Boost dev here. There should be an Ad icon on the top right to report the ad. Not sure why it is not showing in this case. I will try to block those ads in the AdMob console. Edit: Done
Awesome, thank you.
I’m not a boost user, but why does boost have ads exactly? Why don’t you just ask users to buy a license a la grayjay? Make it 0.99 or less. This has a few advantages:
- You’ll make more per user than you ever will with ads
- Users won’t be tracked endlessly
- It’s good PR for the app
Also quick question, where is the source code for Boost? I can’t seem to find it
I don’t think Boost is open source, and you can pay a one time fee to permanently remove the ads
I don’t think Boost is open source
oh, so that’s why it has ads, they don’t care about their users… alright… I’m not interested in this conversation anymore
HOW FUCKING DARE THEY NOT WORK FOR FREE, FLAIL THEM NOW
This is a bad mindset. Even though FOSS software is a good thing, but there is nothing wrong to make money from their hard work, you cannot and should not force developers to work for free if they don’t want to.
If you want free software then there are FOSS alternative options out there and nobody forces you to use Boost.
A paid ad-free Boost
Jerboa (FOSS. Play Store + F-Droid)
Voyager (FOSS. Play Store + F-Droid + PWA + iOS App Store)
Thunder (FOSS. Play Store + IzzyOnDroid + iOS App Store)
Eternity (FOSS. Play Store + F-Droid)
edit: formatting
I need to do another round of trying everything. Currently using Liftoff and happy with it, but I should check out the alternatives anyway.
Eternity is great and there’s a work in progress to add multicommunity support.
Also just like Infinity enabling amoled theme makes it look a whole lot more modern.
The only thing it is missing for me is community search. It is great! Also the most customizable of the bunch in my opinion
10/10 for Voyager, with a shout-out to Eternity too!
Jerboa’s great
Maybe I’m behind on my terms but does this count as a dark pattern?
It was my understanding that dark patterns are a thing designed to use a service in a way that they wouldn’t normally intend to, like renew a subscription or leave privacy options to the benefit of the company instead of the user.
This just seems like a scam, or at best highly deceptive advertising?
I suppose that is correct per the definition, thanks for the correction.
connect is never mentioned enough in threads like these
I agree, it’s perfect, except for the side menu which could be nicer, but in the end you almost never use it so it’s ok
It hasn’t been updated in a while, and it’s behavior when you post is quite bad when it reset all the view.
No to get into the refresh issues, too.
I updated it just a couple of minutes ago.
Its gotten like three updates in the last month. I will agree the refresh issue is annoying.
The developer has done a fine job at adding requested features, and fixing most bugs that come up as long as you let them know.
It’s updated very regularly on the beta branch.
Lemmy website does provide official PWA app.
On iOS: Safari > Lemmy website > Hit share button > Add to home screen. On android, I assume steps will be similar.
I wholeheartedly recommend PWA app as such is published by the publisher of website itself, and I don’t need to download it either from official or 3rd party store.
In case you don’t know, PWA is basically a web app, running using your browser engine, which has almost same look-n-feel of native app.
Personally I like Connect even though it’s not FOSS because it’s layout is similar to RiF.
I didn’t even realize that it wasn’t, tbh. There’s no ads or purchases or anything
Jerboa
My dude use a vpn
voyager is great, progressive web app, or in your favorite app store.
I’ve used Boost since launch and never once seen something like that happen
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Voyager, eternity, jerboa in that order
I tried voyager once and it was the worst thing I have ever touched. The UI is absolutely horrible. Way to much stuff and not intuitive(why do I have to click on the three dots to fucking upvote?).
- You can enable voting buttons
- There’s swipe gestures for voting, replying and some others.
Oh I just use swipe actions. Tap on comment and swipe left/right, there are 2 actions on each side depending on how much you swipe.
Also voyager was the only client allowing me to increase the font size (when I started using lemmy on phone)
I think your ads got hacked.
Please. For the love of god, NEVER use a proprietary app to use a piece of FOSS software. I think it’s kind of sad that we have this amazing FOSS social network and people use fucking proprietary software to use it.
Open-source it a better interface then.
Until it’s as useful as at least Sync for Lemmy, people will use 3rd party proprietary apps
I mean isn’t Lemmy licensed under the AGPL? I’m just asking because AFAIK a proprietary client is not even allowed under this license.
You couldn’t make a proprietary server. Client is fine, AGPL doesn’t apply when you are accessing the server over a public API.
AGPL doesn’t apply when you are accessing the server over a public API.
The AGPL does apply when interacting with the covered work (Lemmy server) over a network. A proprietary client would still nevertheless be required, upon request, to furnish you with the source code of the covered work it is talking to over the network (the Lemmy server).
Do you really know what you are talking about? I think you’re bullshitting. We are talking about propriety client which doesnt modified the source codes of the server.
Thank you, didn’t know this :)
i use sync. there’s nothing even close to the quality of the client. (The onlt client that implements material you in a fun and usable way, sync is usable one-handed)
I had been using Liftoff for a while (before switching to Sync as soon as it came out), which i quite liked but it feels a lot worse than sync(The onlt client that implements material you in a fun and usable way, sync is usable one-handed)
Touchscreen keyboards and their consequences have been a disaster for the human race.
Voyager!
