He has abandoned sync development but not the business

10 months ago by craigers to c/syncforlemmy

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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.

sbv 49 points 10 months ago

I'm enjoying Summit as my Sync replacement.

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Master 13 points 10 months ago

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.

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tigeruppercut 3 points 10 months ago

Also that you can't single tap to close pictures if they're zoomed

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GreatRam 31 points 10 months ago

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

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thanksforallthefish 5 points 10 months ago

I'll give summit a try, thanks

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thanksforallthefish 25 points 10 months ago

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 ?

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Coelacanth 23 points 10 months ago

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.

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idunnololz 11 points 10 months ago

👋

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IncogCyberspaceUser 10 points 10 months ago

After testing a lot, I switched to Summit, it's been great.

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kbobabob 6 points 10 months ago

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

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donuts 7 points 10 months ago

swipe to upvote / downvote / etc instead

It's just gonna take some getting used to

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craigers 7 points 10 months ago

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.

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thanksforallthefish 6 points 10 months ago

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

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sanguinepar 3 points 10 months ago

Thanks for detailing where to find that.

I was put off by the description of the app, but knowing that some customisation is possible means I'll probably give it a go now.

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Frostcoin 6 points 10 months ago

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

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thanksforallthefish 2 points 10 months ago

Will give it a try too

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Ditti 4 points 10 months ago

Enable the option to show the action buttons: Thunder Setting: Comments > General > Show Comment Action Buttons

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thanksforallthefish 2 points 10 months ago

OK maybe I'm thick but that's not what I see on my menu - I'm on android in case there's an ios thing happening here.

From the main screen there's 5 buttons along the bottom - right hand one is settings.

There is no comment option listed. If I go to general then there is a comment subsection (opposite order to above) but it only has comment sort, hide parent, enable comment navigation and combine fab & nav buttons.

So is it one of the last two I need to change ?

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Ditti 3 points 10 months ago

I'm on Android, too. I copied the link to the setting but it does indeed have the wrong text. No idea why and sorry about that!

Clicking on the link in my comment using Thunder should let you jump straight to the setting.

If that doesn't work, it's in Appearance, then Comments.

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thanksforallthefish 4 points 10 months ago

Hey no worries, sorry if that came across a bit harshly.

I ended up finding the right setting eventually - but thank you very much for the reply

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cokeslutgarbage 1 point 10 months ago

Thanks friend, i also just switched from sync to thunder, and this was my biggest gripe. Appreciate you xoxo

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UnpledgedCatnapTipper 2 points 10 months ago

I've been enjoying Summit! It does piefed too!

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twistypencil 20 points 10 months ago

Thunder, eh? First o heard of it! Thanks

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donuts 20 points 10 months ago

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

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Reygle 11 points 10 months ago

Wait what? Mine just renewed!

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craigers 29 points 10 months ago

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.

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Reygle 5 points 10 months ago

Man. I work in IT and I've officially reached the point that keeping up with any 1 single thing just enough to not get effed up by something is an impossibility.

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csm10495 9 points 10 months ago

Folks you don't have to use or pay for the app. If you don't like it: cancel and move on with your lives.

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Tywele 9 points 10 months ago

I've moved to Boost a long time ago. It was pretty clear that he doesn't care about the app because he regularly abandoned it. This time it's just forever it seems.

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lime_red 8 points 10 months ago

This may be being done by an accountant or other rep.

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lazynooblet 8 points 10 months ago

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.

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AWittyUsername 4 points 10 months ago

Yes but he'd be paying and instructing them to do so.

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gazter 2 points 10 months ago

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.

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Luvs2Spuj 7 points 10 months ago

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.

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Tiritibambix 7 points 10 months ago

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.

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rdri 1 point 7 months ago

I just patched the APK to block the ads.

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jbk 7 points 10 months ago

holy fuck thats a long ass domain lmao

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dRLY 5 points 10 months ago

Looking at the Thunder app and it does look similar as far as phone screen is concerned. But does it have the multi column view on a larger screen like Sync? That is basically the one major thing I haven't found in other apps I have tried, both for reddit and Lemmy and is nice for subs that are more image based. I still use a patched version for moments where reddit is still needed (not very often these days but much nicer than the site).

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mintiefresh 3 points 9 months ago

I think it's time for us to move on. I been with sync since the reddit days but I think the end is here.

Voyager, Boost and Summit and many others are all decent. While I don't think they are direct replacements for Sync, they get the job done and have even added Piefed support.

It may be time to let go and accept that this app has been abandoned without any communication.

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AWittyUsername 2 points 10 months ago

I don't use the app, but why doesn't someone send some mail to the physical address?

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