I put the Jerboa app icon where Baconreader had been on my phone. I kept opening it by reflex. This seems to be working.
this post was submitted on 12 Jun 2023
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Pretty much! I still haven't even deleted Boost, but the icon has been replaced and I've already all but forgotten about it.
Me too. Sorry Boost, I will miss you.
I deleted my account
Once Apollo is gone for good, Iβll delete the app and thatβll be it. Reddit has too much useful info for me to block it entirely similar to Twitter. But also like Twitter, once the app is gone from my phone my usage pretty much drops to zero. Iβve already replaced Apollo with Mlem on my homepage, but Iβm leaving Apollo installed until the end.
If we could implement reddit scrapers (I think stealth for reddit is one of them), it might help us to acess reddit without using the shitty app or even an account. Scrapers aren't exactly great if you want to post stuff on reddit, not that you would want to...
Ive been here a few days the content is already a lot. Sub to communities. Start a community. Get to commenting, posting or even lurking! Be the change @havilland@lemmy.ml !
In /etc/hosts:
127.0.0.1 reddit.com
127.0.0.1 www.reddit.com
127.0.0.1 old.reddit.com
Uninstalled Apollo (Christian plz forgive me). Deleted my account.
I think they would understand
Don't worry, he feels just as bad as you for all of the evil Reddit has done to all of us.
I added reddit.com to my uBlock Origin blocklist!
i use libredirect
I uninstalled Sync for Reddit on my Android phone.
I'm going to backup the content I created over the years and fry my account in the afternoon.
Paused rif and moved Jerboa to the spot where it normally is on my launcher
I uninstalled RIF this morning. I saw when I rated it on the play store saying that I loved using the app for reddit that I had recently started using... September 2011... Geeeeez. The feels.
rif and Relay were the two I used depending on how I was feeling that day. Excellent apps. Paid for both and I'll be sad to see them go.
Agreed. RIF hands down and several times over was my most used app of all time. It will be missed.
That's... why I'm here.
A simple low impact one I came up with is moving the Jerboa app icon to where the reddit one used to be and moving the reddit one to the end of the list, so my muscle memory reddit log on takes me here instead.
Literally did the same.
Same here as well. I uninstalled rif and replaced its icon with Jerboa. I don't even notice the difference until the screen loads π
I've set a privacy redirect from Reddit to https://libreddit.pufe.org. Now I can't log in, but if people send me links then I can see what they sent. If I want to comment on things, I'll come to Lemmy.
I logged in to Reddit this morning for perhaps the last time, to extract my list of subreddit subscriptions. While I was there I noticed I had a bunch of "Reddit Coins", didn't even know that was a thing. Missed opportunity for "Creddits" IMO.
I deleted the app I was using to browse reddit (Infinity) and have blocked reddit.com system-wide on my computer. Admittedly this is a bit overkill for me but it's an easy solution.
I'm not really concerned about avoiding it. Most of the subreddits with content I'd want to read are or will be closed. I only am using the old site, logged out, and with an adblocker. I'm a negative value visitor.
Not having a mobile app will automatically curtail a lot of my usage. I'll probably keep using the desktop site though until they kill off old Reddit.
The fact that I'm digging lemmy is helping. Feels new and adventurous.
Uninstalled Apollo and put Mlem in its spot
Easy, I just deleted my 10+ years Reddit account.
No regrets, and am now having fun exploring the fediverse.
Reddit has a ton of useful knowledge on it, why would I avoid it? It is not just a platform to doomscroll on... As a social media platform it's as good as dead for me, but it is still a hyper forum with many worthwhile communities.
why would I avoid it?
To show your support to the blackout while it lasts?
It's a bit like going to work despite the strike.
Oh I thought OP talked about avoiding reddit in general. I have already visited it at least 3 times today looking for a solution to my laptop's inability to connect to the internet :P I haven't thought of avoiding it to send a message, I guess I will simply turn of the computer. I have already deleted Boost for reddit so I will simply not visit it on my phone...
I added an iOS shortcut automation to my iPhone. If I open Apollo, the shortcut runs and sends me to Mlem, then pops up a reminder.
Iβve exported my posts and comments. Just need to get my subscriptions list and Iβm done.
I plan to overwrite my comments and posts with a text that explains why the original is removed. That way, for as long as Reddit survives, thereβs a chance someone will see it and learn about how not to screw over your user base.
I uninstalled RIF tonight and keep finding myself searching for it on my home screen lol Will get used to it eventually I guess. I'm opening Jerboa every time I catch myself to retrain myself.
I deleted Reddit from my phone, and the mobile site is shite, so I won't be going on there.
I occasionally look at old Reddit on my computer, but I just put Lemmy in it's place on my tab bar. Works great so far.
Kept a note at my home screen about Reddit Black Out. And logged out of Infinity. Now, everytime I unlock my phone, I see that note and open Lemmyπ₯
With most subs gone dark there's basically no content anyway. I'll probably keep checking until RiF stops working. I'm never going to use the official app or website.
Yeah the fact that I'd have to download a new app and find a new flow if I stayed makes it a lot easier to leave.
I'm just slowly lessening the amount I read there and try to read here instead
Lemmy seems to cover most of the content from larger subreddits. For the smaller, or more specific communities (such as local subreddits or those for hobbies/interests) they generally have a Discord server to join.
So between Lemmy and Discord, I've eliminated the need to use Reddit at all. This isn't without it's flaws or drawbacks, but it 'scratches the Reddit itch', I guess.
Uninstalled the app, blackholed the domain in my Pi-hole servers, and removed the domain from my web search results on my SearxNG server. I use Wireguard from my phone when out and about, so I'm always usnig Pi-hole and SearxNG.
and removed the domain from my web search results on my SearxNG server
How did you do this? Didn't realize that was possible.> pp, blackholed the domain in my Pi-hole servers, and removed the domain from my web search results on my SearxNG serve
Found it: https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues/1258#issuecomment-1146883879
Yep - great feature. I've been excluding Facebook and the other socials for a while now.
I might just dump it altogether, I only lurk anyway and the communities I subscribe to are mainly for humor. I haven't checked it in several days now.
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