How many of you use a 3rd-party app to browse Reddit?
I use Infinity since its open source
Also available on fdroid (until July 1st, of course)
Goodbye, infinity. It was good while it lasted. 🫡
Define “currently”… I still have rif on my phone but I haven’t used Reddit in a week
Yeah, “currently” is the wrong adverb to use. Relay and Boost were common apps I used and pretty much the only means I used to access Reddit. I only touched the desktop web app when I got a web search link.
RiF since I found Reddit so many years ago. I’ve tried others but they never stuck.
I mean, kind of…
I use Sync and still have it installed, but now it just aggravates me when I open it. Not because of Sync, but because Reddit is just… bleh.
Maybe I’ll uninstall it later, but I’m tired and lazy. Not like I have a longtime account to delete since I coincidentally did that over a month ago for other reasons.
Do need to delete the one a I made a few weeks ago for NSFW shit. I’m sure Reddit will really miss having that 3 karma account.
This will be an insanely biased poll
I use(d) Infinity
Sync IS Reddit to me since I haven’t used my desktop for primary browsing of the site in years. It’s a shame Reddit is disappearing shortly.
Before all this kerfluffle with the API, I have used Reddit is Fun for mobile for several years. I will be really bummed to see it go.
I have used Boost on Android for years.
The new update is gorgeous. Shame.
It’s unfortunate timing. I’m going to give it an overdue glowing review. And hint that a lemmy conversion would be well received.
Same here, Boost has been my ride or die app for ages now. :(
When I had an iPhone 3+ years ago, Apollo was the only way I interacted with Reddit. Once I switched to Android, I cycled through the choices before settling pretty happily with Boost. I don’t intend to access or use Reddit on mobile at all once June 30th rolls around, and after the CEO’s public comments since the protest, I don’t really want to access it on desktop either.
It is relay for me on Android. Apparently, they are going to continue with a subscription version that won’t get NSFW content. Why would I start paying for a worse product? Not to mention that I bought the ad free version way back.
Relay and reddit are one of the two non open source stacks I rely on, with the other being windows and steam for gaming. And it has bit me in the butt. The lesson to be learned is clear- no more closed source anything from here on out. Steps will be taken.
Also a soon to be former Relay user, and it looks like dbrady is having trouble making the subscription numbers work too:
"I’m still looking into it, gathering data etc. Unfortunately the average call rates when broken down to the top 2, 5, 10% etc of users is painting a much different picture. This is the cohort of users I would expect to possibly convert to a subscription model and the average rates for those users can be 3,4,5 even 600 hundred calls per day just by the shear amount they use the app. Some of the top users are well over 1000 per day and sometimes over 2000.
So I’m not sure yet. It would probably have to be a usage based subscription model if it was going to be anything and I’m not sure that’s worth doing. I am still looking into it but unfortunately I don’t think my earlier price points will work." From r/relayforreddit pinned post
Yeah, I have been following it a bit, and I don’t think it is going to pan out. I was already planning on not subscribing simply because I hate subscribing to things and try to have as few subscriptions as possible. I would honestly gladly buy relay for like $60-70 rather than pay $3/month (Although honestly, I wouldn’t do that too). There is going to be no way to make that work if Reddit wants to position itself as a pay by usage, or conversation as a service company.
But I think it all goes to show is that this isn’t a business model. Talking on the internet isn’t a business model, and tracking people without their knowledge or consent (even if you technically have it on paper) isn’t working either.
Boost for Reddit is awesome!
Even if by some miracle the 3rd party apps survive, too late.
Fuck Spez… I’m out. (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
Me for about 10 more days or so apparently.
Then it’ll just be Jerboa on my phone because I refuse to reinstall that piece of crap official Reddit app entirely. If a Google search takes me to Reddit for an answer I’ll just use my browser until they eventually kill that too probably.
I’ve used both RiF and Sync, and between the two of them I’d probably say Sync was my favorite. I hope both of the devs land on their feet, they produced amazing apps.
Did. Libreddit. Now Lemmy only. #FediFTW
Just curious if you know. Is libreddit going away with the api policy change? I still may use libreddit every now and then to research a certain topic.
They mentioned on their github that they’re examing alternatives. Which I’d assume would be scrapinggthe site. I haven’t checked since Lemmy has started really growing personally and I don’t plan on going back, but I’d recommend looking at their git.
I’ve used RIF for nearly 10 years. I can’t stand the current state of the official app. It spends far too much time harassing you with useless notifications/info/recommendations for my taste and it’s a laggy mess.
