Was wondering if anybody had any news about Boost’s arrival to the Lemmy scene, or if anybody knew of any way to get news about Boost.

  • pwnstarEnglish
    49·
    1 year ago

    There was literally no reason for me to have the app after the API changes went live to see a message, and there were a TON of posts asking if he had plans to either deal with the API changes, or a possible lemmy port before they took place. At one point he said a firm NO, that he was going to focus on other smaller projects.

    https://www.reddit.com/r/BoostForReddit/comments/14ehiqs/comment/jow1le5/

    Then a magazine appeared on lemmy created by the boost dev

    And I’ve not seen a single update since then. Here or on the boost subreddit. His last post on reddit was 18 days ago.

    Lack of communication for something so big is not seen as a positive by me. Sync on the other hand is giving daily updates, asking feedback on his discord, etc. I’ll go with the dev that’s talking to his loyal user base. He expects a build to be ready possibly this week.

    Maybe some day I’ll try boost for lemmy, but I’m not actively following it or looking forward to it at this point.

    • Wooly@lemmy.worldEnglish
      134·
      1 year ago

      No offense, but you’re way too needy. Updates would be nice, but it’ll be ready when it’s ready. It doesn’t matter when we get it, there are plenty of usable apps in the mean time. I’ll be switching because boost had all the functionality I wanted. More time means hopefully more functionality is baked in, maybe even better in-app video playing options.

      Use Sync if you want, it doesn’t matter.

      • pwnstarEnglish
        33·
        1 year ago

        If wanting an update is needy, then I guess I am. Oh darn.

        • Wooly@lemmy.worldEnglish
          0·
          1 year ago

          But what will an update really change? Just register, click auto-install. And you’ll get it when it’s available.

    • KermitLeFrog@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      1 year ago

      It wasn’t a post, it was a pop-up on the app. Boost continued working for several days after the API changes supposedly went live. And I’m not calling it a positive that he’s not communicating, I’m just pointing out that there has been some communication when you and others seem to think there’s been none.