Which lemmy app for android do you use and why?

38 points

Eternity. I used Infinity when I was on Reddit, so its not new to me, and there are features I like about it

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22 points

Eternity haven’t been updated in 2 months, and 0.19 lemmy update broke some functionality.

https://codeberg.org/Bazsalanszky/Eternity/issues

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10 points

I haven’t experienced any issues so far but I’ll keep an eye out on that link you sent, thanks

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6 points

Ahhh, that’s why I can’t log into the app through my account

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2 points

You log out, log back in, it should work.

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The latest version of Eternity is compatible with Lemmy 0.19. You might need to log out and log back in, though.

However, the new functions aren’t implemented yet (e.g. the new sorting methods)

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4 points

For me, logout+login fixed all the issues. I thought it was broken too until I tried last night

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2 points

I’m using Voyager until there is an update for Eternity.

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25 points

So far, out of the suggestions in the comments, the only ones that are FOSS and currently work with the latest versions of lemmy are Jerboa, Thunder, and Voyager. Liftoff and Eternity are also FOSS, but haven’t been updated since July and October respectively, so may have issues if your instance is running version 0.19+.

Boost and Sync are both closed source and I really wish people would stop recommending them in a community specifically for free and open-source software. I’m sure they’re good apps and I don’t begrudge devs making money from their work, but if they do I don’t want them getting free advertising in the comments of a FOSS-specific community.

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6 points

Eternity is fine. You just need to log out and back in. I’m using it now.

Details here: https://codeberg.org/Bazsalanszky/Eternity/releases/tag/v0.1.2

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5 points

When the title is “best Lemmy app” and the body is just “which Lemmy app do you use for Android and why” you can understand why someone would just scroll through and contribute their experience with Sync right?

Just like every other link aggregator: people on All don’t pay attention to the specific community.

It’s not malice, just people being oblivious. It’s not worth getting worked up about.

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4 points

I definitely can understand it, but that isn’t mutually exclusive with me wishing people would take a second to check the community they’re commenting in.

I’ve never implied it was malice (suggesting closed-source software in a FOSS community is a pretty weak example in maliciousness even if on purpose!) And really I wouldn’t say I’m worked up, I just wanted to bring this up because I’ve noticed this type of thing happen across a couple FOSS communities on lemmy and maybe someone will see my original comment and be more mindful of it next time.

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24 points

Thunder is my main app and it’s updated regularly as well. Jerboa is my second choice because that’s the “official” Lemmy app.

I was a big fan of LiftOff!, unfortunately, the developer had twins back in the summer and understandably, the app hasn’t been updated since.

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3 points

Using Eternity as my main but that swipe to upvote Thunder has is damn sexy __

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2 points

Just curious, what makes Jerboa the “official” Lemmy app?

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14 points

Jerboa is created by the developers of Lemmy.

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3 points

Oh 🤦

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19 points

Jerboa. It ticks all the boxes, is updated, and looks good

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18 points

Eternity, fork of Infinity which was my reddit app of choice. Also foss obv. Great app.

Also use jerboa and liftoff.

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