• pinwurm@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    They’ll be back here again in 2-ish weeks when Apollo and RIF are done.

    And when mlem and other apps start rolling out for Lemmy, we’ll start seeing shifts. Apps that have proper accessibility, a clean UI, lack advertising and don’t eat data. And they give you the same Reddit experience without Reddit’s predatory business strategy.

    When the blackouts stop, a lot of users will be able to search for Reddit alternatives and will find Lemmy… through Reddit.

    I mod a sub with 65K users or so, I plan to go dark indefinitely. Also considering Read-Only with a sticky redirecting here. I know I’m not the only mod.

    The Digg > Reddit migration wasn’t overnight. It was fast, though.

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      1 year ago

      Yea, I keep thinking this. Once there’s an app on Android and iOS, one that can explain the fediverse simply and is well designed, many of the Apollo, RIF, and Sync users will jump over.

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        1 year ago

        The average user has poor tech literacy. I mean, the pandemic began over 3 years ago and still people have trouble managing Zoom. “How do I share a screen? Where is the calendar invite? Oh woops, I didn’t realize I was unmuted!”. These are otherwise smart people. That’s why the best apps are super simple and idiot-proof.

        I strongly believe that a good Lemmy does not need to explain the federation.
        It should not use the word ‘instance’, ‘server’ or any of that jargon outside of advanced settings. All that’ll do is scare away new users.

        All the app needs to do is say, “Hey, you want to connect with communities sharing memes, news and fun stories? Well - download this app!”. Let the app point them to a list of communities they might like and keep it at that.

        The user doesn’t need to know they’re commenting on Beehaw or lemmy.world. All they need to know is they’re chatting about a cute kitten or whatever.

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          1 year ago

          This is exactly right. People who know their stuff and want to dig around advanced settings should be able to do so, but everybody else needs a simple app that works without any learning curve.

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      1 year ago

      I’m using “jerboa for Lemmy”. Is that the best option? Feels very beta.

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        I was using Jerboa before, but honestly I think just using the browser page for Lemmy is better. Load up your preferred instance in your phone’s web browser and then in your browser options hit “add as app” or “add to home screen”

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          Huh never saw that “install app” on Chrome before, just “add to home screen”. Is this just like a shell that hides the address bar?

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            Basically yes. Some websites are more designed for it than others and behave as what’s called a “progressive web app”. If you ever hear PWA, basically what that means is that it’s a browser app pretending to be a desktop app.

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              Ah I’m familiar with PWA, really they should be the future. Google has a love hate relationship with Android, so they push PWA.

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          Huh, I didn’t even realize it was a PWA, I never got the prompt on the first load (or I didn’t notice it). That actually works pretty nicely.

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        Please keep in mind that Reddit was around for almost 10 years before an App was created.
        I’m sure the developers of Jerboa are working hard for a full & stable release, especially before Reddit’s 3rd Party Kill Date of 6/30/23

        The best option for Android will likely be Tildes App by the ‘Reddit is Fun’ developer. Source. While Tildes is not Lemmy, it does Federate with it and you’ll be able to access Lemmy.ml communities.

        Swipe to Vote app applied for TestFlight approval today for a beta test. I’m not sure if this will be iOS only or have an Android counterpart.

        I’m using the beta for mlem on iOS - but there is no Android version.

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        This is it for Android. And it’s basically all betas right now, this is all very new and development takes time.

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        That’s because it’s actually still alpha ;)

        Definitely plenty of kinks to work out. Give it time, it’s still very new.