The API changes. I use Sync, and not being able to use Sync made Reddit more or less unusable for me on my phone. I also fundamentally disagreed with the direction Reddit was going. So, Lemmy it was, and it’s great. And now there’s Sync for Lemmy, which is even better!
All of this me too.
Also, all of reddit felt like lemmy.ml, but here I can block .ml easy peasy
Blocking .ml is super nice. The only thing that is a bit annoying is that they have a lot of active members that don’t mind supporting fascist twats. Yet they participate in the fediverse and are otherwise informative. I don’t get notifications when they answer one of my questions. Oh well.
I’m digging the block.
Things have been more civil since I blocked the instance.
Same here. I exclusively browsed Reddit via app on my phone and tablet. After watching my wife struggle with the official Reddit app, I decided I would never use it. So when that became the only option, I decided it was time to move on to Lemmy.
Besides, I’m very anti-advertisement and Reddit has turned very corporate lately, looking for every way to make a buck at our expense. So I’m done supporting that site. Information and community discussion should be freely accessible, not buried behind paywalls, awards, and advertisements.
They murdered Apollo.
Arctic > Voyager
since it’s not a web app, but an actual native iOS app written in Swift. Just like Apollo.
Having also bailed because of Apollo, I kind of wish some of the iOS adjacent communities could get a decent toehold on Lemmy. 90% of the comments in those communities feel like they’re from people who are not subscribed, or never would.
Traffic from All hits Lemmy communities a lot faster and harder than Reddit communities, and that can make it hard for certain communities to get rooted on this platform
Shutting down 3rd-party apps
Same. The closest thing I could find is !arctic@lemmy.world. On Android, I use !thunder_app@lemmy.world. (yes I always use 2 phones)
API changes killed the App I used.
API changes. I hate ads.
