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[–] givesomefucks -3 points 2 months ago (5 children)

I don't understand why people use apps instead of web interface...

That the apps serve ads makes it even more confusing

[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Because the web ui sucks, imo

[–] ccunning 11 points 2 months ago

β€œSucks” is generous. Maybe it’s passable on desktop?

Also there are apps without ads.
In fact I didn’t know there were apps with ads before this post.

[–] momocchi 7 points 2 months ago

I use an app (Voyager) and have no ads, they just chose one with ads for some reason

[–] Thcdenton 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Im just used to it from reddit. Its comfy

[–] jasep 6 points 2 months ago

If you're interested in trying an app with no ads, I'm using Thunder and it's great. Cross platform for Android and iOS.

[–] PlantJam 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The ad free upgrade for boost is only a few dollars. I don't remember if it's done through the app or the play store, though.

[–] Thcdenton 2 points 2 months ago

I might. Ads are pretty unintrusive on lemmy, but these caught my eye

[–] Aphelion@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I used Boost back in the Reddit days, but when I came over to Lemmy I found there were much better ad-free apps, like Voyager.

[–] Aphelion@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

Only Boost and Sync have added ads. There are much better FOSS Lemmy clients like Voyager, that are ad-free and have a much better interface than web.

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 months ago

Jerboa, Raccoon etc dont do ads(get them.from F sroid) . Boost does if you don't buy it.