Sync UI/UX are carried over from years of refinement as a Reddit client with full native controls. It now mostly just has a different API and service layer wired in for Lemmy. Definitely not a simple web view app.
What a terrible way of looking at it. UX matters a lot when you’re using a platform, and some people are willing to tolerate the occasional ad if they get a UX they like and are familiar with.
Gross, I was reading through this thread thinking about checking Sync out, but the idea of wilfully adding ads is so disgusting to me. The browser works well for me anyway, I don’t think I’ll end up getting an app unless it does something outstanding.
I really wanted to just use the PWA, but Sync really is just so much better an experience right now. It’s smooth, but it also doesn’t lose my place in the feed every time I open a post. Trivial yet crucial!
So what does sync do that lemmy on broswer doesn’t?
Aside from the polish, it’s also the familiar UX that many of us have used for a decade. It just feels familiar & right now!
Ehh ill give it a look. I generally avoid apps that are just a website.
Sync UI/UX are carried over from years of refinement as a Reddit client with full native controls. It now mostly just has a different API and service layer wired in for Lemmy. Definitely not a simple web view app.
Ill give it a look
It just adds ads that you can pay for to have it removed. Sync is piggybacking on the opensource devs.
What a terrible way of looking at it. UX matters a lot when you’re using a platform, and some people are willing to tolerate the occasional ad if they get a UX they like and are familiar with.
You love paying for the trackers, I love the downvotes.
Gross, I was reading through this thread thinking about checking Sync out, but the idea of wilfully adding ads is so disgusting to me. The browser works well for me anyway, I don’t think I’ll end up getting an app unless it does something outstanding.
Most of us are here because we used Sync for Reddit for years and want that familiar UX.
But not all of us! Yesterday was the first time I tried it
A far more polished experience
Some people don’t like using desktop.
It’s a smother experience on mobile and more polished
I really wanted to just use the PWA, but Sync really is just so much better an experience right now. It’s smooth, but it also doesn’t lose my place in the feed every time I open a post. Trivial yet crucial!