Some of y’all have no appreciation for independent app developers
I’ll take my downvote now
Really, it’s cool that some want to make their apps for free with no ads, but I’ll support devs who put in hard work to make a good app, it’s ridiculous to think that they don’t deserve some sort of compensation.
The same behavior happened when sync came out. Endless complaints about an app being from on app store with the option to pay the hard working developer for their work.
Do they go on public transit complaining that see ads there too? At least when you pay for the app the ads go away forever.
Instantly bought the ads removal, Boost was THE reddit app for me. I’m stoked to see it for Lemmy.
It’s like coming back home <3
yep, just finished setting it up. really excited
My first ad:
Fuck why would anyone use this over FOSS apps that dont spread google adware/spyware
Because it’s not a choice of FOSS or not, it’s a in choice of quality of the app. Apps like Jerboa or Thunder are very far behind Sync and Boost. But if you enjoy those, then more power to you, and definitely no reason to switch.
I don’t know about that. I’m a sync user and some of the foss options are very good by now. I use sync because of familiarity and I like the dev so don’t mind dropping some money to support him.
Thanks. Yea I love liftoff, I got no issues.
I was just more amused that it was an Adblock ad. It’s a pity it is relying on hassling you with ads to get you to pay as I’d happily chip if to help with the development of an app I was enjoying.
Because after a $3.49 payment, I never see ads again and this app is noticeably better than the Lemmy apps I’ve been stuck with until now.
I mean boost looks good but in what ways is it better than let’s say connect for lemmy for example. what the first thing that comes to your mind?
I’ve tried Boost quickly and ads aside I haven’t noticed anything than is inherently superior to connect which is what I’m using right now.
Based dev put all controversial and conflicting instances together in the default list.
I’m shocked and impressed with how much this reminds me of 2022 Reddit. I went cold turkey after the API changes, but installing this and setting up my old theme has been astounding.
Will I give up my FOSS Jerboa for this? I very well might
I can barely tell them apart, if it wasn’t for the
.tldthey’re visually identical!
Yes it is, I’m commenting on it right now. You can import all your app settings from the Reddit version of the app too, if you still have it installed, or you still have your config file lying around. It’s what I have done so I have a pitch black theme lol.
Not a glowing review that this is accidentally not a reply to a comment. :p
I’m using Voyager, but giving Boost some attention. We will see which I like better… I didn’t like Sync or Jerboa much.
Try Connect or Liftoff
Connect is incredibly laggy for me, it’s code needs some optimization, it’s closed source because the dev himself admitted the codebase is a mess.
Liftoff’s ui is just not intuitive, like, at all.
Connect never gave me any issues. I dont even feel the lag. I am used to Liftoff UI so got no issues there as well.
Liftoff’s ui is just not intuitive, like, at all.
Okay good deal. Glad it wasn’t just me.
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still using Jerboa since I joined up, and I’m so used to it now that other apps just feel off. I was a rif user in the before-times, and jerboa has the same kind of stripped-down vibe I’m comfortable with
Nice, but seems to lack swipe actions, otherwise I like it almost as much as Sync.
Today I was finally able to download Boost for Lemmy. It looks really good. I inmediately bought the ad-free version. There are still some key features missing: the ability to hide posts, the ability to open community links and when I logged in for the very first time, the app semi-crashed and everything went dark. I had to restart the app and log in again. But apart from that, I really like it.
Hello from boost!
First comment from Boost!
I miss the hide button near the bottom right of the screen. I love to remove all the read posts with a single button.
Using it right now. Feels smooth.
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Great news for Boost users! I’m still using Sync and Photon the most but love how many options there are for Lemmy.
