Hey! This post is not specifically related to the lemmy.world instance. From now on, posts such as these will be removed, in order for the community to stay on topic. However, as this is a highly upvoted post, I’ll just lock it for now.
RiF golden platinum for me.
But the dev of RiF says he intends to make a Lemmy is Fun app once RiF shuts down, so at least it’s not a bad thing after all.
It should be called “Lemmy is more fun”
Lemmy is Funny
I think this is what Lemmy and other Fediverse sites need - a really good mobile app. once that happens, I think Lemmy, kbin, etc will start really attracting users.
ngl Jerboa isn’t that bad.
It got much better with the two recent updates. Images still sometimes spaz out when you scroll, and for whatever reason searching for communities doesn’t seem to work right. But for reading, commenting, etc it’s totally usable.
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Same here, can’t wait for lemmy is fun!
Where did you see that? It seems that he wanted to do a Tildes app, he talked about Lemmy?
Same. I will gladly give the dev money again for a premium product like RiF golden plat.
I’m enjoying jerboa, but I would totally pay for the RiF premium experience. It kept me happy for so many years. Hope for both to succeed.
I am truly hoping Christian or u/lupeski come here and show their awesome talent off in the Fediverse!
Apollo for lemmy would be great, and it wouldn’t be too hard for Christian to rewrite it to work with lemmy. Heck, people have written proxies which proxy the reddit oauth API to lemmy, so it would be as easy as running one of those proxies and replacing a URL, really.
The difference in data models and APIs, combined with the amount of features Apollo supported would likely make it a fairly large task.
But that aside, he mentioned in an article recently that he doesn’t have an appetite to pivot the app towards Lemmy or another third party: https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/13/23759180/reddit-protest-private-apollo-christian-selig-subreddit
The difference in data models and APIs, combined with the amount of features Apollo supported would likely make it a fairly large task.
I’m aware, but there have been efforts to do this, which is what I was referring to:
https://github.com/derivator/tafkars/tree/main/tafkars-lemmy
But that aside, he mentioned in an article recently that he doesn’t have an appetite to pivot the app towards Lemmy or another third party
aww that sucks :-/ maybe he should just put the code on github and release it as FOSS then if he doesn’t want to work on it
That’s over simplified. Even if they change the data source. Lemmy and reddit have different data structures and the UI would also have to be modified
definitely, but it’s good enough for a start, while he develops a more comprehensive application
That would be awesome if it came to fruition! I am so proud of everybody who has brought the Fediverse this far, and that would ice the cake haha.
Don’t be sad it’s gone, be happy that it happened :)
Quoting from Morrowind: Maybe young folks like you should try some new ideas. I don’t know. Could be messy. But change is never pretty.
We might miss some things from Reddit but the platform wasn’t getting any better. It’s an opportunity for a change that could be for the better.
Same thing I said to my friend after a burglar stole his xbox
Hows the Xbox?
Pretty fun, thanks for asking.
Stolen
This is such a Reddit comment
Deleted my account, deleted the app! My thumb keeps looking for it on my phone, though. Poor little thumb, probably misses his old simpsons shitposts
The thumb thing is real. It’s like muscle memory every time I unlock my phone.
Sync is/was a fantastic app. One of the best designed and functioning Android apps I’ve used. Damn shame.
I just replaced Sync with Jerboa.
Same here, decent enough start for the app so far
Yeah, and the things that I’ve noticed as being broken are actively being worked on (you can just look at the GitHub commits and code reviews and follow along since it’s open source)
To account for muscle memory, I just created a folder where Reddit used to be, and made Lemmy the first entry. Good way to test multiple apps regularly.
Agreed. I deleted Boost off of my phone, and because it’s early in the alphabet I’d open my App Drawer most times to get to it
Now I just muscle-memory open my calculator and look disappointed.
The Sync dev has stated that Sync for Lemmy might become a thing one day, so there’s good news on that front.
I’d pay for that
Lets hope so ✌✌
Yep sync is truly incredible, The fluidity of the app was truly something else
Same, it’s been hard it’s like I’m in rehab. But in a way it’s great too. I’ve been doing other stuff. Like started learning to make video edit with Davinci. For all the Apex gameplay footages I’ve stored over the years.
The muscle memory is so bad. I had to hide RedReader after I found myself subconsciously opening it over and over again. The toilet breaks are not the same…
I won’t be deleting it yet, they’ve got the accessibility exception for now.
You mean we don’t have simpson shitposting here? https://frinkiac.com/video/S05E03/QF76_L_CplCQuXur7Rqpj-nesvU=.gif
We do now! Simpsons shitposts-
but now we need futurama shitposts!
I’m ashamed with myself that I fell for it :(
I made my own, with blackjack and hookers, actually without the blackjack or the hookers, just the community.
Pour one out for dark sky too man rip in peace 🪦
Didn’t Reddit acquire Alien Blue and make it into the official app?
And absolutely ruined it, of course
Yea I remember at first everyone was so excited and then they decided to absolutely destroy what made that app good.
yes
There’s not even a hide read option in the Official Redit app. Fk u reddit
They wouldn’t want you to curate how many posts you have to scroll past to get to the real content. More scrolling equals more and impressions.
Yep that’s one of my most wanted features from the lemmy app
Lemmy has this feature
On jerboa?
Yes look account setting
Account settings
I’m gonna check and see if it’s on jeroba, if not hope they add it.
It is
RIF RIP
I uninstalled Slide For Reddit and put jerboa in the same place
I haven’t seen many people that used slide. That was my go to on android.
Has anyone tried Mlem yet, specifically with this server? Refuses to connect for me.
I use it with lemmy.world. Its promising, it still has a lot of crashes and some kinks that need to be ironed out and there are many features missing, but IIRC the team intends to come out with the 1.0 version by the time 3rd party apps shut down. That will probably feel more stable. Its looking good!!
Hasn’t been working for me either. Just says I logged in, then that it can’t connect.
Personally a Reddit is Fun user, but sad to see them all go…
I’m also a rif user. Best thing was have my face subs and get notifications on new post so I don’t have to interact with reddit as much. See the post. Comment upvote read send boom in good. Lenny is awesome now
Still need that alert function on the app.
Although all this immature development is making me consider taking a stab at programming Social Networks again. Last effort was an app back in College to collate facebook, twitter, reddit, etc into one interface. Very clunky, held together by proverbial tape and crashed when there were non latin characters input. Still, that was fun.
More new apps will eventually come
It’s really sad, but it’s also super exciting to be a part of something new! All of this reminds me of the old school internet with competitors and communities popping up here and there.
I didn’t realize how toxic and hostile Reddit actually was until I stopped using it and started interacting with the folks on here. I just hope it sticks around
RiP RiF
Add Sync for Reddit to that list :(
It perfect. I will wait sync for lemmy
Really hope LJ goes on and makes the app for this!
Jerboa is a nice replacement for now, but I love the way sync was set up. That said, with time Jerboa could become feature rich. And options is key!
Yeah, to me, Apollo and Reddit went hand in hand. Without Apollo, no good Reddit.
