I swapped Apollo with mlem and I miss Christianβs work so much. Really the pinnacle of a third-party client. I would love to see where he goes next, but Iβd love to see an app for accessing Lemmy or Mastodon.
this post was submitted on 12 Jun 2023
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Swapped Infinity for Jerboa. I applaud the Infinity devs, and the devs of every reddit client that actually put some effort in to a good user experience rather than what reddit want users to trawl through and generate profits. Unfortunately the latter want to corkscrew more control and profits so now users and devs alike are getting screwed.
Maybe for the best. Explore the Fediverse.
I put Jerboa in place of Boost on my phone and tablet. I don't know that I'm done with Reddit just yet, but I don't think it's going to monopolize my screen time like it used to. Especially not if I'm forced to access it though that God-awful official app. I feel like my world has opened up just a little tiny bit. :)
Just replaced my relay pro icon. I'm surprised it's not burned into my screen it's been there so long.
10 year reddit user and day 1 Pro/Ultra Apollo user. Lifetime ultra was the best value for money I've ever spent, seriously. I tipped Christian Β£10 as a final thanks and... that's basically it. I did the same, mlem now stands where Apollo did.
Also, mlem does a decent job at not feeling too foreign compared to Apollo. Sure, the content of Lemmy isn't close to reddit, and apollo really was/is king, but I browsed /r/all on reddit and browsing /c/all on mlem isn't all that bad
I honestly can't believe it's been 10 years, also being a day one Pro purchaser.
Well, with that recommendation, I'll definitely keep an eye on mlem.
In the meantime, I'm pleasantly surprised at how usable Lemmy is on mobile web, much more so than Reddit.
I've said this before, and I'll say it again: While browsing lemmy, if you didn't tell me I wasn't on reddit, I would not know.
This is true, and an important thing for me. If I browsed specific subs, I'd definitely be able to see the difference. But I used reddit for just browsing the popular/cool topics of the day. I did subscribe to subs but rarely specifically entered one and browsed its content. I basically just blocked subs I didn't want and did it that way, so Lemmy isn't that different for me
You're not on Reddit btw
Check out the iOS lemmy app: mlem (you can get into the BETA via TestFlight).
If you are on Android, I hear the app to use is Jerboa.
Also, the join-lemmy.org site has a list of apps now!
I've had a great experience with Jebora! It feels very similar to RIF. It's still growing, but supports a lot of the display settings I like as well as multiple accounts. All around a relatively easy transition.
I'm thinking of busting out my Google Nexus 6 just to try out Jerboa. Mlem is great so far, very appolo-like, and it's obvious they took inspiration from that app, but, it's still in BETA and features are very limited.
I agree. Jerboa is pleasantly functional.
My only issue so far is links to other instances open in my browser instead of in Jerboa.
Thanks for the links. Hope their development makes it easier for Lemmy to grow.
That said, I personally prefer to use homescreen shortcuts to Safari on iOS to avoid having to download apps that can clog up my phone, use up its battery, etc.
So the fact that I was happy to have Apollo installed on my phone really says a lot about how much I loved using it.
Same. I got Apollo to try it before it died. Ended up being being the best experience for me. No more he gets us ads. Now Iβm happy to be a part of Lemmys next chapter.
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