cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/23471887
The 0.19.4 release also broke marking posts as read in Sync for Lemmy. Although this isn’t really something we consider a blocker, it’s still worth mentioning, as there are still a lot of Sync for Lemmy users out there that haven’t noticed this issue yet if they’re only active on Lemmy.World. Over the last 2 weeks we’ve had nearly 5k active Sync for Lemmy users . This is unfortunately something that will break during the upgrade, as the API has changed in upstream Lemmy.
Last time we spammed this community with sinks the app was updated a few days later …
I quit Sync months ago, I’ve been using Voyager and I love it. It actually has better functionality than Sync and somehow it manages to stay within 12 months of being up to date with the rest of the Fediverse.
Frankly LJD burned any good will and I don’t plan on ever returning. Save your money and time and go with a FOSS alternative.
Jerboa for the win.
As someone who came over from reddit basically via Sync, this is normal. Dev likes to go MIA for extended periods of time and suddenly appears with huge updates.
Doesn’t suit the still developing environment here, though.
I get that it’s always been like that, it just shouldn’t be. Whether you believe it’s okay or not is totally an opinion and it’s fine. I’ve used sync alone for as long as it’s been around basically.
Just switched recently to Thunder. It’s a bit slower but has a lot of options. Its working fine… And this is from a person who has been many times over the years and is currently paying for sync.
Sync is more reddit than reddit was. And is my Lemmy experience up until a few days ago.
Also just extremely rude… Everyone would understand if he puts out a short message like “busy with work for the next few months”. Randomly leaving for months while people pay for something you make is crazy.
I wouldn’t characterize that as “extremely rude”.
Idk, we don’t have to use it, tons of clients out there…
Still very shitty behavior when you’re asking for 20€
Wait, what?! I’m on sync right meow and haven’t noticed anything off about it. But i also don’t have any other source of news or social media to compare to lol.
The most shocking revelation tho is that I haven’t paid a dime to use synce and it’s been my only means of accessing Lemmy since I annexed from reddit. There is an option for premium but there is nothing about the free version that I would feel I’m missing out on something enough to pay for it.
When the dev announced he’d be porting Sync to Lemmy, he mentioned that he’d have to raise the premium price to cover costs. I gladly paid to support him, but that was under the assumption he wouldn’t go AWOL for months with outstanding bugs.
Ok that makes way more sense than I originally understood. I totally agree.
Sure we don’t, but as a long time subscriber on reddit then Lemmy, who doesn’t even need the ultra features but wanted to support the dev, I’ve been feeling bamboozled for a few months now…
Dude saw the project of his life absolutely destroyed by Reddit. I can understand he just wants to move to the next chapter of his life.
Sure a bit of communication is always appreciated but it’s already pretty cool he ported the app to Lemmy.
Dude saw the project of his life absolutely destroyed by Reddit. I can understand he just wants to move to the next chapter of his life.
Yeah, no. That doesn’t hold water when you’re actively accepting payments for an app on a new platform but not maintaining it for long periods of time.
He didn’t move on with his life. He ported sync to lemmy, dramatically increased the pricing model, and now seems to go AWOL for extended periods of time often resulting in broken functionality.
As someone who used sync on reddit for many years, I switched to Summit a few weeks ago and it’s great. This post comparing a lot of lemmy apps made me finally take the plunge: https://lemmy.world/post/18159531
Thanks for this. Summit is great. Smooth, clean, has gesture support that’s similar to sync.
I didnt even realize the “empty comments” was a sync issue and not a lemmy issue. Looks like its time to move on.
Same for me. I used Sync since switching to Lemmy but this issue with marking as read is a deal breaker for me. Especially since I actually paid for Sync. Now on Summit and I’m very satisfied. I highly recommend everyone checking it out!
As a sync user on an instance that’s up-to-date, this is not too annoying. If you up/downvote it will still show as read. But I hope lj comes back soon. We are due an update for a long time.
Yes sad that @ljdawson@lemmy.world have been inactive for so long, and without him support Sync I am afraid Sync will die.
Yeah. If the problems start stacking up and making it near unusable, I’ll have to switch to another app. And I hope it doesn’t come to that, because the user experience and customizability is leagues above other apps.
If you have to switch, give Thunder a try. It is a very well put together app. And I enjoy it, and you might as well.
I have over a dozen apps locked and loaded. But I can’t quit sync yet
Yeah same. It just looks and feels the best sadly.
You could try emailing. If enough people do maybe he’ll pay attention.
The 0.19.4 release also broke marking posts as read in Sync for Lemmy. Although this isn’t really something we consider a blocker, it’s still worth mentioning, as there are still a lot of Sync for Lemmy users out there that haven’t noticed this issue yet if they’re only active on Lemmy.World. Over the last 2 weeks we’ve had nearly 5k active Sync for Lemmy users . This is unfortunately something that will break during the upgrade, as the API has changed in upstream Lemmy.
Yeah, I’m on Voyager for now until Sync finally gets updated again
