Sync for Lemmy signup is now open

Ljdawson (Sync dev)@lemmy.worldmod to Sync for Lemmy@lemmy.world – 534 points –
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As mentioned before I'm aiming to have something ready in the next 6 weeks ish.

Register your email to get notified when the app is ready to launch!

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Heading to bed but 3142 signups in 7 hours, LFG!

LFG!

I was wondering why you are "Looking For Group" 😄

Seems like that also goes for "Let's F****ng Go"

Hey! Late to the game, but I'm hoping to sign up too. Is it full? I entered my email and the screen doesn't do anything after i press "continue"?

Anyways, nice to see you here!

I don't think it does anything. It's just taking emails so when it does release, you'll be notified.

Brilliant, my friend. Thank you for your hard work.

I'm going to throw this link here for you to check out. It's a table comparing Mastodon apps which already has a big ecosystem on the Fediverse. Maybe you can find some inspiration. :)

Somebody pls find spez's mail and use it to subscribe 🤣

I genuinly think a good client can skyrocket the number of users. Even if users can just signup and browse all-active

Try Liftoff until Sync is ready - it's much smoother than Jerboa.

Just be mindful of the default 'All' view is literally all of the lemmyverse - via that view you can't interact with instances that you aren't logged on in.

Instead change it to be 'All@lemmy.world' to use it as normal.

Honestly I have mixed results and opinions with both Jerboa and Liftoff... Liftoff, for example, wouldn't even load a GIF that I posted when Jerboa would.

They currently also both randomly crash on me but I think that's most likely related to lemmy.world not being on version 0.18+ yet.

My wallet is already waiting eagerly for a pro version.

In the meantime I can highly recommend Connect for Lemmy. Also a highly motivated dev with an awesome app.

It's really fun to try out all these different apps.

Thank you for this.

I just installed Connect. Soooo much better than Jerboa and the mobile browser. Actually a much closer experience to Sync than I would have thought.

And I am already contributing so much more cause the experience is that much better. Hearty recommendation guys

Sync is really gonna be a game changer in interaction.

I'm trying Connect for Lemmy and it looks very good

I just switched from connect to Liftoff. I am liking Liftoff better. Looks nice and I like that comments collapse with one tap, and up/down vote arrows and the reply button are all shown in the comments as a default (rather than having to tap or swipe to see the arrows).

Liftoff also has better formatting options. Here are a few screenshots:

Switched from Connect to Liftoff last week too. Kinda makes sense why it's a little bit ahead of the curve given that it's a fork of Lemmur.

Can't seem to log in with Liftoff.. it keeps saying that my instance (lemm.ee) can not be found.

Your instance seems to use a beta version of lemmy so it's possible there are API changes that make it incompatible with some 3rd party apps. Either that or the instance is being hosted behind cloudflare and the operator have strict anti bots option enabled (traffics from apps is almost similar with bot traffics). If yo ask your instance's admins, they might be able to do something about it.

I switched from Jerboa to Liftoff after every singe update they introduce breaks something new and they don't fix existing issues. My current biggest issues with Liftoff is the very un-smooth scrolling, that hard-coded bright blue, and that you can change font size for headers and sub-headers, but not general text. I'd like it to be 1-2 notches larger, on a phone with large display it's getting a bit small.

Connect is great. It can hide read posts. But I miss Syncs feature to swipe to hide. That was the killer feature that made me stay with Sync for reddit.

agreed, this is great. Updates keep flowing. A visual separator between posts in amoled mode would be nice but its excellent. Devs should start charging for these already. At least in the settings you can 'buymeacoffee' for connect.

I've paid for Sync (I forget how many) years ago and have loved it since. I'm so happy you all are switching over and building a app for Lemmy.

Thanks for all you do!

I never used a third party app but I'll give this a spin lol.

Sync for Reddit was top notch. The official client felt like a joke app after using Sync. Hopefully the Lemmy version will be the same.

Do you even know why we are using #lemmy and #kbin if you have never used a third-party app?

e: My fault. I thought most people would have migrated already during the blackout. But people kept up hope. Anyway everyone is welcome

A lot of people learned about third party apps from the protests, and knowing how shitty a thing Reddit was doing decided to stand in solidarity and quit Reddit with us.

So please, no need to sound so condescending, it's pretty obvious what's happened here and they clearly do know. Otherwise they wouldn't be here.

You don't have to use the third party apps to know what reddit is doing is fucked up. I never used a third party app, nor did I use a moderation bot. Not to mention people could never have used Reddit before and still use lemmy

That's really shitty man, lots of people use Reddit primarily on browser but nowhere does that suggest those users don't know what the fuck is going on...

Is it possible to exist on Reddit right now and NOT know what's going on is my question lmao

Isn't browser technically third party app?
joking aside, some of us used Browser and old. reddit.com .
BTW I'm now using Firefox to access Lemmy as well.
I'm also using Firefox to edit all my reddit history on second device as of now.
I didn't leave reddit because I couldn't use third party app or mod tools, I left because I got fed up with being "noise" and taken for granted. Also I dislike monopolistic corporation behavior . They ruined gaming when I used play, they spy on every step I take and want to control everything I bought as they see fit.

Are you seriously fucking trying to gatekeep the fediverse? JFC get a life fam.

Isn't the fediverse enough in itself to warrant a switch to kbin or Lemmy?

Although, I do admit that Reddit's shitty handling of the community and third-party apps pushed me over the edge.

As so many others have said, their app of choice WAS Reddit, and Sync was Reddit for me. There's some good Lemmy apps out there, but my muscle memory misses Sync!

Care to recommend some of the best lemmy apps, according to your experience? So far my favorites are liftoff and connect. Until sync comes out, that is! 😄

Hell yeah! Sync is the reason I joined the fediverse when I heard you're making an app. Been a loyal user of your reddit apps since the beginning, there is no comparison it was the best! Can't wait to see how this project matures. So far, seems to be much better than other social platforms simply because it's decentralized and all the benefits that brings. Things are looking promising and I, for one, don't miss reddit at all!

Nothing happens when i press the 'Subscribe' button after writing in my e-mail address. Might be on my side the problem is. Have tried on 2 web browsers on my computer

EDIT: Now i'm subscribed via my smartphone.

Seems to be broken on FF (nightly, both desktop and Android). Worked on Chromium

I had no issue with Firefox stable (114.0.2) on desktop (Windows) after temporarily disabling uBlock Origin from blocking GTM on the page.

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I just want to mention that your signup submission endpoint syncapps.us14.list-manage.com is being blocked by Firefox's enhanced tracking protection. If anyone having trouble with signup, try temporarily disabling adblocker or tracking protection.

Can't wait. I'm basically off reddit now cause your app doesn't work anymore. Happily will download when this comes out.

Boost4Lemmy already put a placeholder into Google Play store so people can get notified when a first build drops.

Doing the same with Sync4Lemmy would be a good idea...

And some kind of placeholder/notification for anyone who opens the now defunct apps

I saw this and thought the same too. It'll help promote to other users not following all the drama.

Long live Sync! Best damn app I've ever purchased. Big thanks LJ.

Sync pro user here, I was so bummed hearing it was shutting down. Can't wait for Sync for Lemmy!

How do I register?

There's supposed to be a email entry field and subscribe button below the text paragraph, maybe try a different browser or internet connection?

Try turn off any adblocker you have, someone else was saying ublock was hiding it.

I was a paid user since the early days. I think Sync has been very generous with its pricing and extra features and would like to see it continue. Wish you the best of luck!

Signed up for Lemmy just because you're developing an app for it u/ljdawson. Can't wait.

"Sync" was the first search term I used in the fediverse!

We all believe in you, u/ljdawson!

Yaaasssss! This is fantastic news! I will definitely pay again for a Sync Lemmy app!

A new cahpter starts ready to contribute with and buy pro

Ummm. I'm a bit disappointed. The site doesn't work on Firefox mobile.

I'm just hijacking this top comment to declare I've finally decided what I'm doing with my Reddit account. Instead of deleting it or overwriting it with junk, I'm going to change my password, and post my account credentials around the place on Reddit so some spambot can use my high karma account for whatever the fuck.

If anyone else wants to join in I think it will be very hard for the site admins to squash such activity and actively turn the site to shit.

I also mod a few tiny communities so good fucking luck.

Mmh, worked on mine. I have Firefox Nightly, though.

It's the Enhanced Tracking Protection that is blocking access to the endpoint!

Check this comment!

Can't wait to see everyone on Lemmy with a better UI!

What a trip! I was originally sad because I just uninstalled Sync for Reddit today only to join Lemmy and find out my favorite client is coming to Lemmy! Thanks so much!

This is exciting! I love how a push can spark innovation like this!

Does the 6-week countdown start now or when it was first announced? lol

It's not so much of a count down as a rough guess... Which means you could take it to mean 6 weeks from either :)

Nothing seems to happen when I hit Subscribe...

Also, as a long time Sync Pro user - really looking forward to this, thanks!

With the shields up in Brave (on PC), the signup box does not display correctly

*Edit: updated to specify this was on PC

You must have something else going on. I'm on Brave and the site works fine. Even turning Brave up to the highest block settings and hard refreshing still has it working for me.

Worked fine for me on Brave for Android with shields up, too.

I'm in! Let's go explore the fediverse!

Incredibly hyped. Sync is the only reason I've been able to use Reddit for yeeeears, and seeing it moving to Lemmy really sealed the deal

I used Sync Pro for years. So glad they are coming to lemmy. It was the best reddit app in a group with solid contenders like baconreader and boost.

If I had Sync Pro, will there be a Sync For Lemmy Pro too? Happy to pay for it again if needed, but is there a plan for this?

Dude, please forget everything what was in this post previously.

I thought (and don't ask why, but I really thought I read it though), you were asking for a free license since you already paid for reddit sync.

Didn't sleep much tonight, if that makes any sense to you.

Nice, can’t wait to try a new iOS client

Unless I'm mistaken Sync will only be for Android again.

For those having issues getting the email form to:

    1. Show up at all
    1. Submit once/if it is showing up

Disable your ad and tracker blockers for syncapps.io.

iFor me, AdGuard was blocking the form from showing up at all. Then, in Firefox, dev tools showed that the tracker tool was stopping the form from submitting. Once I disabled both things for the site, I was (hopefully) able to get it submitted. I got the "Thanks for signing up" notification on the site, anyway. I'm not sure if I was supposed to receive a confirmation email, so I'm just hopeful it worked.

Any chance you'd allow different billing than Google Play? I don't have Google Play Services and that's the reason I had to switch from Sync for Reddit.

I liked kbin more than Lemmy but I like sync more than anything. I guess Lemmy is my main go to now. GL and thank you.

What do you like more about kbin? I'm a new refugee and I'm still figuring out where to go to.

I like kbin microblog twitter thingy feature. It was faster with less downtime at the time. It had more setting and I love customizing thing like round corner, color themes, sidebar on left or right, autoload post images, etc. I just have a better first impression.

I heard someone said kbin was newer with better scalibility compare to lemmy.world.

In the end it doesn't matter which one you choose. They both can view the same contents being posted. I like to think of it as choosing yahoo mail vs hotmail. Both let you send emails and both have different looks and feature.

Note I am like you and have no idea when it come to the technical stuff about this whole "federate" talk.

Well that's exciting. Signed up! Can't wait

Sync Pro user for many years here. This is great news!

That's awesome and especially since it's so fast. Can't wait.

I tried signing up but clicking the green button doesn't do anything. I think the form might be broken. Firefox mobile.

Try in another browser. I had same problem using the signup link on Firefox mobile. Got it to work in chrome though.

Awesome news, good luck with the work!

Is this going to be for iOS or Android, or both?

I'm super confused.. Nothing on this post or in the link says what "sync for lemmy" is. Is it a tool to sync reddit and lemmy?

Sync was a popular 3rd party app for Reddit. With the change in Reddit TOS that prevents 3rd party apps from accessing the site the Dev is making a new app with the same name for Lemmy

It has nothing to do with reddit except that the developer's previous app (which was for reddit) was also named sync.

This is just going to be a good Lemmy app.

I know - no ETAs, but how far approximately the first dev release is?