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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.
Sync launched with a subscription, and only after the kickback from that did it add a one time charge option. An option priced much higher than Boost, by the way.
People were right to push back on that.
Also, the public transit example doesn’t fit here. If I paid for the bus with my bus fare, or through my taxes, yes, being upset about the ads would be ok, because I already paid for the service. Same way I wouldn’t appreciate ads in the backseat of an Uber.
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I don’t really complain about seeing ads in apps i didn’t pay for, but I do complain about seeing ads on public transit and in the world in general. I don’t want the world plastered with ads.
Hell they’re on the motorways here which seems ludicrous.
Is boost not developed by an independent developer?
It is
I think you’re confusing “independent” with “works for free.”
I haven’t switched at this point because Connect works well for me, but people’s work has value.
Not having read anything else, I’m guessing ads
Instantly bought the ads removal, Boost was THE reddit app for me. I’m stoked to see it for Lemmy.
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.
Also a Sync user, for me the only option that came close to Sync and Boost for me was Summit, which people also did not like due to it being closed source.
Thunder is kinda close, as is Connect, but AFAIK Sync is still the only one to have any admin tools built into it (haven’t been able to try out Boost for Lemmy yet).
I was speaking more in the sense for general browsing. I’m not familiar with the admin tools for any of the apps.
Thanks. Yea I love liftoff, I got no issues.
Thunder is pretty great, occasionally janky but it just works
Not in my experience. Jerboa is close.
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.
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.
It is hilarious, and I imagined a scenario of ad blockers paying the most for ads to appear instead of ads, like a protection racket
Adception - how deep does it go? Do other ad-blockers advertise in AdBlock’s site? Do they pay for ads to be alongside other ads for ad-blockers saying “want to stop ads like those guys? Then use us”. What if, ultimately, the only ads are for ad-blockers?
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Dear lord, finally. Something compact, simple, without needless wasted space.
Honest to god right angles.
I’ve found my permanent Lemmy app.
This is identical to Jerboa
Pretty sure I saw somewhere the devs took inspiration from Boost for their UI
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What the hell, look at your messages or something 😅
I use reddit/lemmy like a forum. I’ll go back to the thread and see the responses later when I feel like it. Stopped looking at my inbox in 2016, no regrets.
Incidentally, redditors that don’t want to turn on mobile notifications are probably going to have to start doing that too, given what they just did to the reddit app.
How so? I haven’t gone back to that place since Joey lost its API access.
You know you can still use the old apps if you are a mod of a (private) sub or use revanced to patch them?
Or just stop using reddit
How do I make this image you linked bigger? Tapping on it doesn’t make it full screen and holding it closes the comment.
It’s like coming back home <3
yep, just finished setting it up. really excited
Seeing a lot of complaints about the lack of swiping to upvote/downvote. Which is just hysterical to me because it’s just a tap on boost for the vote controls, which is less movement.
It’s not about reducing movement, it’s about 1-handability when you’re holding your phone in the other hand and can’t reach across for an upvote. Sync sold me on it instantly when it finally came out.
Cool.
Regrettably, while I could have swiped to upvote, I had to swap hands to downvote you; at least I could still swipe to reply.
How is two taps, the second needing to be precise less movement than one general swipe?
Same, I never liked swipe controls. Using Sync the last little bit, I would always accidentally save things when scrolling.
Instantly paid for the ad free version even though I’m rocking an ad blocker. This is a pristine app, every bit as good as the original Reddit app.
This is my assessment too, although I really like Jerboa so I’m waiting to purchase this. We’ll see how it holds up.
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
@instance.tldthey’re visually identical!I’ve always used the column view for posts and Jerboa did not have that. This felt like coming back home
Based dev put all controversial and conflicting instances together in the default list.
what do you mean? what list is this? how can it be accessed in the Boost app?
Hard pass
People want to get paid for their work? Shocking!
People want to get paid for their work? Shocking!
And other people don’t want nagging spyware ads? SHOCKING! You know, Twitter and Reddit developers also want to get paid. That’s why they killed free API access. Funny how you came to Lemmy anyway…
Comparing a solo dev to large corporations isn’t really convincing me.
And I’m not convinced by the claim that putting spyware into apps is the only way to make money.
Literally no one on the face of the earth has ever said that. We’re actually talking about an app that has a paid option without ads.
It uses trackers even when paying, btw.
Source? The sync dev said that google’s ad code isn’t ever initialized if you pay. Don’t see why it wouldn’t be the same with boost.
That’s Google’s fault, not the dev’s. He’s just trying to make a living.
It’s a one time purchase if you do purchase it
if you do purchase it
I’ll consider it once Liftoff, Thunder, etc. are all dead…
I liked Liftoff, but as a Boost diehard, I’m happy to give the guy a couple bucks and pay him more than he would ever make from ads served to me. No skin off my nose.
For what it’s worth, I don’t get any ads in this App, so give it a shot.
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Or pay the dude a couple dollars to disable any tracking and remove ads for life?
Why are you FOSS nerds so against paying people for their work?
Disgusting houlier than thou attitude. Prominent with Linux based people.
It’s not for everyone for sure especially if you’re looking for something FOSS. I’d rather use a FOSS app, but it was my Reddit app of choice for a really long time and I’m happy to give the developer a one-time $3.50 purchase to have that experience back. I can barely tell I’m not on Reddit.
Even if it’s just a stopgap solution, I’m all for Reddit app developers porting to Lemmy. Right now the open-source Lemmy apps all lack a lot of polish, so having paid options that offers a more polished experience for people coming over from Reddit is a plus for the platform’s engagement as a whole.
Right now the open-source Lemmy apps all lack a lot of polish
Donate to the FOSS apps instead then.
Been loving this app since the preview.
Reddit became a different site for me when I used baconit and w10m. Once i went to android there were a number of apps to try but i settled on boost.
After api changes I couldn’t bring myself to install their app and i did miss it. l used liftoff here for a bit but this has been so much more functional. Truly a great job by the dev and worth the wait. The paid version seems like a steal given you can’t get a good chicken sandwich anywhere near that.
I’ll probably gift a few copies to friends and family just so i don’t feel guilty.
Lord i sound like a paid amazon review. I’m as cycnal as they come though and not easily won over for what it’s worth.
The pricing is way more reasonable than sync. I’m still sticking with connect but at least this dev is not asking for much.
Long term sustainability is going to be challenging. The Lemmy userbase is way smaller than reddit’s regardless, and for 3.50 EUR one-off it will be challenging to cover future development efforts.
Yeah, I’m still on Connect as well. At this point, I see no reason to change, despite being a Boost user for years with reddit.
If it ain’t broke…
For me it just have too many bugs that aren’t being fixed.
Nothing major, just little annoying things like if you edit a comment it closes out of the thread. Or if you make a comment it scrolls to the top of the thread. Why?
I’ve just tested it and boost doesn’t do either of those things.
Idk about you, but I paid less than the max it shows for the price in my country on the Play Store. It may be down to localised pricing or maybe I paid during some promotion.
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.
Connect gives me issues because I’m subscribed to over 600 communities, something with how the sidebar renders that community list destroys the app, also the animations aren’t very refined, and there’s a lot of text and multi button clicks for things that could be single button presses.
This will most likely get better over time, but until then, I’m definitely using boost or sync.
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
Alive as their abusive data collection.
Saw that, isn’t it strange to never have seen that from any other app then?
Hey Ruben! Long time Boost user and I was wondering if there is a community for your lemmy app? I was active in the previous one :)
Also, might I suggest a small addition for my favorite feature, the image uploading! To add alt text to images for accessibility.
it’s possibly to create image captions with a simple
[reference image](reference.url)tag by addingand I could definitely see just a little extra space for adding it :)Here is the accessibility thread discussing it which will have better info: https://beehaw.org/post/686974
Thanks for everything you do!!
He does have a community on lemmy world. Here’s the link: !boostforlemmy@lemmy.world
Edit: link
Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn’t work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !boostforlemmy@lemmy.world
Just as a heads up, while Ruben was the one who made the comment in the screenshot, Ruben isn’t the one who posted the screenshot here in the comment you replied to 😅
Whoops! Haha! Thanks for letting me know :)
The dev has responded on that issue
What did he say?
"Dev here.
The dialog and its content is not created by me, it is a standard solution from Google to comply with GDPR and other laws. More info here: https://support.google.com/admob/answer/10114014?hl=en
The consent dialog is also required by Google AdMob to show ads, and it is shown when the ad network is initialized.
When the app launches, first it checks for the remove ads purchase, and if it is not present, it will initialize the ads sdk. The ad network is not initialized if the remove ads purchase is detected.
Boost for Reddit was using the very same ad networks and consent dialog. "
No thanks, I used to use boost for reddit and I loved it.
But now on lemmy, there are FOSS apps that are just as good I’d rather donate to.
