• nick@campfyre.nickwebster.dev
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    1 year ago

    It was named Reddit Sync before Reddit forced apps to rename a few years back for trade mark reasons.

    Sync was named for a feature it had where you could sync posts to your device for offline use. It was super useful as recently as a few months ago when I wanted to mindlessly scroll on a plane.

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      1 year ago

      Whoa, Sync has been my most used Android app for the past 5 or 6 years and I never knew the origins of its name. I just figured naming products is harder than most people think (trying to be original and memorable) hence the basic Sync moniker.