Can I ask, what the heck is FOSS?
Do you have a moment to speak about our Lord and savior, Richard Stallman?
Wait, is he still alive?
yes
He lives off of toe fungus
Don’t you dare interject for a moment
Free and Open Source Software
Free Open Source Software
Ahhhh, all these posts make so much more sense. Lol
Fantasticly orgasmic stray software
Oh no more ways to enjoy the fediverse. Oh no the thousands of users of sync for reddit might come here now oh no this is a disaster!
Not just sync. I was a RIF user.
Hey, you’re me! I’m a big fan of Sync (free version) thus far, and I’ve been able to tailor it as such that it’s damn near LiF for me. I love all the options and customization it offers. Big ups to Liftoff too, still use that from time to time
13 year RIF veteran, tried a few but stuck with Jerboa, just switched to Voyager (wefwef.app) as they just dropped their Android native app and so far I’m loving it.
Same here, using Jeroba now though.
I’m a sync ultra user. My sense of superiority is only eclipsed by my ignorance of what FOSS stood for. But seriously use what you like. I just want lemmy to grow.
It’s about having the freedom to control your own devices. Proprietary software like Sync takes away that freedom, so it’s unethical. We should be complaining about it.
You’re going to have to explain how purchasing and using software that is completely voluntary takes away any freedom from anyone. It’s literally just a ui wrapper with different visuals and functionality that some people find useful enough to pay for. Entire legions of people protested the removal of these apps from Reddit. Nothing is free, the concept of that is broken.
This is not about price. Nobody is saying that authors can’t charge for their software. It’s about freedom.
Your computer/smartphone is controlled by the software that runs on it. Libre Software like Jerboa gives you the source code and the right to study it, modify it and distribute it. This means that anyone can verify what the program does and change it if needed. It means that users actually control the program. If the authors added malicious functionality, it would be easy to remove it.
Proprietary software doesn’t give you those freedoms. It’s very difficult to verify what such program does or change it. You can’t really control it, but it controls your device. If it contains malicious functionality, usually you can’t do anything about it. That’s why proprietary software is unethical. It gives developers power over their users and they often abuse that power.
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FactoryLemmy must grow!!!FOSS is also important too. It means free and open source software. https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software
Free in this case means something different, I’d recommend a read up on it too https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software
Yeah, I have used sync for years. Decided to switch to Lemmy once sync announced an app in production. I used Jerboa and Connect in the meantime, but now that Sync is here, it’s like sinking back into a warm bath.
I’m here because of Sync, and if it is good that I am here, it is good that Sync is here.
And again I say Amen 🙏
I installed sync yesterday and am having a really hard time getting it to work as well as Jerboa. i feel like I’ve been in every setting, but the layout and UX just doesn’t seem nearly as good. It just feels like everything is multiple extra actions to do the same thing in Jerboa.
Like, what do you have to do to get a seamless experience in sync?
Years of tweaking my Sync for Reddit app and then just importing the settings in 3 taps. It’s not the answer you were looking for, but it’s what a lot of us did.
I love Jerboa for what it is, but just switched to the new native Voyager app and am very happy.
Yesss… I agreeee… Use what I like. I will make them use what I like!!!
tried jerboa and thunder (and wefwef/voyager or w/e) now I’m using sync
Tried sync and seems pretty good so far. In the absence of RIF.
Your comment triggered the lurking FOSS fanboys lmao. Some of y’all really need to touch grass.
Is it FOSS grass, or some of that Monsanto shit?
God I miss bacon reader
Any hope Baconreader will develop a Lemmy app?
OneLouderChic on Reddit issues an unequivocal “no” to that question.
Voyager for me (previous name was wefwef). Works like a charm.
They just dropped the Android native app for Voyager too.
I tried jerboa, I didn’t like it. Seems to basic and didn’t really function for me(was likely due to actual server issues rather than app issues though). I’m now on connect and pretty content though.
As long as we can all agree that the people using the web UI are fools and/or masochists
(sent from Infinity)
The web UI still have two features no other apps (afaik) currently have: autocomplete when mentioning someone’s username (useful for e.g. summoning bots), and selecting comment language (useful for replying to posts that somehow marked as English-only, and the server’s language auto-detection somehow think your comment is not written in English and rejects it)
I’ve used Jerboa, Connect, Liftoff, Sync, and Infinity. The mobile site is still my favorite.
Whatever gets you off, friend!
Yeah man, whatever throats your goat
This is the first mention of Connect I’ve seen. I like it.
I’ve been a Lemmy about 2 weeks and I’m practically radicalized for FOSS. I’m about to custom install Arch Linux and burn a Sync user at the stake.
Oh, you also got the new initialization program /s
Great, next step is to memorize the GNU GPL off by heart
I can’t tell if your joking. I also didn’t really care that much about open source software before coming here, but now I find myself searching out for open source replacements for the stuff I’m already using.
Install gentoo
holy hell
I wiped Arch and installed Fedora, am I doing it wrong?
I’ve been here almost a month and I don’t know what FOSS is, and at this point I’m scared to ask.
Free and Open Source Software
I’m using Sync for lemmy
edit: I tried it these days and I don’t like it, I’m switching back to the webapp
The amount of shilling Sync receives makes me worry that something is up with it. It’s not normal that I even believe some bots and sock puppets are involved. I’m not touching it with a long stick until someone does some proper security analysis on it. I’m not dumb to fall for peer pressure. Good luck, guys!
It’s just good. I used it for years, and even bought the Pro version of the reddit app. The main feature for me is the performance. I don’t have a high end phone and Sync are the only one with a consistent scrolling performance (no dropped frames).
Nah man, it’s just good.
(I don’t use it btw)
I’m not touching it with a long stick until someone does some proper security analysis on it
How would that happen? It’s proprietary software, we don’t have access to the source code. And that’s the whole point. We can’t verify what it does and we can’t modify it.
The alternative is Free/Libre Software. That’s what Lemmy is, Jerboa and many others. Their authors publish the source code and let their users study it, modify it and distribute it. Because they are not trying to hide anything from us. That’s the ethical way to make software.
Security analysis doesn’t require the source code. TikTok was repeatedly analyzed without it being open source.
Perhaps you are right, but it’s way more difficult, takes a lot of time and requires a different set of skills. If there is spyware in it, it would be illegal to remove it and distribute a patch for other users. So even if you find something, there is not much you can do about it.
It’s not very practical to add spyware into Libre Software though, because it wouldn’t be hard to find and it would be very easy for users to remove it.
FOSS for Lemmy
It’s just very popular - I used it for reddit. It had a lot of installs on play and was recommended often on reddit.
Same.
Tried Jerboa… wasn’t a huge fan, now I’m using Connect
My only complaint with jerboa is that it keeps forgetting my login details.
I use a password manager. I don’t know what my lemmy password is. I just know it’s really long, so logging in requires owning up a second app, searching for lemmy, copying my password, going back to jerboa, and then going through the login flow.
I think that’s your instance ending your session.
KeePass2Android has a software keyboard with integration with the pass DB and it detects what app you’re typing into (and websites too with browsers using the right API), and you can put the app name in the password entry to have it autofill
That was happening to me for a while, but not anymore. IDK if an update fixed it. Try updating and then restarting phone?
I’ve been using for about three weeks now. I have not been experiencing this issue.
That’s funny. I hated how Connect refused to play nice, and moved to Jerboa.
Jerboa users would find this very funny, if they could see it.
Literally the third post I see from Jerboa for Lemmy this morning.
Saw this within 30 seconds of switching to Liftoff after Jerboa just crashed lmao
😡 I see you right now, punk.
/s, well, I mean I’m using Jerboa but I’m not actually trying to be angry lol
Jerboa user here,
Stop infecting other communities with this trash argument. Sync dev can do what he wants, sync dev should donate some money to Lemmy dev. If you don’t think he should then you shouldn’t donate to sync dev.
Thanks!
I agree.
-Sent from FOSS for Lemmy
The number of bad takes in this thread has convinced me that Lemmy may really succeed
