Why are all basic app settings tied to the Lemmy account/instance? (self.syncforlemmy)

submitted 1 year ago by PurpleTentacle to c/syncforlemmy@lemmy.world

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Why on earth are most, if not all (?), basic and general app settings tied to the Lemmy account@instance?

It really doesn't make sense to me that stuff like "base font size" and virtually all app usability and appearance settings are reset to their defaults every time I add or switch Lemmy accounts/instances.

Even if there are good arguments to be made that the app *should *look completely different for each account@instance and not share any settings between them (and I'm struggling to think of many), why would that be default behavior?

I'm pretty sure my app's font size and media handling didn't change every time when I switched accounts in Sync for Reddit.

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[-] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 2 points 1 year ago

I like the OSMand approach: whenever you change something you get an extra prompt on the bottom of the screen whether you would like to make the change in all other profiles (driving, browsing, walking, public transport, cycling etc) or keep it only here or revert, as pictured below:

[-] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 1 points 1 year ago

Well I guess at the same time there are some settings which are global regardless, but that's only stuff such as display language, data storage folder or map rendering engine. Otherwise everything can be customised in each profile separately