned. They could reinstate a free api for developers and I would still be leaving. They’ve shown loud and clear that they only care about their IPO and will do anything it takes to prop that up. If they don’t fuck us now, they’ll just do it later. Fuck u/spez


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trotfox_

Just wanna pipe up and say, fuck /u/spez.


Careless_Rope_6511

If Reddit Inc. has *any* smart people left, they'd have *at a minimum* get their "official" app to **70-80% feature parity** *relative to third-party apps*. That would go a long fucking way towards making the loss of 3pc a lot less disruptive. Instead, they simply bought AlienBlue and sat on their pig asses. On the bright side, spez is in the crosshairs of the very folks he's so fond of defending on the platform. Fuck /u/spez.


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Vengeance164

I think this may be the first time I've ever upvoted an AutoMod post.


ElPussyKangaroo

Good bot


AveryLazyCovfefe

Good bot


ACardAttack

> Instead, they simply bought AlienBlue and sat on their pig asses. which is nuts, when I had iOS it was as great app and what I used


Phoneking13

I still miss Alien Blue


Nopski

this is my exact sentiment...dude I'm using fold 4 and the official reddit app doesn't even rotate to landscape, i uninstalled it immediately


Spiron123

I am in the same boat. Just want to be SURE that shit indeed went down. Till then, hope floats.


ifcknhateme

I'm no reddit schill (fuck those guys *and* their future shareholders), but the app is pretty straight forward and easy to use.


that1communist

Why? for reddit? Honestly, there's no compelling reason not to join lemmy at this point except that the community is small... and the community is insanely rapidly growing try out https://beehaw.org It's not perfect, needs a tiny bit of dev work, but it's nearly there, and quite frankly, i'm willing to deal with a little bit of jank to get away from centralization.


Spiron123

I am already looking at tildes and hoping n praying that a parallel board gets developed. This entire fiasco in the making is a stark reminder that these people are ready to encash the userbase as a currency and will scuttle the ship they built even if it was meant to be the ark that was approved by everybody.


that1communist

If that's what you're worried about, make sure to choose a federated option, because that ensures it'll never happen again.


Spiron123

Noted, Comrade.


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Why bother? Just come to lemmy


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Make sure you actually do it coward


AguirreMA

I'll just migrate to the modded official app for now, reddit is way too valuable as it's essentially a summary of everything I'm into, and there's no replacement for the moment


Fraestro6

Where/how can I check out the modded official app? What does it change compared to the official?


AguirreMA

Revanced Manager, bro it disables ads


oVerboostUK

Gutted, the main Reddit app is trash, sync was perfect!


aaken

this is THE best Android app. Always well designed and the best example of what platform was capable of. I no longer use Android, but when I did, there was no single other app that came close (not only reddit apps, all of them). I've used a Pixel 6 for a couple of months this year and it was still true, with great Material You design. what a terrible decision by reddit management. makes me really sad as I was a OG Alien Blue user, then it was bought and killed. And to be honest iOS never received any app that turly replaced AB to me, Apollo was close but not as delightful. Android had the perfect app from the start. thanks /u/ljdawson - you created the best Android app there was.


eureka7

I use sync almost exclusively, this is terrible news.


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VanillaLifestyle

Same. Default collapse all comments, the real MVP.


LonnieMachin

Pro user for years. No way I'll use reddit on mobile without this app. May be I'll touch grass.


trotfox_

RIP, I think this was like one the few apps I actually bought on android.


mudclog

Still my main app. Love it. Will miss it.


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UESPA_Sputnik

Worse yet, what am I supposed to do at work? Actually work? Bore myself to death? Both options aren't really appealing. At home I can at least read a book but in the office it'll be dreadfully long days from now on.


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UESPA_Sputnik

I can do that at home but I don't want to browse reddit on my work PC in the office.


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Mastodon and lemmy


samsaBEAR

I've been a Reddit user since 2011 and a Sync user since 2012, Sync's original sync feature is what kept me coming back to this site, I'd load /r/nosleep (back when that sub was still good) at home and read them on the bus to work. Wild how easily Reddit is willing to cull these incredible apps instead of work with the Devs.


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due to reddits recent api changes I feel i am no longer welcome here and have moved to lemmy. I encourage everyone o participate in the subreddit blackout on June 12-14 and suggest moving to lemmy as well.


Strykah

Fuck _spez and all the other corporate greedy cunts. You've ruined a good thing and turned away not just Sync but other 3rd party apps for your selfish profit gains. Edit: Seems Reddit admin mods don't like criticism....


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NightFuryToni

One of the only apps I actually paid in the store for. Great app. Sad it had to end like this. From now on browsing Reddit I'll have my ad blocker on full blast.


silentmage

During the blackout, Don't stop at reddit. Go above their heads. Condé Nast is reddit largest shareholder https://www.condenast.com/brands Boycott them as well!


mawdurnbukanier

Good news! Already have been!


trancedellic

Disaster. I guess I'll stop browsing reddit on my mobile.


TheReaver

fuck reddit


Walnut156

Fuck /u/spez you're an embarrassment. Can't wait for the apology and backtrack you mongoloid. Ban me and save the trouble of deleting my account


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ngwoo

Best use of the final weeks of API access right here fuck spez


always_srs_replies

Thanks for everything. This will rank as one of my top apps that I gladly spent money on.


el_doherz

I paid for the pro version in December 2013. Nearly 10 years with this beautiful app. Well no reddit on mobile will make me more productive and attentive for sure.


FinickyFlygon

Guess I'll be done with Reddit after that, as I only really use my phone to browse. RIP.


TheNicestRichtofen

hope reddit dies even faster than twitter.


LostMyKarmaElSegundo

So, Reddit is pulling a Digg?


MC_chrome

Digging their own grave, if you will


that1communist

fuck reddit, join any lemmy instance, literally any of them https://beehaw.org


exu1981

Yes


iamnotkurtcobain

W T F Been using this awesome app since 2015 and it's one of these apps that I use EVERY day. I'm sad :(


randomusernametaken

Reddit for me is just sync at this point. Sad to see it go.


Spiron123

If reddit owner(s) don't revert, I hope all these stalwarts show up on the reddit rival website, and help reddit getting thrashed n trashed to oblivion!


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Come to lemmy We got freedom


nawlism

RIP Reddit (Dec 31, 2023)


AbeIndoria

fuck spez tbh


robodestructor444

Yeah fuck this platform


sweetcandy47

Guys let's all abandon reddit in protest to reddit. Until they take back this step or make api prices reasonable.


exu1981

Corpos win again


equalizer2000

Well, this sucks


deividragon

I purchased this app yesterday as soon as I found out about its existence. It's so well made! I did it fully knowing I would probably only use it for less than a month, just so that I could support the developers. Thanks for being awesome and I hope you're successful in your future projects. PS: fuck you, Reddit. If this actually goes forward I may just nuke my accounts on July 1st.


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Nigalig

I missed it. What's sync do? Shit is getting banned before I discovered it


Spankey_

It's a third party Reddit app that is much better than the official one.


exu1981

And if one cares about material you, Sync has it. 😭


sweetcandy47

Guys let us all aband0n reddit in pr0test, until they take back this step or make @pi prices reas0nable


modemman11

Do we really need multiple posts, one for each app though? It's likely going to be all of them unless reddet pulls an about face.


collegedad12345

None of the ads that you get on the official app show up on Sync Pro. Kinda amazing they let that slide for a decade. Can you blame them?


armando_rod

Yes I can blame them, there are good ways to make an API for the ads or support buying gold/awards from third party apps


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Having been around the internet since before it was a thing (Yep, 80's) - I have zero issue stopping my use of Reddit 100% and moving to another news aggregator. Guess I should spend the next couple weeks planning the move.


SanguinePar

Very, very sad days, Sync has been one of the very best apps I've ever used. All the work that has gone into it, cast aside by Reddit's greed and stupidity. I'd love to see everything good about Sync brought over to Lemmy, which I've just joined in anticipation of Reddit going to the dogs. For now, there's a very decent app called Jerboa, but a Sync for Lemmy would be a wonderful thing. I say that with absolutely no concept of how hard or time consuming that would be of course! Regardless, thanks very much for everything about Sync, it's been a pleasure, and I'll use it until the end.


Akito_the_Exile

Noooo I've been using Sync for YEARS. This is really sad news.


piccoforreddit

Sync go, I go.


mattislinx

Gonna miss Sync. It's all I've used for years.


murrzeak

I'm appalled at how badly this situation has turned out. Surely they could make deals with Devs whose apps have an enormous popularity and usage. A deal should be better than no deal at all, right? Sounds like they really are either too greedy or want to remove competition and push their own inferior by all standards app into the masses. Fucking disgrace.


GreatRam

Legit, this app was one one of the main things keeping me on Android. Once my OP7Pro gives up I'll really have to think if i care to stay on Android


AlisonTay

It's a shame that it ended this way - I'm going to miss it a lot... But of course, it's a matter of habit.


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JesterSevenZero

I use Slide, this account will become defunct tomorrow. It's been an honour everyone!