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

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[–] BuddhaBeettle@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Didn't even know what a 3rd party app was until the protests (never used reddit on my phone to limit the amount of time spent there, and was never very tech savvy).
Left because of other reasons, like a couple mods of communities I love packing up and leaving and the sheer principle of it all.

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[–] NRVulture@kbin.social 5 points 2 years 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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[–] LewsTherinTelescope@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago
[–] ironsoap@lemmy.one 5 points 2 years 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.

[–] EnderWi99in@kbin.social 5 points 2 years 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.

[–] infinitevalence 5 points 2 years ago

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

[–] pete443@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

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

[–] obosob@feddit.uk 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] Magnus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years 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.

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.

[–] worfamerryman@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago

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

[–] Sim@lemmy.nz 5 points 2 years ago

RIF was Reddit for me.

[–] flyinghorse@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago

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

[–] CandidCamel@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Apollo all the way, sad to see it go

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[–] konki@lemmy.one 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I used Infinity until I deleted my Reddit account in connection with the protests. Now I don't use Reddit at all.

[–] StupidDunmer@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

Same here. Infinity was my go-to.

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] DoucheAsaurus@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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

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[–] ViridianNott@kbin.social 5 points 2 years 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.

[–] Mak@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago
[–] Whimseymimple@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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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[–] LegacyFlex@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

I've exclusively used Relay for years until earlier this week. I've popped in a few times to see how things were going. According to my screen time usage app I've used Relay for under 10 minutes this week. Prior to that I was spending anywhere hour plus daily.

[–] Frederic@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

I am/was using Sync Pro for 9+ years

[–] gk99@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I used to use Boost, I stopped when they banned the community showing how to switch to kbin.

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[–] narc0tic_bird@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years 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.

[–] wreck@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

Apollo for iOS, RiF for Android I've pretty much been off Reddit since the blackout

[–] LittleKerr@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

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

[–] rs5th@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

I was using Apollo before... well... you know, everything.

[–] funchords@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

I was a RedditIsFun/RiF user when I was mobile but mostly I was a keyboard user on a laptop/desktop.

I was losing interest in Reddit over recent years due to the mobile user influx (terse posters, lots of memes and TXT-speak) but thanks to the last few weeks, I have lost nearly all of my interest in Reddit.

I'm really not a joiner or a protester -- I'm rather pragmatic about all of this stuff. But the fact is that Reddit Inc. has by its actions alienated the users most responsible for making Reddit a thing that I enjoyed. It is already to late to recover from that.

Reddit Inc. could do a 180-degree turn today and it won't matter much. In the rough-and-tumble of all of Reddit Inc.'s self-inflicted nonsense, the users they lost (the heart of Reddits culture and spirt) have discovered life beyond Reddit. It looks doable. A month ago, that was fairly unthinkable. Come back? To what? The main reason for Reddit being compelling to me won't return, leaving behind a rather less-interesting Reddit community. I doubt it will attract me.

To me, this just shortened Reddit's long tail. Reddit was already dying a slow death, but this nonsense has made it faster. My current usage is now a small fraction of what it used to me (I have 100 MB of comments and posts submitted over the past 15 years). My guess is that there will be little left of interest in much shorter time span.

[–] xeedufk@terefere.eu 4 points 2 years ago

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

[–] BReel@lemmy.one 4 points 2 years ago

Apollo since day one. When I searched for an app originally, I thought it WAS the official app lol. Now that they're gone, I'm gone.

[–] PolySeaOfTrees@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

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

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.one 4 points 2 years ago

RIF right until I stopped using reddit.

[–] Limeade@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I used RiF. Tried a few other apps over the years, but nothing beat the clean, uncluttered UI.

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[–] Pulptastic@midwest.social 4 points 2 years 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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[–] monkeysuncle@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years 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.

[–] Hellebert@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Me for about 10 more days or so apparently.

Then it'll just be Jerboa on my phone because I refuse to install 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.

[–] Lycan@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago (1 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.

[–] spark947@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] idk@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

Apollo until last week. Deleted Reddit account.

[–] Cannacheques@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 years ago

Have used various third party apps in the past, won't name, they've never been too bad.

Usually neater and pay homage to the original style of Reddit as a long form text based forum,. From what I've seen, the official Reddit app and front page on desktop has evolved into a Facebook style newsfeed of images and short videos.

Not my jam

[–] Lupolo@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

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

[–] ozoned@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Did. Libreddit. Now Lemmy only. #FediFTW

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[–] Silviecat44@vlemmy.net 4 points 2 years ago

Used to use Apollo for Reddit (with pro)

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