Thanks Jeff, I appreciate the candour and respectful response here. I confess I was initially miffed that somebody would promote a ‘competing’ c here, but I quickly realised I’m not interested in rivalries here. Life’s busy enough as it is!

I think we’re doing pretty well here, but the idea of an instance dedicated to tech is appealing. Happy to chat about it. I’m @mikestevens on Telegram.

I don’t think this thread was created by one of them — the creator of this thread isn’t listed as a mod over there.

Like @Devgard I was tempted to lock or delete this thread — I feel like it’s a bit of a shitty thing to post — but it’s pretty clear from the upvotes that most people are excited for it. So… Whatever will be, will be!

That, and you still can’t follow hashtags in the official app. Kinda insane really.

Ah damn it, that’s what I was doing wrong. Thanks!

Post needs a major update already 😂

Seems like some habits are going to follow us from reddit. Downvoting at the drop of a hat is such a miserable shitty thing to do, but many seem wedded to it.

Great news. I’m probably more likely to use Sync, but seeing not one but two well regarded Android Reddit apps migrate to Lemmy is just bloody awesome.

Derp!

Feel free mate, just make sure you’re clear about it being yours, and don’t promote anything that isn’t transparent about what it does, what data it collects, what features it needs access to (and why), etc.

Good catch, thanks!

Go for it!

I do wonder though if we’d be better off with a series of threads devoted to particular app types… A thread for task/project management apps, a thread for notes apps, etc.

My fellow Aussie, Sam Beckman, does great weekly vids on his favourite Android apps. https://youtube.com/@sambeckman

No, me! Take me!

https://www.theverge.com/23773112/google-pixel-fold-vs-samsung-z-fold-4-comparison-head-to-head-foldable-phones

Pixel Fold v Galaxy Z Fold 4

Seifert talks about it all a bit more on his mastodon, too.

It’ll technically all still be there on reddit, right? We can treat it as an archive without actually being active users. Heck, you could even form a volunteer group to collate all the most important threads and key points into some posts here, or some google docs, etc.

Well yeah, but that’s the difference between volunteering and being on a big salary. Hopefully the influx of new users will lead to more code input though, and more donations.

How would he make money?

True, I don’t know how many have implemented it, but I can at least confirm Moshidon (and probably Megalodon and official Mastodon) uses it.

Looking through my phone now.

Pixelfed uses the file browser, as does Bluesky and Canva and… Google Keep 😂

Instagram still uses its native picker, as does Tumblr and Capcut and InShot.

That’s pretty weird. Are you using a Pixel? I’ve heard of some of them having a bug that matches what you describe.

Other than that, it makes no sense at all!