The support is dead. The app itself will be dead, when Lemmy 1.0 arrive. It's sad, because other clients aren't close to Sync in terms of behaviour.
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Yeah, it's dead.
Heh, as a person that still uses it every 6 hours, what do you use?
It's been dead for a while, I jumped ship to Summit. Pretty similar vibe, works well and I'm happy.
As others have said, it isn't dead, but don't expect any future support or updates.
How do you define dead if not by "no future updates"?
No future updates and no longer works
Lack of core function, and no sign of future updates in this case.
I'd also apply the term to other situations, such as a github page being taken down without any word from development about it, or similar.
Or, if an app is otherwise functional, but can't be installed/accessed via apk/app store (like the keyboard app swype that works fine, but you have to jump through hoops to install on newer android versions and is no longer listed in any store)
I switch between Boost, Voyager and Summit. I think they're all pretty decent and they all have support for Piefed as well, so that's a nice bonus.
I've never used Sync but the screenshots on Google Play remind me of Blorp.
I tried it a while ago and didn't like it but I must say, it's a lot closer to feeling right than it was. It seems pretty nice.
I still can't find a client that works as well as sync on a tablet. Boost and summit have tablet modes, but sync lets you open several posts in tabs, where boost and summit you can only open one at a time. (Also summits post feed is a little cramped in tablet mode and I can't find a setting to make it a bit wider).
I use the alx frontend for the site that blahaj hosts personally. Used to use sync but it got some deal breaker bugs that the developer never touched. He does tend to come and go, so he'll probably be back at some point, but who knows when
Idk man I keep seeing people cry about no updates; I'm yet to experience something that needs updating.
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