Apollo dev: "I don’t believe Reddit’s leadership... cares about developers anymore."

Exploring Reddit’s third-party app environment 7 months after the APIcalypse::Apollo dev: “I don’t believe Reddit’s leadership… cares about developers anymore.”

  • mindlight@lemm.eeEnglish
    152·
    10 months ago

    The issue was never to get access to Reddit without paying a monthly fee. It was about the experience as an user. However, what really made me drop Reddit was the way Reddit management acted in all of this. They showed no signs of being someone to trust.

    So I don’t care if there are 3rd party Reddit apps since Reddit is irrelevant to me.

  • Midnight Wolf@lemmy.worldEnglish
    47·
    10 months ago

    RedReader gets a barely-glance in a single sentence. A single dev (and with users providing PRs) has one of the best, and most unknown, apps for over a decade now. Really? QuantumBadger also put up quite a fight in favor of other developers, was openly critical about the changes and the handling of the situation, and was smart enough to record calls to prove that what reddit was saying was 180 from what they were doing. And all this could be gleaned from 15 minutes on their subreddit. Cmon, if you’re going to do ‘investigative journalism’, investigate each equally, fucks sake.

    • AlmightySnoo 🐢🇮🇱🇺🇦@lemmy.worldEnglish
      111·
      10 months ago

      RedReader gets a barely-glance in a single sentence. A single dev (and with users providing PRs) has one of the best, and most unknown, apps for over a decade now.

      RedReader is definitely a gem. Incredible app that still works despite the Reddit appocalypse.

  • linearchaos@lemmy.worldEnglish
    351·
    10 months ago

    The real TL;DR

    Most third party apps are pay, somewhere around 1 to 3 bucks per month.

    A couple are still in free because they’re negotiations with Reddit

    At least one is free because it’s delivering the web version of the site with minor changes.

    At least one of the apps that was paid before is now slightly more profitable as the playing field is leveled.

  • return2ozma@lemmy.worldEnglish
    352·
    10 months ago

    I never used the official Reddit app in my 11 years on there. Only used the Reddit is Fun app paid version. I left to come here and although I do miss it, F SPEZ!

    • Cheems@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      10 months ago

      I searched a question the other day and reddit popped up with a niche subreddit with the same question I had. I tried to go to it but I was unable to view it without logging in.

      • return2ozma@lemmy.worldEnglish
        51·
        10 months ago

        If it was an NSFW question or sub, just change your phone browser to desktop and you can bypass the login. At least that’s how it used to be

  • ililiililiililiilili@lemm.eeEnglish
    10·
    10 months ago

    I avoid the site when I can, but I use Revance-modded Infinity. You generate an API key on reddit.com and mod the APK with that via Revanced Manager. Unless I’m missing something: that gets you an ad-free Infinity experience for free. Fuck Reddit and fuck Spez. Hopefully the Fediverse will get more niche communities and I can abandon that site for good.

    • tomatolung@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      Has someone written this up as a how to? Same as you want to abandon, but still a few niches.

      • ililiililiililiilili@lemm.eeEnglish
        3·
        10 months ago

        Download and install the Revanced Manager APK from https://revanced.app/download

        Now you want to download the Infinity APK from https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/docile-alligator/infinity-for-reddit/

        Now you open the Revanced app, go to the Patcher screen and “Select an application.” Tap storage and navigate to the Infinity APK you downloaded. Tap “Selected Packages” and tap the gear next to “Spoof client.” Enter your ClientID, which you get from:

        https://www.reddit.com/prefs/app

        After you enter that, tap Patch and wait patiently for your modded APK to be built. Now install that new APK and you should be set!

        Obviously you should test any APK on VirusTotal (or similar) to make sure they are not malicious, but yeah. Please downvote me to hell if any links I posted are bullshit.

  • systemguy_64@lemmy.worldEnglish
    91·
    10 months ago

    I use Lemmy Sync

    I only browse Reddit at work with uBlock, but will never contribute again

  • LeadersAtWork@lemmy.worldEnglish
    61·
    10 months ago

    Literally the only thing I still “use” Reddit for is [insert niche issue here]

    Google: Reddit [what the fuck is happening??]

    Usually get a decent starting line.

    • Katana314@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      10 months ago

      I’ve given up and started asking Bing’s “chat” direct questions. It sorts through the bullshit search results and explains the answer to me in direct words.