The kbin/lemmy app is coming along. Here´s a little preview of the upcoming beta! Heavy inspiration from Apollo. The app will be available for both iOS and Android.

The dev, @hariette, also has a Mastodon profile where she posts updates https://tech.lgbt/@hariette. There is also a link to the apps discord server in her bio.

Yoscooter,
entropicshart,
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As a longtime Apollo user, I would love to know when this hits Test Flight!

Freesoftwareenjoyer,

Unlike Apollo, will this be Free Software though?

entropicshart,
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Apollo did have a free tier and then a few paid tiers.

iirc, (I bought it many years ago), they had a one time Pro purchase that removed any ads and unlocked theming and such, and then the Ultimate which was a subscription to cover server costs of push notifications (although it did eventually end up having more features locked behind it).

While I personally did not go for the Ultimate subscription (didn’t really need the push notifications), I gladly paid for the Pro as it was well worth it IMO.

SatyrSack,

Libre, not gratis

Freesoftwareenjoyer,

Yes, I meant freedom and not price: https://youtu.be/Ag1AKIl_2GM

We want to be able to make sure the app doesn't do anything malicious (like spy on us) and be able to change it to fit out needs. Like we can with Lemmy.

WaterSword,

I think they meant Free as in Open Source

leamaya, (edited )

So free as in freedom not free as in beer

Freesoftwareenjoyer,

It's not exactly the same. The Free Software movement is about user freedom. Open Source is a term used by corporations to avoid mentioning that users should have rights.

Lee,
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Same, I'd love to beta test.

TraceGallant,
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Go to her mastodon. You can request to be a beta tester.

entropicshart,
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Just signed up - thanks for the tip!

ono, (edited )

Any chance the Android build will make it to the main F-Droid repository?

Teon,
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I also want it in the F-Droid repos.

Karlos_Cantana, (edited )
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Sounds awesome! I'm commenting, so I can find this thread later. I can't figure out how to bookmark it.

davids_laughter,

Haha same! I think it looks and sounds awesome too so far. But I can't figure out how to bookmark either.

spyr0w,

same here, dont mind me :)

migratory_bird,
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Same

NumberedDuck,

You can push a star icon which I’m assuming makes it a favourite or something so you can find the post again. Haven’t figured out where you can find it again. But tbh haven’t really looked for it yet either.

IamAdiSri,

same :)

SpezCanLigmaBalls,
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Oh shit I'm in the screenshot!!

Im a Lemmy dude but this app looks awesome. Good job

Zerlyna,
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You’re famous! 😁

SpezCanLigmaBalls,
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I gotta go call my mom!!!

skymtf,

I had issues with Flutter based apps, I am hoping this is a bit better, I am a bit unsure if this is flutter or not.

supermurs,
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Signed up for testing!

pory,
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What makes this different from/better than Jerboa? I'm a (soon to be former) Reddit Sync user and Jerboa's a little feature bare but it does everything I did on Sync.

wmrch,

Jerboa is Lemmy only, is it not? There currently is no app for Kbin.

pory,
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I'm viewing this kbin magazine(?) through an identity hosted on lemmy.world (and just double checked that I can post on these kbin-hosted communities through Jerboa), i'm new to this whole federated thing but isn't that supposed to be the point? I thought the protocol that kbin and other instances use was a standard with certain compliance and the whole "cross-federation" thing meant that as long as your "home" and the place you're browsing are buddy-buddy, you can sign in to whatever to look at whatever.

retronautickz,

While Lemmy servers and Kbin servers can and do interact with each other (and with servers based on other kind of platforms of the Fediverse) because both software use the ActibityPub protocol, they're, well, different software. And Jerboa only support servers based on the Lemmy software. Just like how Tusky works for Mastodon but not for Misskey.

Lilkev,
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So you're currently signed in to the lemmy.world instance. I am signed in to the kbin.social instance. I don't want to recreate my account over on a Lemmy instance just so I can use the Jerboa app or any of the other alternatives.

You are able to post and see posts from kbin due to federation, but you would not be able to log in to a kbin instance on the Jerboa app.

The Artemis App (the app in the OP) will allow users to sign in with EITHER a Lemmy instance or a kbin instance

pory,
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Ah, I didn't realize that you couldn't sign into a generic app like Jerboa (that's not tied to lemmy.world specifically) with a kbin identity. Makes sense! Glad that that's a thing that future post-reddit apps will be able to iron out.

reddit_sux,

Never used Apollo, but great news to have multiple ways to interact.

About the app being proprietary or open source it shouldn't matter. The foundation is federated community, the ways to interact can be federated too. Mix of open source and proprietary.

Elegast,
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Jerboa is what I'm currently using on Android. It seems to work pretty well. Requested access to this one too though.

ragepewp,

So if this is the app what is the one that I downloaded already when browsing kbin from mobile web?

Ado,

Sounds like you have a web app that opens in a browser, but tough to know without context of linking what you downloaded.

Elegast,
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Isn't that just a link to kbin?

DBT,
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Every app that ever gets created for this will be called an Apollo “Clone” or “copy” and twenty years from now people will ask, “what was so special about Apollo”?

You just had to be there I guess.

bumbly,

The Apollo dev isn't considering making his app compatible with lemmy or kbin?

followthewhiterabbit,

He said his other app (Pixel Pals) is making a nice enough, though small profit.

I think he's done with social media apps after the weird Spez meltdown.

Never any indication that Apollo would be used for anything else, just quietly closed down.

embecile,

I think he might just be burnt out and stressed right now. Being accused of making threats, being lied about publicly, and having something you worked really hard on have to shut down because the people lying about you wouldn’t be reasonable has all got to take a toll.

Ado,

Nah, but the Reddit Sync dev is -- but unfortunately prob only Android

GreenCrush,

I'll be speaking this way about Relay on android.

brownpaperbag,
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I think I downloaded Relay in 2014 or 2015 when I was needing good mobile mod tools and it was the winner for me. Love that app!

root,
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I love Relay, and will very much miss it

52fighters,
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RIF user since the beginning. I hope to see them work on something for kbin Lemmy but I'm still excited about an Apollo clone.

subigo,

I'm in the majority, but I don't even care if an app gets made (obviously I support it though). I used Apollo on Reddit, because Reddit's mobile design was complete shit. However, Kbin and Lemmy actually look great in a mobile browser, so I really have no need for a separate app.

electriccars,

I agree the Web browser is very similar, but IMO a dedicated app is going to be a much quicker and smoother experience.

overzeetop,
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On iOS, the Lemmy web experience is temperamental at best and unnavigable at worst. Although you can put bookmark/icon on an iOS home page, there is no navigation option so that once you've linked into a thread there's no way to get back to where you were. Even in a (safari-underpinned) browser the website seems to be very finnicky with back and forth navigation into and out of content. To be fair, this is an iOS problem, not a Lemmy/kbin problem, but it still increases friction for the mobile user.

Gsus4,

On linux it's only slightly worse than old reddit and about as buggy as new reddit.

entropicshart,
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An iOS app will also introduce a lot of native functionality for navigation, that a web app simply can’t support (swipe features, custom themes, quick multi account swapping, etc)

Ado,

Yeah, no way the website can become a replacement for a proper app, at least in this iteration. It's kinda a nightmare even on desktop with threads populating in the feed randomly and trying to go back from a post.

Phoeniqz,
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why is the number of upvotes displayed separately from the upvote/downvote buttons? Same also for the comment count/button

MargotRobbie,
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Artemis is a great name for the app by the way.

Freesoftwareenjoyer,

The sister of Apollo :). Except I hope this one will be Free Software?

TempleSquare,

Money = good things cost money to make

I hope the developer offers a way to pay to help out (like RiF having "golden platinum")

Freesoftwareenjoyer,

I didn't mean price, but freedom. If you are not familiar with the Free Software movement: https://youtu.be/Ag1AKIl_2GM

Lemmy unlike Reddit is Free Software. This means we can know what the app does (we can make sure it doesn't spy on you for example) and are able to change it to fit our needs.

caffeinePlease,
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Yeah, it looks great, but this is such a nice touch.

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