Let’s face it: the app has been abandoned for longer than is acceptable, especially at this price level. It’s no longer working correctly on newer Lemmy versions, and there’s no indication the dev is still active.

Yes, he worked similarly during Reddit times, but a) Sync was much cheaper back then, and b) Reddit didn’t change as much.

Right now, to unsuspecting users Sync seems great given the 4.9 star rating on the Play Store. They’ll possibly buy this app before noticing that it’s subtly broken.

Please consider giving Sync a bad rating, but if you do so, explain why. Write about the broken functionality, so others don’t fall into the same trap.

      • bert@lemmy.monsterEnglish
        7·
        2 months ago

        Same here, though I do have one thing I miss from Sync: press+hold on an image in feed to make it full screen. Happen to know if there is a voyager setting to enable this functionality?

        • mintiefresh@lemmy.caEnglish
          1·
          1 month ago

          It’s decent. My next favorite after Sync. However the upvote score isn’t showing properly for me. It’s the wrong count and goes downwards after I upvote. And if I do it again it gives a different number.

          Unfortunately the dev on there is really inactive too. Although they’ve stated recently that they’re going to start working on it again.

          Sigh. It’s too bad. I understand this isn’t their main thing so I don’t want to say too much.

          Nice app aside from that though.

          • Rikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldEnglish
            1·
            1 month ago

            Yeah, the really slow updates and unfinished stuff sucks, but from the 6 or so apps I’ve tried, it was still the best.

    • Lizardking13@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      Any of these have similar gesture based navigation as sync? That’s my favorite thing about it. I Just tried Voyager and it’s alright, but I dislike the navigation.

    • Lizardking13@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      Looks like jerboa has similar navigation, just not quite as polished. I’ll roll with it for a bit and see how I feel in a few days.

  • Fake4000@lemmy.worldEnglish
    192·
    2 months ago

    That’s one of the issues I had when on Reddit. The developer used to go AWOL for extended periods of time. Not an issue on Reddit but definitely an issue here. Since then, I have switched to infinity for Reddit and kept using free apps.

    Now on lemmy, I still use free apps (mainly voyager) and wouldn’t pay money for sync.

    On an additional note, I see the developer of boost doing something similar.

  • unscholarly_source@lemmy.caEnglish
    10·
    2 months ago

    Damn. As a die hard Sync for Reddit fan for years, donated lifetime license and having recently come back to Sync for Lemmy and feeling like it was a long lost friend, really really sad and heartbreaking to hear this.

  • can@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    156·
    2 months ago

    #why

    I like the app, been with it for years, and I trust the dev. I get it. In his position I would unfortunately probably do the same.

    And he actually showed up recently so something is in the works.

      • can@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        62·
        2 months ago

        DM re: my bug report. Not public so I wasn’t going to say anything until I saw the panic here.

        • drawerair@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          2 months ago

          He can post here and on another platform (like Instagram) so the users won’t think of switching.

  • youngalfred@lemm.eeEnglish
    102·
    2 months ago

    Will do - I jumped ship to Summit and haven’t looked back. The only thing that would be nice to have here is an instance browser.