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I like many among you loved sync and am frustrated with the bugs and lack of updates. It seems LJ has all but abandoned the app, so I did some looking around on the business of sync apps Ltd and can see from public records in the UK that he is keeping the business up to date. So it seems he is fine with collecting passive income from ad revenue.

@ljdawson@lemmy.world please just open source this app so the community can fix these bugs.

I myself have moved to thunder, very similar UX, lots of customization, and it’s open source.

    • Master@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      4 个月前

      I am also on summit. Only thing I hate is that I set one tap to open content but there is no one tap for videos so they always open inline with half the video off screen then I hit back to exit and it refreshes my view losing my place. Ill get there once I beat this muscle memory.

  • GreatRam@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    4 个月前

    I moved to summit and really like it as a sync replacement. The developer is super responsive and consistently updates the app

    • craigers@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      4 个月前

      Right he’s still taking in funds just not patching the app. That’s the point of this post, the business is still active despite development being halted.

  • Tiritibambix@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    4 个月前

    I hesitated for a long time before financially supporting a truly amazing app, though way overpriced. I’m broke, so I don’t regret a thing. In fact, I’m happy to block his ads with a custom DNS to cut off funding to this greedy bastard. The least he could do is give paying users an update on what’s actually happening with their money.

  • .Donuts@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 个月前

    Used to swear by Sync but moved to Thunder too. Can’t really justify spending money on Sync imo

    • lazynooblet@lazysoci.alEnglish
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      4 个月前

      This is actually true. If you follow the links on company house website from the OP, the accounts are getting maintained by an accountancy firm.

    • gazter@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      4 个月前

      I’m sorry you’re getting downvoted. People don’t like it when you show them there is shades of grey in any argument, they just want to get outraged simply.

  • Luvs2Spuj@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 个月前

    I’ve been getting more and more disappointed and this post is really good timing. I’m going to switch to summit based on some helpful comments here.

  • thanksforallthefish@literature.cafeEnglish
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    4 个月前

    I’ve just installed thunder.

    Pros setup was super easy although it initially said my instance didnt exist then suddenly found it

    Cons Long pressing a comment and getting an overlay popup in order to upvote a comment is very annoying

    I’ll leave it installed but its not for me right now.

    Has anyone found anything else good ?

    • Coelacanth@feddit.nuEnglish
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      4 个月前

      I tried Thunder but never vibed with personally. The by far best app for me after giving up on Sync was Summit. Which also, if you’re annoyed with ljdawson’s absence the Summit dev is like the polar opposite.

    • Frostcoin@feddit.nlEnglish
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      4 个月前

      I recommend Voyager. Also has an app. Same feature set as sync. Also with hide item on scroll.

      • kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        4 个月前

        I’ll second summit. Been using it for about 6 months or so. The app gets updated regularly and the dev is active.

    • craigers@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      4 个月前

      A lot of the long/short press stuff is configurable and gesture based (swiping left and right) is the fast way to interact. Which I was using the swiping on sync. Also configurable.

      • thanksforallthefish@literature.cafeEnglish
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        4 个月前

        OK so that works but is awfully clunky - swipe partway right to upvote and fully right to downvote as opposed to tapping on the up / down arrow.

        Yeah if that’s not configurable I’m out. And I’m damned if I can work out where to configure it

        EDIT

        OK, it’s settings, appearance, comments, show comments action buttons.

        With that usability hurdle cleared, OK, I’ll give it a burl