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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.

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[–] mintiefresh@piefed.social 1 points 12 hours 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.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 42 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm enjoying Summit as my Sync replacement.

[–] Master@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

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

[–] GreatRam@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe 5 points 1 month ago

I'll give summit a try, thanks

[–] thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe 24 points 1 month ago (7 children)

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 ?

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

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[–] IncogCyberspaceUser@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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

[–] craigers@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month 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.

[–] donuts@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

swipe to upvote / downvote / etc instead

It's just gonna take some getting used to

[–] Frostcoin@feddit.nl 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe 2 points 1 month ago

Will give it a try too

[–] Ditti@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

[–] thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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 ?

[–] Ditti@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe 4 points 1 month 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

[–] cokeslutgarbage@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

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

[–] UnpledgedCatnapTipper@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago

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

[–] twistypencil@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

Thunder, eh? First o heard of it! Thanks

[–] donuts@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

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

[–] Reygle@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Wait what? Mine just renewed!

[–] craigers@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Reygle@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month 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.

[–] csm10495@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month 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.

[–] Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 month 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.

[–] Tiritibambix@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month 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.

[–] Luvs2Spuj@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month 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.

[–] jbk@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 month ago

holy fuck thats a long ass domain lmao

[–] lime_red@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

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

[–] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 6 points 1 month 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.

[–] AWittyUsername@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

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

[–] gazter@aussie.zone 2 points 1 month 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.

[–] dRLY@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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).

[–] AWittyUsername@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

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