Do people actually like all of the overdesigned clutter to the point where it makes them not want to switch sites?
To me, the stripped down clarity on Lemmy is a feature. I remember back in the day when people flocked to Facebook from MySpace, in large part because they were sick of eye gouging customized pages and just wanted a simple, consistent interface. The content, not the buttons to click on it are the draw right?
Jerboa is good. Thunder is ok. But for me, nothing beats mobile web. Install it as a PWA via Native Alpha (or Firefox). It’s clean, bug free, and I get the same exact experience on my Android and iPhone.