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I searched up "Lemmy" on the PlayStore and noticed that Reddit appears right before the last lemmy client in that search X3 do u guys know if there r any other lemmy clients worth trying? I randomly felt like trying all I could find and for now I'll stay on Jerboa and the Web UI but I use Voyager too now, mainly for DMs

Edit: I apparently wasn't clear enough but I was asking for OTHER clients that aren't on this list X3 but feel free to share why u use an app in this list if u want anyway :3

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[–] 737@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I use Voyager because it was the one with the latest update on F-Droid.

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Jerboah is also very recently updated.

Btw fdroid just builds the apps. It is often better to use the APKs from the release pages of github etc. so that you only need to trust the devs. It is also way better for security as FDroid uses the same signing key for every single app.

Obtainium works okay for that, you enter the URL and it finds a lot of sources. It is completely overcomplicated though.

[–] 56_@lemmy.ml 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm not sure I agree on the trust thing. I prefer to trust a single source of curated apps, rather than many individual developers. I like to imagine that f-droid would remove a malicious update before it gets to my phone.

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 0 points 8 months ago

Nobody reads the source code of those apps. Thats basically an audit, and it may happen sometimes, but it is not a requirement for F-Droid.

They do some general tests, but the "antifeatures" are either by the officially stated permissions or by opt-in in the F-Droid submission. Creators/packagers often state the reason for the antifeature in the README, which means they are the person placing the tag, or know the process.

Google Play has sometimes good, sometimes bad requirements too. Those APKs are signed by developers, but the final product also by Google afaik, its some mix.

You need to trust the devs anyways, thats the point.

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 0 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Tested Raccoon and its basically like Jerboah but worse with too big UI, missing features and bugs.

Jerboah forever! Its the most stable Lemmy client and also full featured.

[–] DieguiTux8623@feddit.it 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What features are missing that you would like to see? Apart from the text size, what are the other bugs you found? I just ask you to take a couple of minutes to answer, I think the project is very poorly maintained but no one's voice has ever been ignored.

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Lots of dialogs where a bit messed up, for example the answer or the report one. Not sure. It was mainly that text boxes appeared on wrong places, too low or high and the rest was black.

Not sure tbh, cannot give a good report sorry.

Missing:

  • view absolute ratings like jerboah (not only the final score, like 100+ 200- instead of just 100-)
[–] DieguiTux8623@feddit.it 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Ok the drop downs I see. thanks! As for the vote format, you can choose the "separate" option to split positive and negative votes:

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 0 points 8 months ago
[–] ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I use Eternity because Jerboa's scrolling was fucked up for me for months.

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 0 points 8 months ago

Tried Eternity, was a blessing for Reddit but I dont think I need it for Lemmy

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I tried searching for keepass2android yesterday and none of the results on the Play Store were the app. There was one old icons pack, the rest was just something else.

Is that app shadow banned or something? I can open the app page if I follow a direct link

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Please use fdroid, search for apps there, copy the source URL and use it with obtainium

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Started using fdroid last week 😅 but hey, keepass2android is not found there, too ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Installed Obtainium, will set it up

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 0 points 8 months ago

Why not use KeepassDX? Its better afaik

[–] eya@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

why do people use boost? heard it has ads in it. not to mention it collects and shares data. it baffles me why anyone would use it over something like voyager. (also its a proprietary app for a FOSS project)

[–] blujan@sopuli.xyz 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I use it, it's great. No ads since I paid for it. Of course it collects and shares data, by definition as it's a client to third parties platforms.

[–] eskimofry@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Then you don't understand the fediverse my friend. These "clients" are monetizing something that's free.

[–] blujan@sopuli.xyz 1 points 8 months ago

Nah it's fine for people to make money off of their work, i even support sopuli.xyz continuity