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New subreddit talking about it here. I'm assuming it will eventually be a Lemmy community

https://reddit.com/r/SyncforLemmy

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

My Reddit app of choice, definitely psyched for this.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

I've never used Sync but I just installed it and it's pretty slick. This is fantastic news indeed.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (6 children)

ive never got to use any third-party app for reddit, just the official one... as matter of fact i just discovered that such thing existed when the current crisis began lol. since i decided to flee of that dictatorial ship and now found myself here, kinda lost, id like to ask u guys if this "Sync for Reddit" was good and if we can expect the lemmy version to be as well (ofc, taking into acc the differences between both platforms).

im asking that to be able deciding if i should watch it up close or nah. thanks guys

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It was the best. I have tried most reddit apps but that one could be customized exactly how I wanted and it was great. Definitely one to keep an eye on.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Sync was widely regarded as the best third-party app for Android. I preferred a different one, but I don't think it's shutting down for another 10 days, so you can always open it up and try it

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

This is amazing news! I like Jerboa but I've been using Sync for many years now. It's just so dang good.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That seems quite exciting, I'm personally hoping to see a platform agnostic Lemmy application available for desktop operating systems as that would be a really nice and convenient way for users to interact.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Sync was my Reddit app of choice, this is great news for Lemmy.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Yay! I've been using Sync Pro for a few years and love it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Hey, I'm from the sync exodus! Super excited.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (13 children)

I think Christian mentioned he isn't planning to port Apollo to Lemmy, but I haven't given up hope just yet!

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

If Boost for Reddit shifts to Lemmy/kbin, I would be overjoyed.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

When I read about this yesterday, I was so damn happy about it! I loved Sync for the last ~10 years and I am thrilled to have the dev on lemmy. Its going to be awesome!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Looks like I need a Lemmy account!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

A kbin API is in the works, if we manage to make it compatible with lemmy this app would be usable for kbin as well.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It is good, if only because it means the Lemmy developers can focus on back end development.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Dream come true right there. I used sync since 2012? 2013? A long damned time anyways, and I'd love to continue.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Same, I switched between Relay and Sync a couple times in the early days, but I stuck with Sync (pro and then dev) for the long haul. Without that, there would have been no Reddit for me, which is why I'm here now and thrilled by this news.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

When I used Android Sync was my favorite client and it wasn't even close for second place. But I'm iOS now so I will patiently wait for someone to build something great over here. Android users are lucky to have such a great dev moving over to Lemmy!

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Looking forward for it!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

There's also https://lemmit.online/c/[email protected] that mirrors the subreddit

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

It's mentioned in the comment section that the developer made /c/[email protected] as the community for the new project.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You'd need the full link since beehaw defederated with lemmy.world. But you can keep track without needed an account.

https://lemmy.world/c/syncforlemmy

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Ah great, i was almost giving up on such a thing happening (the other devs doing great work tho of course)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

That's awesome to hear! Hope there's a lot of code that doesn't need to be changed.

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