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How many of you use a 3rd-party app to browse Reddit?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I used Baconreader, Relay, and in 2014 got Sync pro and have used that ever since.

I stopped using reddit for the blackout and have been trying Jerboa and /kbin since then.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

RIF user of many years. Pissed at Reddit. Although I see the financial motive for the API, the scumbag disingenuous moves have me believing it has jumped the social media shark and I had to move on.

Loved RIF, will miss the niches of Reddit, and this APIcalypse has opened my eyes to the deeper values of Reddit, but change is inevitable though.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

During my 13.5 years of Reddit, I've used at least these, in possibly this order

  • Alien Blue (RIP)
  • Bacon Reader
  • Reddit is Fun
  • Reddit Sync
  • Joey, for the last ~6 years

Don't browse Reddit anymore, apps or browser. If I do end up visiting via Google, I use old.reddit.com.

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

I wouldn't say currently because I deleted it after moving to Kbin, but I was using RIF for as long as it existed and was a daily Reddit user for over 12 years. I've been happy using Kbin though this past week and have quickly seen subreddits migrating over and a lot more activity just in the past few days.

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

I've used RedReader for many years. When the api changes were announced I was certain I would never use reddit before, as I usually browse it on the phone. I still want to migrate away from reddit fully, but since RedReader has an api exception it's going to be more difficult to break my addiction.

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

Used Apollo before, now I don't use it.

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

I used Sync up until last week.

Won't be back.

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

I was using rif for years, I don't see myself ever downloading the reddit app partly because it sucks but now I have a bad taste in my mouth after all this. If they had of just improved their own app and left the third party ones alone I probably would have used it.

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

RIF for many years, switched to Infinity a year or two ago

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

Reddit is Fun for around 10 years, Bacon Reader for around 2 years before that. I have quit Reddit since last week and don't intend to ever go again outside of the random Google search result.

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

I used Apollo. Now I'm only using it to check whether Christian Selig commented on anything, but nothing more than that.

I plan to nuke my last remaining Reddit account on June 30th.

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

Well, I did. Now I don’t use Reddit at all. Apollo.

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

I used Apollo since it’s inception, and Alien Blue before that. Now I’ve deleted all Reddit apps and exclusively use kbin, for the last week or so.

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

RIF, though I haven't visited Reddit in the last week. Call it me training for the 30th

[–] lowleveldata 5 points 1 year ago

reddit is not fun anymore

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Did. Libreddit. Now Lemmy only. #FediFTW

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

If "currently" means before the debacle (because I don't use Reddit currently): no, I'm primarily a desktop user, I used old Reddit and RES and I don't really have much personal attachment to 3rd party apps (that doesn't mean I won't stand with those who do).

I think that the API issue is more of a symptom of something much more deeply wrong with Reddit, if it wasn't the API it would have been some other breaking point.

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

RIF was Reddit for me.

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

That poll isn't going to get good results because a lot of 3PA users have already left reddit

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Currently it says 76% of votes use a 3rd party app.

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

I'm still using Apollo and am trying to get used to Feddit but it's hard, to be honest. On Reddit I'd know I'd get shittons of downvotes for saying this ;-)

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

Apollo. So no more reddit for me when the app shuts down officially.

I wish Christian would made an Apollo-like app for the Fediverse.

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

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.

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

I use the Apollo app and wait until the ship sinks…

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

I preferred the /.compact version of Reddit. They disabled it a few months back and all the alternatives suck.

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

I am/was using Sync Pro for 9+ years

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

Used Sync for Reddit for few years. I paid for pro version after just few hours of using (super simple setup etc). Now I am enjoying kbin via mozilla and it is great.

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

Still have Apollo installed to use it until the last day. Been using less and less thou in recent 1-2 weeks.

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

Sync, but I already got rid of it and my Reddit stuff.

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

I've been using Slide basically since I started using Reddit.

It was the only client that fits all my requirement (it being FOSS and in F-droid being the most important one), while having a non-cluttered UI and a good dark theme.

It has basically been a dead project for 2 years but I never had any reason to move away from it.

Well, now that's I'm quitting Reddit, it's a good way to move away from it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I've used Joey for years. (I've never used the official app.)

I'm not using anything right now and have deleted one of my accounts. I'll be deleting the other one in the next week.

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

Used to use Apollo for Reddit (with pro)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

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

I started with RIf for ten first few years and then switched over to Sync. I loved the customization that Sync provides

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

RedReader, although not so much since Spez started his API stupidity. Personal preference, I like the basic, clean interface, which is also valued for accessibility. Jerboa's interface actually looks quite similar.

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

I recently bought RIF golden platinum just to give back to the dev, knowing that very soon the app will stop working. I'm hoping the dev could reuse his code and swap out the backend to make a lemmy client of the same caliber. It really is a good app.

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

I use 3: RedReader, Stealth & Relay

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

I used a 3rd party app for years until last week. The bridge is burned I'm not going back.

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

When I was using Reddit, I used RIF.

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

RIF for as long as I remember. No more. Sad to see it go. Looking forward to watching this new fediverse community grow.

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