I loved Android’s 3 button nav for years but after like a week of using gestures I couldn’t go back. Once I got the hang of it, it was way more fluid feeling to use.

You should also be able to swipe on the message to direct reply and send reactions too

I’m in the same boat. Sync was my go to Reddit client and will most likely be my go to Lemmy client. For now though I don’t mind Connect and it’s Canadian so gotta support the fellow Cannuck lol