When Baconreader shuts down today and I lose the only app I've accessed Reddit from

3 years ago by Séän to c/lotrmemes

Uncouth 39 points 3 years ago

Baconreader IS reddit as far as I'm concerned. Hello Lemmy.

If you happen to be on Android, I'm using Liftoff to access Lemmy.world https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.liftoffapp.liftoff&pli=1 and while it isn't a baconreader replacement, it's been the best way to access Lemmy that I've found so far.

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ArchTemperedKoala 11 points 3 years ago

Yo fellow BR to Liftoff refugee..!

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Uncouth 5 points 3 years ago

There's atleast two of us!

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Dodgeit 3 points 3 years ago

I'm bouncing between Connect, Jebora and now Liftoff. They all have things I like.

But they aren't baconreader...

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VediusPollio 2 points 3 years ago

I'm a day or so late to the party, but I'm also here to represent team Baconreader.

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z3n0x 7 points 3 years ago

Welcome fellow fledditor!

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DaforLynx 3 points 3 years ago

Literally the same boat. I've been using Bacon for years... And now it's gone. Now I've found Liftoff, and so far it's been the best app for this platform so far. Fingers crossed it keeps improving.

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yashima 3 points 3 years ago

If not for BaconReader (the only client that was on iOS and Android when I looked) I would never have been on reddit at all. Right now writing this via wefwef. On my Android phone I am testing Liftoff. I would have been willing to pay for a subscription if reddit hadn‘t behaved like they did.

I stopped using reddit with the blackout and I can‘t say I miss it much. Especially not when my favorite subreddit equivalents are popping up everywhere.

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ekZepp 3 points 3 years ago

Very fast bug-fixing update too👌👌🤙

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Percy 3 points 3 years ago

Liftoff is my favorite app so far

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Casmael 2 points 3 years ago

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JUST_LET_ME_FAP 1 point 3 years ago

Omg thank you! I was searching for this and couldn't find it in the app store. I've been using Jerboa and it's quite good

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dancing_sauce 1 point 3 years ago

I just need the slideshow mode from BR as an accessibility feature bevause of limited hand function at times ugh

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LinusWorks4Mo 14 points 3 years ago

br is the only reason I was on reddit for 10y+. fediverse is a better replacement

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insomniac_lemon 9 points 3 years ago

"The world used to be a bigger place."
"World's still the same. There's just... less in it."

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theory 9 points 3 years ago

You just need to convinve someone to port baconreader to lemmy. Bet its doable

edit: nevermind its not open source

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6jarjar6 1 point 3 years ago

Someone can fork Jerbora, or make a pull request to add themeing to Jerbora. It'd be possible to mimic the UI of BR.

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albertsy2 5 points 3 years ago

Hi, fellow BR refugees! I would like to have the a Lemmy app that has a Collapse All button. Any suggestions?

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SpacePace 1 point 3 years ago

Just wondering what tbe purpose of 'collapse all' is?

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Corkyskog 3 points 3 years ago

I can translate. They want it to collapse all of the comments under each primary comment, not literally all the comments. That way you scan top comments more quickly.

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Percy 1 point 3 years ago

From my testing (~10 apps) I find liftoff to be my favorite. It has the collapse all feature your looking for

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ProfessorSillypuddy 2 points 3 years ago

I used Baconreader on my windows phone, and most recently on my Xbox Series X as a random wallpaper app.

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