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same. only because it was the only one i could remember the name of when i was setting up the 'mini tablet' (which is just someone's old phone. has no sim or service). it's an old and slow phone, so it doesn't get used often. i'd much rather be on a desktop.
Am I the only one using Connect?
Am I out of touch?
No, it's the lemmings who are wrong.
I'm with you. Connect is great
Reddit is Fun into Connect. Never looked back.
Same
Sync for Lemmy
Firefox
Eternity
Firefox based browser and Jerboa
Voyager
Firefox
I just use the web UI. It scales really well on mobile.
Im using my computer
I tried a bunch and settled on Voyager. I also liked Thunder.
Same, I tried them all and Voyager was my favourite
It's also nice to recommend because it's on iOS too
I'm quite happy with Thunder
I really enjoyed using Thunder but then found Summit, which offers one killer feature Thunder doesn't have while covering everything that Thunder has:
Multi-communities!
I got several gaming-related communities grouped, all the selfhosting communities grouped and I just need to check those multi-communities instead of each community one by one.
Also Summit works a bit better for Piefed than Thunder, but I know that is work in progress, so no criticism there.
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Voyager for me. The compact mode is fairly compact, with small enough thumbnails that it can feel text-first. The few others that support piefed have had huge images with no easy way to fix that.
I like Boost.
Last time I said this, I got shunned for recommending a closed-source app. I generally try to stick to open-source, but Boost has a good UI, works well, and bugs are fixed quickly.
I like Boost, even paid for it. Sometimes won't load mpegs or bigger files,but those are my only gripes
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I'm using Voyager and happy with it. Of course, now. I need to trial these listed by others.
I'm on voyager and it does the job. I miss sync though.
Hey a fellow Jerboa user! I'm also in the Jerboa camp, just because it's so simple. I'll use it to load my subscriptions if I'm waiting at a dentist or something.
After much complaining about sync's descent into mediocre abandonware, i finally switched to Summit - i still miss sync's ui/ux - but its nice being able to use a non buggy product
Likewise. I left Reddit when they killed third party apps because Sync was Reddit to me. I stuck with it here for a lot longer than I should have, but I finally accepted that it was dead and settled on Summit after trying a few others. Connect is also good, but I felt like it wasn't quite as flexible as Summit last I tried.
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Blorp for me
Same here. Blorp was the first result when looking up Lemmy on the Google Play Store and I've had 0 issues since.
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I used to use Boost for Reddit back then and switched over to Boost for Lemmy initially. Nowadays I use Voyager as I like the UI better.
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I also use Jerboa and I have never tried anything else. It's great imo but lacking in the more interesting features I have seen from other clients. User tagging is super cool
Jerboa
Summit for me. I've tried most of the others mentioned so far but always stick to summit.
Boost is the best for me!
Sync. But I'm an old guy with habits that are hard to change
I stayed with sync until I was forced to switch due to bugs and missing features, I tried all alternatives I could find and settled on Summit. Highly recommend, it has a ton of options and both looks and feels great to use.
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Sync, until it dies.
As a primarily iPhone user, I get a thrill using Voyager on my Android phone. It's basically an Apollo clone, and Apollo was iOS only (for Reddit). IIRC Voyager is based on its released source code. The Apollo dev was never gonna code for Android, but he didn't stop others from doing so, and they did. I also like the client. On iOS, I use it for my Piefed account because of its support for that branch (fork?) of Lemmy. On iOS for this account, I use Mlem, which I believe is iOS only.
I'm happy with Voyager on Android, but I'm certainly open to alternatives. I want to keep one app that can switch between the two, so it needs Lemmy and Piefed support. I also like the comfortable interface with previews, the ability to blur/hide NSFW on a toggle (like if I'm out in public vs at home), and swipe controls (upvote, downvote, reply, and save). Easy access to blocking is also important (e.g. on this account I browse /all).
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