The Boost android client for Lemmy is displaying these dark pattern ads pretending to be system notifications. What security/privacy conscious Lemmy clients do you recommend?
mariusafa, Use F-Droid, Google store is a malware vendor at this point.
MBM, It’s wild just how many apps there are for Lemmy, ha
0ops, Wow, no kidding
UNWILLING_PARTICIPANT, Yeah I love it
Oha, Infinity is great
illectrility, It’s Eternity now but yes it is
cupcakezealot, 
i got scared cause i was on infinity and saw this post and thought infinity was showing ads now :p
HumanPerson, Eternity. It was a FOSS Reddit client before the API stuff but they became a Lemmy client.
SatyrSack, Maybe pedantic, but it’s a totally different developer that took the Infinity for Reddit source code and forked it into Eternity for Lemmy. The Infinity dev was not interested.
kumatomic, Ads in the feed now? Yikes, that’s reason enough for me to switch before I’m forced to update it.
rando, Voyager, eternity, jerboa in that order
Cyberflunk, Sync!
Retrograde, 
Sync gang rise up!
k0mprssd, connect is never mentioned enough in threads like these
AlexisFR, 
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.
moitoi, 
I updated it just a couple of minutes ago.
Zoot, 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.
Unforeseen, (edited ) It’s updated very regularly on the beta branch.
Suoko, 
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
BeerMedic, I use it. Very similar to boost. I loved boost for reddit.
However, my experience with this boost has had a few quirks that I don’t like:
- Hard to tell what instance you’re on in the side bar
- My inbox won’t clear when tapping the double check icon
kia, The title is a little disingenuous. Claiming this is a property of the Boost app isn’t correct… It’s just an ad network.
golden_zealot, 
I didn’t make the statement that it’s their property, I made the statement that it’s being displayed through their application.
AlpacaChariot, Boost loads adds from a shitty network though. Most open source apps don’t do this stuff because nobody wants a Lemmy client to load ads; users only ever tolerate it in return for a more polished UI or whatever.
superbirra, sync does not have ads for me as of now :)
Retrograde, Sync is the only option for me
UNWILLING_PARTICIPANT, I’m using Sync but pretty disappointed we still can’t post using it
Amir, 
You can definitely post on Sync…
UNWILLING_PARTICIPANT, Oh look at that. Must’ve been added in an update without me noticing. Woohoo!
superbirra, what
UNWILLING_PARTICIPANT, Nvm
RyanUrq1328,
steal_your_face, 
Voyager the 🐐no 🧢
willya, 
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.
Mr_Mofu, 
I’ve used Boost since launch and never once seen something like that happen
lemmy_99c4zb3e3, 
I don’t even have ads. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Cortius, Same
stratosfear, Same but also paid for no ads. This isn’t a boost issue per se, it’s just how ads are made to look and boost free has ads.
Neato, 
Wait, Boost has ads? I’ve literally never seen an ad.
fox2263, Good god I thought that was my client for a moment. Almost uninstalled before realising it was an image.
Phew
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