If I have a choice, I prefer to not use software created by fucking tankies, thank you very much
Lol dude has no clue where he is
It’s a squad of trolls, there’s other users throwing around the same terminology despite most users probably not even giving a fuck about politics.
You can ignore them tbh they’re the stage prior to the fuckin homeless dude screaming in the street about some psychotic ass conspiracy theory. Wave to the animals in their cages
I’d use free software written by Satan himself if it was good quality. In this case just make sure you set “makes_user_communist” to false.
… dude, you’re on lemmy. The same folks that made Jerboa made lemmy.
And are they actual tankies or are they just communists? – because those aren’t remotely the same thing.
They call themself tankies
I think you forgot the /s sir
I’m switching between Connect, Infinity and will try Sync. I’m waiting for Boost, and hoping that developer/s of Joey will make client for Lemmy
After Sync released I tried even more other Lemmy clients because of all the other recommendations in the Sync discussion threads, and there are definitely a lot of great Lemmy apps.
But as an old Sync (for Reddit) user myself I also get the feeling of familiarity using the Sync Lemmy app, with the customizability to even adjust what each “step” of the swiping gestures does, while using other Lemmy apps I mostly feel like I’m locked to “getting used to the app”. So I understand why some people are so happy to use Sync again.
That being said I do agree that it feels expensive to pay even for ad-less, and people may not like that the free version has ads. I will probably pay just for ad-less (not Ultra) once I have figured out if I like any of the other Lemmy apps better (or not.)
Sync is great and the best polished Lemmy app, but I like my Infinity. Been using it for years now and I’m even a patreon of Doctile Alligator
I tried Infinity too, while I miss swiping to upvote and reply to comments, the swipe to move between previous/next posts was interesting, so I’ll have to test it more to see if I like it!
There actually is swipe to upvote
Ah, found it now, thanks! I guess because swiping anywhere by default just went to the next post, I didn’t expect it to have an option for swiping the comments too.
Infinity
infinity for lemmy is a thing? :O
Can I ask, what the heck is FOSS?
Fantasticly orgasmic stray software
Free and Open Source Software
Do you have a moment to speak about our Lord and savior, Richard Stallman?
Wait, is he still alive?
yes
He lives off of toe fungus
Don’t you dare interject for a moment
Free Open Source Software
Ahhhh, all these posts make so much more sense. Lol
This is all sounding a bit insular. I’m happy with the tech stuff but let’s not turn the entire site into a discussion about a specific app or two.
It’s a discussion about ethics. Proprietary software is unethical.
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I like Free Open Socialist Software
Go back to lemmingrad /s
But have you tried Jerboa…
on weed?
one true try
Yeah, still liked Connect better
Connect is great but I can’t get over how ugly I think the icon is, so I’ve been using Liftoff instead. Turns out I’m shallow when it comes to tech!
At the end of the day I think peoples’ systems should be made with open-source components, like firmware and OS, and then they can choose whether to put closed-source apps on it or not.
That being said, I personally moved away from proprietary social media (except youtube) mostly because they’re proprietary, plus ad tracking, so I don’t like the idea of throwing it all away just to put another closed-source app on my phone. But that’s just me
I’ve been a Lemmy about 2 weeks and I’m practically radicalized for FOSS. I’m about to custom install Arch Linux and burn a Sync user at the stake.
Oh, you also got the new initialization program /s
I wiped Arch and installed Fedora, am I doing it wrong?
I’ve been here almost a month and I don’t know what FOSS is, and at this point I’m scared to ask.
Free and Open Source Software
I can’t tell if your joking. I also didn’t really care that much about open source software before coming here, but now I find myself searching out for open source replacements for the stuff I’m already using.
Great, next step is to memorize the GNU GPL off by heart
Install gentoo
holy hell
I had been using Liftoff and am now trying out Voyager and Sync.
So far Sync is winning me over.
I’m a sync ultra user. My sense of superiority is only eclipsed by my ignorance of what FOSS stood for. But seriously use what you like. I just want lemmy to grow.
It’s about having the freedom to control your own devices. Proprietary software like Sync takes away that freedom, so it’s unethical. We should be complaining about it.
You’re going to have to explain how purchasing and using software that is completely voluntary takes away any freedom from anyone. It’s literally just a ui wrapper with different visuals and functionality that some people find useful enough to pay for. Entire legions of people protested the removal of these apps from Reddit. Nothing is free, the concept of that is broken.
This is not about price. Nobody is saying that authors can’t charge for their software. It’s about freedom.
Your computer/smartphone is controlled by the software that runs on it. Libre Software like Jerboa gives you the source code and the right to study it, modify it and distribute it. This means that anyone can verify what the program does and change it if needed. It means that users actually control the program. If the authors added malicious functionality, it would be easy to remove it.
Proprietary software doesn’t give you those freedoms. It’s very difficult to verify what such program does or change it. You can’t really control it, but it controls your device. If it contains malicious functionality, usually you can’t do anything about it. That’s why proprietary software is unethical. It gives developers power over their users and they often abuse that power.
Yesss… I agreeee… Use what I like. I will make them use what I like!!!
I installed sync yesterday and am having a really hard time getting it to work as well as Jerboa. i feel like I’ve been in every setting, but the layout and UX just doesn’t seem nearly as good. It just feels like everything is multiple extra actions to do the same thing in Jerboa.
Like, what do you have to do to get a seamless experience in sync?
I love Jerboa for what it is, but just switched to the new native Voyager app and am very happy.
Years of tweaking my Sync for Reddit app and then just importing the settings in 3 taps. It’s not the answer you were looking for, but it’s what a lot of us did.
Yeah, I have used sync for years. Decided to switch to Lemmy once sync announced an app in production. I used Jerboa and Connect in the meantime, but now that Sync is here, it’s like sinking back into a warm bath.
I’m here because of Sync, and if it is good that I am here, it is good that Sync is here.
And again I say Amen 🙏
FOSS is also important too. It means free and open source software. https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software
Free in this case means something different, I’d recommend a read up on it too https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software
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FactoryLemmy must grow!!!
Been using jerboa since it dropped, was using lemmur before that and jerboa is definitely brtter. Waiting on infinity though.
Same here. Infinity is here and I’m using it now
Jeroboa is the first one I saw. So that’s one I got. It does everything I want a lemmy app to do so havnt really bothered with any others.
I installed a handful and gave each of them a half hour. Jerboa won for me at least.
As long as we can all agree that the people using the web UI are fools and/or masochists
(sent from Infinity)
The web UI still have two features no other apps (afaik) currently have: autocomplete when mentioning someone’s username (useful for e.g. summoning bots), and selecting comment language (useful for replying to posts that somehow marked as English-only, and the server’s language auto-detection somehow think your comment is not written in English and rejects it)
I’ve used Jerboa, Connect, Liftoff, Sync, and Infinity. The mobile site is still my favorite.
This is the first mention of Connect I’ve seen. I like it.
Whatever gets you off, friend!
Yeah man, whatever throats your goat
i started with jerboa then landed on voyager and i’ve been happy with it since
quite literally only gotten better with every update
Tried sync and seems pretty good so far. In the absence of RIF.
Your comment triggered the lurking FOSS fanboys lmao. Some of y’all really need to touch grass.
Is it FOSS grass, or some of that Monsanto shit?
God I miss bacon reader
Any hope Baconreader will develop a Lemmy app?
OneLouderChic on Reddit issues an unequivocal “no” to that question.
