• Fazoo@lemmy.ml
      3621·
      2 years ago

      The hate would stem from the utter spam of every possible fucking instance with “Hey, Sync is out and the fucking best!! Spend your money!”

  • JakandClank@lemmy.world
    543·
    2 years ago

    One of my issues with Lemmy so far is how meta it is.

    Reddit is often meta, sure, but 60% of the content I’m seeing here (while browsing Everything) is about how much better Lemmy is or whatever app people are using to access it. Let’s get back to shitposting, articles, and memes please. I want this platform to work and I don’t think it will if this content continues.

      • JakandClank@lemmy.world
        3·
        2 years ago

        Thanks. On reddit when I was bored of my frontpage I’d go on /r/all to check out other subs and maybe subscribe if I liked the content. That has been my strat here and it isn’t panning out so far. Looks like I gotta change it up.

      • BlazingFlames6073@lemmy.world
        2·
        2 years ago

        Thanks for this. Now I just have to hope some of the communities I briefly looked through like the history related ones don’t suffer from usdefaultism. It seems like meta and defaultism kills all interests for me.

      • setVeryLoud(true);@lemmy.ca
        38·
        2 years ago

        Everything on Lemmy is cancer

        Edit: I’m obviously talking about the “Everything” tab, curated Lemmy is great.

    • sweeny@sh.itjust.works
      53·
      2 years ago

      This is the only comment/post you’ve ever made, and it’s meta lol. Be the change you want to see

  • blunderworld@lemmy.caEnglish
    6818·
    2 years ago

    Yeah, because why should app developers get paid, right? They should all code for free at their local public library. Maybe live in a big ceramic jar like Diogenes.

      • blunderworld@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        In my experience you can have:

        1. Good app that is free with ads,
        2. Good app that is paid without ads,
        3. Shit to mediocre app that is free without ads.

        I’ve tried many alternatives, but so far the intuitiveness and beautiful UX of Sync stand apart from the competition for me. I respect FOSS apps, and even prefer them in some cases. But let’s not pretend that its the best approach for every developer, or that anyone who releases a non-FOSS app is automatically greedy or sketchy.

    • CurlyMoustache@lemmy.world
      11·
      2 years ago

      I’ve tried a few of the other apps, and didn’t like them that much. Sync is the first one I actually liked. Not sure if I want to pay for it, though

  • Nora@sh.itjust.works
    5110·
    2 years ago

    This discourse in these comments is stupid. People can complain about Sync if they have something to complain about. It’s a fucking forum. Personally I hate the idea of restricting features and using ads to get people to pay, especially when I have several FOSS apps that work perfectly for me, I don’t think Sync feels any more “slick”.

    There, that’s my opinion. I don’t like Sync and I’m not attacking anyone for using it.

    • unscholarly_source@lemmy.world
      13·
      2 years ago

      As a Sync user, I support this comment. The fact that these debates occur is precisely due to the fact that people have the freedom of choice, and that’s something to celebrate.

      Sync doesn’t have to be “better” or “worse” than other apps and vice versa. People should pick what they like. I pick it because it feels like home after having used it for almost 10 years. Doesn’t mean it’s better.

    • Kogasa@programming.dev
      92·
      2 years ago

      People can complain about Sync if they have something to complain about.

      Okay. I have something to complain about, too. It’s people complaining too much about Sync.

    • ruckblack@sh.itjust.works
      21·
      2 years ago

      Which open source app do you feel is just as slick as sync? Genuine question. I’d be happy to support a FOSS app, but all that I found had weird issues and quirks, and/or janky UI. Liftoff was the best I’d found but again, buggy and janky.

      • Nora@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        2 years ago

        I’m still just using Jerboa. It was buggy when I first used it but a few updates later it does it all fine.

  • Digester@lemmy.worldEnglish
    233·
    2 years ago

    I’ve tried pretty much all the FOSS Lemmy apps I could get my hands on but the experience Sync provides is far superior. I’m an ex Boost user and since I couldn’t find Boost for Lemmy I naturally gravitated towards Sync and I’m not looking back.

  • LibertyBeta@lemmy.world
    172·
    2 years ago

    I have Sync and Thunder for now. I love thunder for the Flutter, but sync just works perfectly.

    Maybe they’ll catch up someday, but I’m okay paying for software now and then.

  • SGG@lemmy.worldEnglish
    111·
    2 years ago

    Product is king.

    Inertia is also in play.

    Sync for Lemmy is built by the same guy that built sync for Reddit. Built using seemingly a lot of the same code.

    I bounced between all the open source apps and have started using sync for Lemmy because it’s familiar and it works. It also seems to be much faster than the others, maybe due to more aggressive caching/prefetching? Or that could be a placebo effect.

    I was always having weird issues with jebora and the rest of them, and was not a fan of Voyager’s interface.

    I might try connect, jebora, etc again a bit later. Might also purchase the one time and remove for sync, might donate to Lemmy instances, etc.

    For now I’m just glad to have a familiar interface.

    • Black_Gulaman@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      3·
      2 years ago

      No one really, for small projects. But am advantage is if the development turns for the worst then anybody that’s capable can fork it and go on another direction.