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Alternatives to Boost? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by Rose@lemmy.zip to c/boostforlemmy@lemmy.world

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I've been a long-time Boost user but it's become almost unusable due to it failing to load images when using a Lemmy.zip account, possibly due to the Avif format. The app is updated infrequently, and people's reports of the issue have been ignored.

I've tried a few alternative clients, but none of them comes close to the experience. Summit can be made to look close, but still has weird color schemes and applies the color to the community names, making them stand out more than the post title. Voyager just uses the WebView on Android, feeling like using a web browser. Scrolling through posts in Raccoon is choppy.

What's everyone's go-to app if not Boost?

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[–] mrfriki@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

I switched to Voyager a few months ago. It lack some features that Boost has like being able to block people/communities right from the start page but in exchange it always load high res images in the feed's cards instead of the blurry ones that Boost uses plus it looks way better on large tablets. I keep a copy of Boost and check it when I see an update just in case they fix it but so far no dice.