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At least with Boost (my favorite reddit & Lemmy app).

This lets you circumvent ads/recommendations and other bs, too.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 hours ago

But then you would be using reddit.... gross.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Oh boy I've always wanted to still use a site full of bots that doesn't respect its users and censors the shit out of everything!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 12 hours ago

While you didn’t post the rule-breaking content, not buying a Tesla is also considered a violation.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago

I deleted my Reddit account after a decade a couple of months ago but I used Boost the whole time I was on the site, even after they supposedly put the kibosh on third party apps. The only issue was that if I wanted to post anything that had an attachment I had to use the official Reddit app or website.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Boost adds ads of its own.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

At least spez doesn't profit from those

[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

How do you figure that?

They run ads and subscriptions to afford the API, which is paid to spez.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

This is just incorrect. Nobody pays for API in Boost, it uses the API directly. The official app was shut down after the API got restricted.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

"after the API was restricted"

The restriction is 3rd party apps have to pay for API.

Here's the reddit post from Boost's developer. https://www.reddit.com/r/BoostForReddit/comments/13wstr2/with_apollo_facing_api_prices_upwards_of_20/

There are hacks that keep Boost working but the ads are Reddits.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Yes, I'm aware. It uses the API. There are no ads.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

You don't even need to patch the Android app called Red Reader. It works by default. Not super pleasing to look at, but it has always done the job. I think they managed to squeak by the API shutdown thing because they are headed toward blind users, but sighted users can use it too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

Yeah Red Reader got a special exemption as an accessibility oriented app. I use it for whenever I need to check Reddit for something (typically football/soccer news). It's ugly as sin which is good because it makes me less inclined to stick around as long.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 hours ago

Yes, reddit started blacklisting specific user-agents. Many of the other apps worked fine until Monday for me.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Reminder: nobody gives a shit about reddit

[–] [email protected] 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

This is a reddit community...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 hours ago

Their username also checks out

[–] [email protected] 1 points 15 hours ago

infinity patched with revanced still works great too