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[–] nicgentile@lemmy.world 49 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)
[–] foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml 38 points 1 year ago (3 children)

First, you use Lemmy, that's great. But pls use a client without ads....

[–] nicgentile@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Been using Boost since it was a Reddit client. By default, it is my go to.

[–] foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe but you've done the transition to Lemmy try to use a libre client

[–] nicgentile@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm all for Libre but in this case @rmayayo@lemmyworld is my leader.

[–] foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] nicgentile@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He is the dev who made Boost.

[–] foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why does he done it with ads?

[–] nicgentile@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Support his development. I will pay to remove the ads at some point when I am not being lazy. Many people like him because he listens, makes changes, has tremendous support and so on. Not to say that others don't but that is just how we roll.

[–] foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm okay with him earning money to live, but put ads is absolutely not something to do. Donate to him, etc. But you shouldn't use an app with ads

[–] nicgentile@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Been this way for many years. Ads don't bother me. And if its continuous help, then we roll with it. But someday I may do the thing.

[–] foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

It's not purely the ads that bother me, it's the company behind it, to integer ads you have to use google, meta scripts. Big problem for privacy

[–] Veddit@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

100% this. Boost is great

[–] DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

by "client" do you mean "just use a browser"?

[–] BigFatNips@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago

Or, you know, the 98% of clients that don't have ads. I, for one, recommend Voyager.

[–] foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe but not only, for phone I recommend an app that's much more optimized for using on mobile

[–] mrvictory1@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lemmy website is fine on mobile imo. Not perfect but usable and optimized.

[–] foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

For sure! Personally I prefer using the app

[–] dan@upvote.au 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can pay just a few dollars to remove the ads from Boost.

[–] foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bro why using Lemmy if it's for using proprietary client? Voyager, Jerboa, you have others choice...

[–] dan@upvote.au 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ask the 100,000 people that downloaded Boost, not me.

[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Probably people who have been using Boost for Reddit before and now want the same experience but for Lemmy

[–] foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

But with this change from reddit to Lemmy the should have done the same thing for their client

[–] explore_broaden@midwest.social 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Where are you viewing Lemmy posts that you have ads?

[–] olympicyes@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m using Voyager and it’s great. I don’t even use the app, I prefer the PWA.

I also use Voyager and agree, plus it’s actually open source.

[–] gunpachi@lemmings.world 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] explore_broaden@midwest.social 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I see; I can’t imagine willingly submitting to ads, but whatever works for them.

[–] smiletolerantly@awful.systems 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah. Boost itself is great though. Well worth the couple of bucks to get rid of the ads forever.

[–] Xylight@lemdro.id 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What does Boost have over clients like Voyager?

[–] PythagreousTitties@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Xylight@lemdro.id 1 points 1 year ago

Ads for a platform with political views that despise them. Ironic

[–] Mobiuthuselah@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I use it too. Tried a few different ones and like boost the best. I finally just paid for the non-ad tier. One time cost of 3.99. I would have been turned off by a subscription.

[–] gunpachi@lemmings.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah boost is definitely good, it was my main app until a few months ago. Recently I have been trying Connect, which is another great app.

Connect has improved a lot since I first tried it, also doesn't have any ads. But all things considered - Boost is bit more polished than connect.

[–] Rekorse@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What's wrong with voyager? Its already ad-free.

Seems so strange to choose to inject adds over top of lemmy by choice.

[–] Jestzer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

And it has come a long way too. In fact, I just donated since it’s struck me how solid of an experience it’s been.

[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

That's what you get for using a proprietary Lemmy app. Switch to Thunder, it doesn't have ads, it's open source and in my opinion has the best UI out of all Lemmy apps. Also support the development and join their community: !thunder_app@lemmy.world

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago

From the screenshots alone the interface looks similar to sync

[–] MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I tried using Jerboa and found it to be incredibly buggy and poorly designed. Not sure what's going on there, considering that it's the official mobile app made by the Lemmy devs

[–] MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Has worked mostly fine for me, YMMV

[–] djsaskdja@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago

Do you think it’s better than Voyager? That’s what I’ve been using. Pretty satisfied with it.

[–] Veddit@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)