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As a new Lemmy user, I'm curious where most people use it from - Is it web, mobile, desktop app?

I'm using Photon and it looks pretty good. At least better than the default web one.

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[-] Ryanmiller70@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 hours ago

Blorp. I like how it pretty much looks exactly like the Reddit app. I never access this place on my PC just cause I see no reason to do so.

[-] Madbrad200@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 hours ago

Boost for Lemmy, Android

[-] itsjustachairmary@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Phone, boost. Always forget I can also use my desktop browser but honestly I'm so used to Boost it's like it's a completely different website

Really it was Reddit no longer allowing third party apps to use their APIs that got me to look elsewhere and since I had been using Boost for Reddit anyway, and there was also a Boost for Lemmy

[-] stopforgettingit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

On mobile I use db0 Voyager pwa. on desktop I use old.lemmy.world but if db0 every set up that mlmym skin I'd use that on desktop

[-] BigBrainBrett2517@lemmy.world 6 points 8 hours ago
[-] fizzbang@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

I use it from the toilet

[-] TryingToBeGood@reddthat.com 1 points 6 hours ago

Currently, the living room. I’m accessing it via browser on my phone or ipad.

[-] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

Mostly on mobile.

I switch between 3 apps because they each have features that I like.

Jerboa because I like to view user profiles and communities moderated

Voyager because I like the user tagging feature

Eternity because I prefer timestamp format instead of time elapsed format, and it reminds me of Infinity which was my preferred 3rd party app to browse reddit, when I used to do that.

If only I could have user profiles, user tags, and timestamps in one app...

[-] Little1Lost@gehirneimer.de 1 points 8 hours ago

interstellar with Mbin because it also supports mastodon

[-] zoltanshields@lemmy.zip 4 points 11 hours ago

Mobile, in browser with desktop mode on.

I'm weird about apps. It's not even a privacy thing really, I just never got into them as a concept.

[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

I had bought the ad-free version of Boost before the Redditpocalypse, so I got the ad-free Lemmy Boost and have found it to be pretty great.

When I'm at my computer, I use the theme that looks like a dark mode of old reddit.

[-] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 10 hours ago

From home mostly. Sometimes from public transport, or the shitter at work.

[-] dparticiple@sh.itjust.works 10 points 16 hours ago

Voyager. I've been extremely happy with it.

[-] D_C@sh.itjust.works 24 points 19 hours ago
[-] daychilde@lemmy.world 5 points 16 hours ago

In fairness, the internet is a series of tubes…

[-] Neverclear@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 17 hours ago

You think that's bad, you should see the uriness

[-] watson387@sopuli.xyz 6 points 15 hours ago

On mobile with Voyager. I've tried other clients, but I always come back to Voyager.

[-] n0p1lls@lemmy.zip 3 points 13 hours ago

Right now, from Emacs.

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 20 hours ago

Voyager App.
Almost exclusively.

[-] edgyspazkid@lemmy.wtf 5 points 19 hours ago

Voyager rulesss

[-] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 17 hours ago

Same. On PC I use a web browser, but it's so much slower and less polished than Voyager.

[-] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 5 points 15 hours ago

My phone in the woods in the foothills of southern Appalachia

[-] TryingToBeGood@reddthat.com 1 points 6 hours ago
[-] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 2 points 4 hours ago

Bangin'. Cell tower 1/4 mile down the dirt road. 45 minute drive to groceries though.

[-] blarth@thelemmy.club 5 points 16 hours ago

VSCode extension.

[-] superduperpirate@lemmy.world 42 points 1 day ago

Mobile Voyager user here too. I’m mostly pretty happy with it, as it reminds me a lot of Apollo. It would be nice if keywords and link domains I’ve blocked were sorted alphabetically instead of by block date, and if crossposts from communities I’ve blocked were also themselves blocked.

I don’t think I’ve signed into the web version in months, if not at least a year.

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[-] bazzett@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago

Summit for Android. It's good and fast. I've tried some web apps, but I always return to Summit.

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[-] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 22 hours ago

Same. First one I discovered and it works pretty well.

[-] kurmudgeon@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

Your mom's room.

[-] roofuskit@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Mobile, voyager. Almost always. Though as a community mod Voyager has some weird quirks and I find myself having to resolve some weird cases via desktop.

[-] sit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 day ago

iOS voyager webapp

It works very smoothly, it’s very efficient and without it I wouldn’t browse lemmy as often.

Before I discovered lemmy I was using apollo for Reddit which was exactly what voyager is today. I think the apollo dev allowed voyager to use the code base of Apollo

[-] buffing_lecturer@leminal.space 1 points 13 hours ago

I don't believe the source was shared. I remember the Apollo dev indicating they were surprised in discovering how much of the voyager design had been 'borrowed'.

[-] psycotica0@lemmy.ca 2 points 16 hours ago

F-Droid version of Jerboa, and apparently I'm the only one? 😛

[-] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago

How dare you!!!

Posted with Jerboa installed directly from the repo

[-] psycotica0@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1879 or Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1912? 😛

[-] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

You're not alone! I prefer using a desktop web browser, but when I'm on my phone it's F-Droid Jerboa.

[-] Cherry@piefed.social 4 points 20 hours ago

Browser. I hate apps, the greedy spying ones spoiled it for them all.

[-] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago

I checked Jerboa for trackers with Exodus and there are none. I doubt it'll change your mind (which is fine) but maybe it'll restore a small amount of your faith in humanity

[-] Nadru@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago
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[-] daychilde@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago

I use the default interface in browser primarily, but I use Boost on my phone as well as Voyager.

I'm an old school geek. To me, an "app" is basically software running on a phone (in that context), or perhaps software running on a computer (although typically I'd use "application" there, but it depends. A small "application" might be an "app"). I know this is not universal. But for example, to me, reddit or Facebook or Lemmy is not an "app", it is a "website" that you can access via a browser or an app.

[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

A small "application" might be an "app"

Also old nerd here. To me that would be an "applet." I miss applets.

[-] daychilde@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

Ah, haven't used "applet" in quite some time, but yes, definitely it was (and I support current use) :)

[-] Fallibilist@feddit.uk 4 points 22 hours ago

I always use the web app when possible and when not possible, I don't use the service at all.

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