this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2023
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Reddit Was Fun

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Memorial to "rif is fun for Reddit" Android app, aka "reddit is fun", shut down after June 30, 2023

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Used it daily from my bed, the office, and the shitter.

RIPRIF

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

The Internet is a river, not a pond. It was nice while it lasted, but we continue on.

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

Opening RIF today is so depressing 😭😭

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Poured out some of my beer in respect to RIF. Thanks for the amazing mobile experience!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Also my first comment on Lemmy. RIP RIF

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

RIF was the only bearable way to use Reddit on my phone, I am The Big Sad™️

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I used RIF for a looong time, tried official reddit app once, never opened it again. Never heard of Apollo until recently. Thank you @[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm still getting current Reddit data out of RiF, as of right now. Not sure exactly what's going on there.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Goodnight sweet prince, may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I've used RIF for over six years. It's crazy to think about all the stuff the world has been through during that time. RIF was a huge source of community for me - especially during the pandemic. It stinks to say goodbye but all things end and I'm sure something better (maybe Lemmy?) will eventually fill the void. Really sad to see the position that Reddit has taken on all this.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I'm going to miss RIF so damn much. One of my favorite apps ever!!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Why does it still work though? 🤔

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Came here because of the goodbye note from rif. Reddit is rif for me. The original app is just too bulky and annoying.

It's still not the same experience so I've been trying out apps for lemmy. Connect is the closest one I think.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah, it was a super shitty birthday present to wake up and realize I couldn't browse reddit while I woke up.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Farewell old friend it was fun while it lasted. Hope they have a good future working in some new project.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

RestInPeace in Peace

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Thank you thank you thank you for the many many years of stellar service. I would be ecstatic if you just so happened to make LiF... you'd have an instant buy, you know!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So sad to see RIF go, I was using it since I first found reddit about a decade ago. Fuck spez and his greediness

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you @talklittle for having that app for so long

I didn't believe it would really go down until I saw it myself

Tried using Firefox for Android w/ Adblock for about 1 night and the user experience was as bad as using Lemmy, a site buckling under expanding user growth and in its infancy in development. So I said "Well, I might as well just use Lemmy".

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Also here after reddit is fun shut down. Pour one out for ya boy. I even listened to whatever the kpop song (jay park yesterday) posted on RiF's goodbye letter. Not sure how that song related to the app shutting down but I went with it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Had RIF for the entire time I've used Reddit, about 9 years. So so sad to see it go, signed up for Lemmy, let's hope it picks up steam! RIP to RIF ♥️

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I've used reddit for 11 years and this was what I used it with mostly. Thank you!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I used Infinity for reddit on Android....I could have switched back to the original app and been ok in a lot of ways, but I know I would feel like a scab

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