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[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Crazy to see how quickly a handful of talented developers have managed to build several feature-rich Lemmy apps in such a short amount of time. Really drives home the point that the reddit's official app—with it's 80 person dev team—must just suck on purpose.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

It’s not really the devs that are to blame, but the management team.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m on wefwef as an Apollo replacement. Enjoying it!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

They even now have a part where you can export your Apollo JSON data to look for subreddits like the ones you followed. I unsubscribed from all my subreddits, but good for others.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Yeah, wish I had seen that prior to nuking my Reddit account and Apollo install from orbit. Oh well, get to just rediscover everything organically now

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Memmy is winning so far for me.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Try WefWef. Really impressive for a lightweight webapp. It behaves like. Real app once installed on your home page.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I really like wefwef visually, but the scrolling on the homepage is a bit too buggy tbh.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Same here of the few I’ve tried. Mlem is cool too.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Same. Pace of development is impressive. 6 updates in the last 24 hours! And they’re noticeable improvements.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I stumbled upon Wefwef by accident right after setting up an account here and really like it.

Straight forward, easy to use and similar in appearance to Apollo and the older Reddit client.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Exactly what happened to me. I haven’t even tried anything else because I don’t feel like there’s a need.

It performs better than most native apps. These developers are rockstars.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Also is a great way to browse on the desktop. I have it open on the sidebar for Edge most of the day at work and do the same on SigmaOS while at home

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Rexxit. Love it!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

A+ folder name

Personally, I'm waitin for the Lemmy version of Sync to come out, but good luck in your search

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't see the point of squabbles. It's just going to turn into reddit if it catches on. The fediverse at least has decentralization built in and is more flexible if someone becomes a jerk.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

There are people that prefers a more straightforward reddit alternative, and Squabbles has been the most promising candidate so far. Not all wants to learn how all these fediverse stuff works.

Personally, I prefer Lemmy than Squabbles but it doesn’t hurt to contribute to more than 1 alternative to that shithole of a site.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

yeah even their privacy policy already references an eventual buyout/acquisition so it's all gonna come down to profit driven motives eventually

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Thanks to this thread, I discovered wefwef. It’s amazing what people can create in such a short amount of time! I legit feel like I’m using Apollo again.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Crazy to see how quickly a handful of talented developers have managed to build several feature-rich Lemmy apps in such a short amount of time. Really drives home the point that the reddit's official app—with it's 80 person dev team—must just suck on purpose.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Currently trying LiftOff via testflight and it’s not bad… given the state of development. I must say I do also enjoy this “dev” state after Rexxit. Thanks for the screenshot. Looks like I have some other apps to try as well.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Which is the best one in your opinion?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not OP, but currently using WefWef, and imo it feels the best!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It’s like Apollo right? But I feel that sometimes it stutters. Or maybe just just lemmy

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m on wefwef and yeah it stutters a bit but I it feels similar to early Reddit instability vibes, it’s not annoying me much

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The creator has also updated it constantly the last few days and it has gotten much better so far

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I am using liftoff and loving it so far .

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Any Lemmy apps that remember your comment sort option? I vastly prefer "Top" to "Hot", but neither Jerboa nor Wefwef seem to have a way to change the default.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

As of like a day ago, Memmy lets you change the sort order for comments. There’s no way to set the default yet, but I’m sure that will come at some point.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Im testing out Wefwef, Calipso, and Pulse. So far wefwef is the best and looks pretty similar to Apollo

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Me too! And for squabbles I’m using their site and Pulse, Calisto just doesn’t appeal to me for now.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Mine looks similar, though I haven’t got any squabbles. Gotta try a bunch and see what sticks! Two favourite apps at the moment are Memmy and Liftoff

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Heh, that folder name gave me a good chuckle.

Memmy feels great to use so far. Their speed of development is amazing.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Nice. What is the Lemmy app?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That looks like the Lemmy.world web page homepage bookmark.

I’m liking Memmy best so far I think. WefWef does look so much like Apollo but it’s missing a few things, saved posts for one.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah +1 for Memmy. Really impressed with how far it’s evolved in such a short time. I personally can’t imagine ever getting that amount of work done tbh.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How come when I search for these in the App Store nothing comes up? Are they early access only?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Everything with a yellow dot to the left of the name is a beta. You’ll need to use TestFlight to access them.

Get TestFlight from the App Store

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Rexxit 😂😂😂

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

None of these are in my app store. None of the test flight apps request links have worked.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Make sure you have Test Flight installed first

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

wefwef.app is a PWA (progressive web app). Just save the site to your Home Screen and it’ll act like an app but be run by your default browser

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