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
Same here, can’t wait for lemmy is fun!
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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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.
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.
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 ✌✌
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)
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.
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.
Yep sync is truly incredible, The fluidity of the app was truly something else
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.
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.
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.
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.
!unexpectedmorrowind
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
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.
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
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 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.
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
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.
I managed to get Apollo working with my own API key using a tweak and Sideloadly (works on jailed phones too)
We’ll see if that continues working after 30th, if not I think I’m pretty much done with Reddit
It will, but they’ll probably start sending you invoices for whatever requests you make.
Well, they’ve said 100 requests per minute is under the free tier, since I’m the only user with my API key that should be within their limits.
Can you please teach me how to use the tweak? PLEASE!
I would, but unfortunately r/jailbreak is closed where I got the instructions :(
Apollo isn’t working as of now???
Regular Apollo still works for now, I’ve got the modified version on a backup iPhone 8 so let’s see if it still works there after the shutdown
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!
Agreed! We can all only go up from here!
RIF RIP
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
Now show me app hell
>its just the base reddit app
And my bank’s app.
And my work’s scheduling and payroll app.
And my Printer(HP Smart), my ISP Modem(S**w Bl****rve), Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Amazon Kindle and most IOT apps in general.
I had to remove the Joey app from my home screen and replace it with the Jerboa app (as in, put it in the same spot) because I kept accidentally opening Joey. -.-
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Yeah, Joey was perfect. It felt sad when they sent the little survey to ask if people would pay a subscription to use the app and I was like … No, but not because of you, because of them.
I loved the Joey App 😒
Oh man I love Joey. So good!
I still have joey on mine as a reminder of the shitshow that is reddit. I haven’t touched it once since switching as I have been going to jeroba so often it’s already a reflex lol! Joey didn’t do anything wrong. I will always keep the app, never use it again, but keep it because it’s mine and I bought that freaking thing.
I know what you mean! I know it’s gonna be gone soon yet I don’t think I’m going to want to delete it. I bought it,I enjoyed it, and if all of this mess had not happened I would still continue to use and enjoy it. Sigh. :-\
Yeah, I had the same issue. Maybe, just maybe, I had a small addiction and Lemmy does not help too much with that.
Yeah, I always like to check Reddit just before I go to sleep, to get sleepy, or when I can’t sleep. Or when I’m waiting for something and there’s nothing else to do to pass the time at that moment. So I’ll automatically open Joey and…well, I guess that’s the end of that.
It was so good and very few people knew about it, sad :(
I think it was just one developer doing all the work too
Pour one out for dark sky too man rip in peace 🪦
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.
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
More new apps will eventually come
