Sad to see almost none of the devs, from
Apollor (ChristianSelig), RIF (u/talklittle), Infinity (u/Hostilenemy),
Boost (rmayayo), BaconReader, to Relay (u/DBrady), etc. are not considering Lemmy at all.
I know these were hobbies but by atleast developing it for some time just to make transition for your audience to Lemmy easier would have gone a long way!
@lemmy @LemmyDev Lemmy will remain a niche platform if not enough people switch to it
Perhaps Sync for Lemmy will help.
How do you know they’re not considering it at all?
Reddit just pulled the rug out from under them, give them some time at least to come to terms with that and decide what’s best for them. They certainly weren’t hobbies, look at Christian’s (Apollo) posts on the debacle and you get a sense of the scale of what he built.
I’m hoping Christian makes a Lemmy compatible app (I’d subscribe in an instance like I have been for Apollo) like the developers of Tweetbot did for Mastodon but they have to do what is right for them in the first instance!
Well Doctile Alligator is trying to implement a subscription model. Of cause you can also compile it yourself with your own API key since it keeps being Open Source
If you’re on iOS, some great options are (in no particular order):
- Memmy
- Mlem
- Liftoff
I would also add wefwef to the list. To me it’s the most Apollo like.
I would say give them a minute, month, year. They all just had a major ongoing project conclude in an unwanted way and they all deserve a break. Then in a few months or years maybe. Also, I don’t know the APIs for either platform but I would guess they are quite different so it might be starting over. As for Lemmy, I’m new to the platform but have been watching it for a while and reddit just gave me the nudge. Sure there will be a bunch of fair weather users that will go back to reddit once things die down, but they where not here before and Lemmy will be fine once they leave. Lemmy is such a breath of fresh air from the toxic nature of reddit and I just hope the Lemmy-for-a-day crowed can behave themselves for the period they are here.
There are some fantastic apps being made right now though. For android I am following development for:
Connect
Jerboa
Liftoff
Thunder
Connect is only on Google Play, but the bottom 3 I keep updated using the Obtainium app which grabs the releases from GitHub (gets updates faster then waiting for Google Play).
Sync for Lemmy coming out in a few weeks is already huge imo.
It was my favourite reddit client; amazing to see it coming to Lemmy.
Also, wefwef.app is starting to feel alot like Apollo already.
Not to sound rude, but did you do any research before naming all of these? Boost developer is developing a Lemmy app, you can find it on the Play store already. Sync developer is also developing a Lemmy app.
@ophy thanks for not being rude about it.
I did mention Sync. Mastodon has word limits after all so couldnt fit all in 1 post. Here’s my post right after this one- https://mastodon.social/@abcxyz/110632697269529190
As for Boost, that was announced a few days AFTER my post. Yes I didnt edit it because there was the word limit and I also like to believe my post played some part in making the devs consider ;)
There is a reason why I used the word “ALMOST”. All my posts are heavily researched :D
Ah, apologies! I’m still not yet in the habit of checking post dates on Lemmy! But wow, it feels like it’s been more than 10 days since all that happened!
Of the ones that have been announced so far, which app in development are you most excited for?
Boost for lemmy was just announced.
To not the most popular choices, Boost and Relay were tied for first place in my opinion. (And I tried nearly all the Android apps)
While their devs owe us nothing, I sure hope future lemmy apps can borrow some of their awesomeness.
Boost for Lemmy will be a thing!
Check out http://wefwef.app. It’s an excellent Apollo clone. We don’t need these devs. Others are stepping up.
