Mine is originally using Baconreader while in the dorm community bathroom doing a deuce and seeing a mention of Sync. Installed and instantly became a user. Later on I had a problem with the app because I was running beta Android. Reached out to the dev and after a few fix attempts an update was posted that fixed the issue. To get that kind of support is rare and is why I have continued to stand by Sync all these years.
My story is that I’ve used Relay for Reddit exclusively for years and years. But now with everything, and Sync for Lemmy on the horizon, I’m looking forward to SfL.
Good lad
I’ve used Infinity. Then I stopped using reddit and now I wait for sync for lemmy
I was using Slide for Reddit but the app wasn’t being updated for couple of months and things started to broke up.
Tried a lot of other clients and sync fits right in for me, the beta at that time was even better.
I switched from ios to android 3 years ago. I searched for apollo replacements and sync popuped up. One thing I found intersting with sync is it was the only 3rd party app (aside from apollo) that had push notifications.
tried a few but stuck w/ sync due to biometric account locking. my kids don’t need to see my posts accidentally while they’re taking 100 selfies :)
I used to use AlienBlue on my iPod touch way back in the day haha. Eventually got an Android phone and tried out a couple of apps. I think I tried baconreader and RIF along with Sync. I just liked Sync a bit better and have been using it since probably 2014 or so.
A friend recommended Reddit, I signed up in 2012 but the interface was… uninspiring. Especially on mobile. Out of curiosity I tried Sync in 2013 because it was getting very good reviews, and immediately preferred it.
I’ve never been a heavy Reddit user, but did most of my usage through Sync. It was just better.
Somewhat ironically I’ve recently been thinking about doing more in some Reddit communities, but the awful behaviour of Reddit means that won’t happen now. So I’m really looking forward to seeing Sync for Lemmy so that I can pursue those goals here in comfort and style! 😉
My first Reddit client was Baconreader. I can’t remember why I stopped using it, probably because it had some limitations or other. I used RIF for a while, because they were going ad-free for Reddit Gold users. Didn’t renew my Reddit Gold one day. Luckily there was a lot of hype going on around this newcomer called Sync, so I got it Sync Pro and was happy ever since. …Until this day I guess, but that’s not Sync’s fault.
Used it since early highschool, then got really invested with the app a few years back, joined the discord and became a mod on the official Subreddit. Now I’m just head waiting for our Lord LJ to release Sync for Lemmy 😉
Was using IOS and Alien Blue before I switched to Android. Couldn’t find a decent app until I tried sync and it’s been my favorite Reddit app ever since
I switched to Sync after Reddit purchased Alien Blue. I used the free version for a while. Eventually I purchased the Pro version then a short while after that purchased the Ultimate version. I got way more than my money’s worth in that app considering Reddit was about 60% of my phone use.
I don’t massively remember, it was around 2012 and I had a few Reddit clients, Reddit is fun was another one… I just eventually settled on sync… my upgrade to pro was in 2013.
Same, I tried about all apps in 2012 or 2013, settled on Sync and bought it 10 years ago
Mine is fairly similar. I had been using BaconReader for a while, but was having some persistent issues with it that weren’t being patched out (I don’t remember what the issues were. This must have been around ten years ago). I heard Sync mentioned as a good reddit client, so I tried it out and promptly dropped BaconReader.
I don’t know how long I used Sync with ads, but I know from the receipt that I bought the ad-free version in 2017.
I’ve had it for years, I don’t even know when at this point.
It must have been my most-used app week after week, year after year, phone after phone.
That dev will never see this post, and I’m just one person, but that app made my mundane little life demonstrably better. A little bit better each day.
I’ve had sync so long I can’t even remember redditing without it. My late husband was a tech guy and when we met in college he introduced me to Reddit and recommended the app and bought the pro version of it. Been a daily user for at least 10 years and can’t wait to see Sync for Lemmy!
