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Ads in the feed now? Yikes, that's reason enough for me to switch before I'm forced to update it.
this post was submitted on 13 Jan 2024
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Infinity is great
i got scared cause i was on infinity and saw this post and thought infinity was showing ads now :p
The dev has to do what they have to do to feed themselves. If you really like the app, deal with the ads or pay for the app. I personally can't deal with ads so I'm on Eternity for Lemmy (through the fdroid store)
Jerboah??
No h on the end - just Jerboa
+1
I don't think it shows any ads.
Of course not.
I use Boost and I like it. But I gave the dev the few bucks for ad-free.
If there's a malicious ad, report it to the dev. I'm pretty sure they can ban it.
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I'm not so sure about clients that are specifically focused on security and privacy, however my general FOSS mobile app suggestions would be Voyager for a polished UX, or Eternity for a more native Android experience.
Both are available on GitHub and F-Droid
Good god I thought that was my client for a moment. Almost uninstalled before realising it was an image.
Phew
What’s your absolute must needs? I’m on iOS but Voyager (android as well) has been my top choice for a while now even beating out apps I’ve paid lifetime subscriptions for because the developers disappeared or have been extremely quiet. I like Thunder a lot too. It’s missing key features I like in Voyager but I love its design and how smooth it is.
I've used Boost since launch and never once seen something like that happen
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I use Voyager. It's pretty good.
Personally I like Connect even though it's not FOSS because it's layout is similar to RiF.
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I have Boost, but I haven't seen any ads like that before. The main one I use is Jerboa though.
i bought boost the first day because i loved boost for reddit but, honestly, i'm loving eternity even more these days.
it's on neo store/fdroid and the repo is here: https://codeberg.org/Bazsalanszky/Eternity
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Thunder! It is
- FOSS
- Cross-platform (Android/iOS and you can even build for desktop or web)
- Has some neat features that I haven't seen in other clients, like a really customizable FAB, material you theming, multiple anonymous instances, ping time and version info for instances, supports 0.19 including new features like instance blocking, an advanced share that can create a microblog style image to share posts
- Very good accessibility
- and lots more.
Coming from Relay for Reddit, I feel very at home in Thunder!
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