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I did a poll and nearly 30% of the people who voted said they used Sync! It's stayed around that percent the whole time too!

EDIT: Here is the poll I forgot to put this here like five times lol https://strawpoll.com/wby5A21R1yA

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[โ€“] raevn@sh.itjust.works 34 points 1 year ago (20 children)

Like Lemmy is to Reddit, FOSS clients are to paid alternatives.

The only way I can see to stay clear of business practices I don't like is to support the FOSS model.

I'm not saying Sync isn't a good client, or that the dev has anything other than the best intersts of his users in mind, it's that at any point a decision can be made which you have no control over. Service models for software, for example, very rarely seems to be in the users interests.

Give the FOSS clients a shot, they are also constantly improving!

[โ€“] thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe 27 points 1 year ago (9 children)

I installed both Jerboa and Liftoff and ended up on Sync.

I run Linux and 99% foss software on PC and same on phone.

Sync was the only android client I tried that was usable. The keyboard bug in jerboa was maddening

[โ€“] raevn@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago

I may have xome later to both, I find either very usable + no ads

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