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A mobile client for Lemmy running on iOS and Android

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Appreciation post for Liftoff not collecting user data or injecting ads. (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I was looking forward to trying Sync today now that it's live, but my enthusiasm was immediately dampened after seeing the "Data Safety" section on the Google Play store.

Liftoff has been great, and want to say thanks for making an awesome app. This will continue to be my daily driver.

Edit: for clarity, because the post got way bigger than I expected.

Sync looks like a fantastic app, and the dev/s should charge whatever they feel is fair for their efforts, even if that's through the usual ads + ad tracking.

My intent was just to post here in /c/Liftoff to thank the Liftoff devs for managing to somehow offer an awesome app without any of that.

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[–] [email protected] 75 points 2 years ago (33 children)

You have other free and amazing options that sync has no advantages over. They are all just as good, if not better.

Liftoff
Thunder
Jerboa
Connect
Voyager (my favorite so far)
Infinity for Lemmy. Early development, but still free and no ads

I don't get why I would go for sync, get tracked, watch ads or pay a monthly subscription!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (10 children)

What does liftoff have that the others don't?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago (6 children)

For one, it handles account switching much more smoothly than most apps I've tried.

While viewing a post, commenting, searching, or posting, you can choose your originating instance from a drop-down. Most other apps have to reload your feed and/or relaunch.

It's been really helpful for me whenever an instance is bogged down or acting funny, and I can just hop over without losing my place.