Reddit may force 3rd party apps to shut down, asks for $12k api access fees.
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That app is open source. Reddit devs will just copy the code to make the official app user friendly for the blind and then they'll kick this app like others. Even if they don't copy the code, they'll allow the app to last a few months before using some silly reason to shut it down like it's usage went up 10,000% or non disabled people are using the app etc.
mysticrainman
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The ama was a dumpster fire. Spez was just outright lying about their interaction with Apollo founder (and other 3rd party devs). They have no intention of making api costs reasonable. They just want to kill off 3rd party apps. At least when they killed alien blue, they bought it ( and I've heard they hardly incorporated any of its good features into the reddit app)
The official app is terrible imo and seeing that they don't want the communities to thrive and just want to increase bottom line without providing value to the user Hope spez gets fired and IPO fails massively.
The official app is terrible imo and seeing that they don't want the communities to thrive and just want to increase bottom line without providing value to the user Hope spez gets fired and IPO fails massively.
What's the deal with reddit addiction? Curious to know. Their forum structure is the most bizarre, yet many visit them! Is it because they are very popular as people share the trending news on reddit before other places or what?
mysticrainman
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News, memes, jokes. The feeling of community drives reddit.
Been an avid user of Sync Pro since 2017. Bought it when it was retailing for 50 INR (currently 400 INR) and I got more than my money's worth. Feels really bad for the dev because just six months ago, he overhauled the app with Material You design language and was by far the best third-party Reddit app on the market. I even bought Relay last year, just to get a different feel. But, still stuck to Sync.
Going forward, I may not be using Reddit any more.
Going forward, I may not be using Reddit any more.
mysticrainman
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I tried out the official app in the anticipation that third-party ones may die, when the news of Reddit charging for API access first broke out in March. One of the major issues I faced is the way comments on a post were showcased. I was so much used to the clean comment sorting that Sync provided, the official app basically became unusable for that reason alone.
Not to mention, it was resource intensive, animations were a slog, and ate up a lot of data in the background. One of the good things that I found with Sync that the app uses very little data, which means even if you are on a patchy network, you could browse Reddit. However, I do have to agree that Relay has a better in-built video player.
But, all of that does not matter anymore since all of them will go kaput in just 2 weeks. This isn't the first time that I have to see such good apps go to waste. In January, I lost access to Flamingo for Twitter because of Twitter's API charges. It was such a good app that I stopped using Twitter altogether.
End of an era.
The official reddit app is battery hungry and it's a data mining app. It's even worse than Facebook app.
Reddit works because there are subreddits for even niche topics, where people with knowledge or interest about that specific area engage in a discussion. The front page topics are mostly social media content that is more for mainstream consumption. At least in my case, having deleted my FB, Insta, Twitter accounts, it was also the primary source of viral content.
Described correctly , It is less of a reddit content and more of an advertisement-wall, and Chinese data mining app.
This was inevitable, I knew something like this going to happen sooner or later, when it took fundings from tencent.
Reddit had big plan on NFT sellings, infact were on right track and making shit load of money by selling avatar NFTs .. but the crypto crashed and everything went for a toss. Their valuation dropped to 1/4th.
Everyone saying Ai is the new gold rush, after crypto/NFT scams.
With 1.5b in stakes, the investors want to channelise the money to AI/ML projects. ( infact reddit had acquired few AI startups over last year. )
This entire drama has nothing to do with 3rd party apps or the end user.
API pricing is just a polite way to show doors to the 3rd party apps.
It’s a preparation to rebrand itself AI firm and further fundings IPO, etc.
In-fact this ai drama is going in Microsoft as well, they announced no hike this year, 10,000 more layoffs. While investing the larger share in their AI project.
and when these developers finish the ai project in a year or two they will be laid off too, the least they know they are digging their own grave.
Major Reddit communities will go dark to protest threat to third-party apps
Moderators say third-party apps are essential for their work.
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Not able to browse some of my favourite sections anymore, what a shame for a platform that used to be great.
alekhkhanna
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I'm happy to not browse for a few days vs giving up on Apollo. Who even wants to use Reddit's shit app anyway. Baconreader and Joey were my go to on Android, and Apollo on iOS.Major Reddit communities will go dark to protest threat to third-party apps
Moderators say third-party apps are essential for their work.
Not able to browse some of my favourite sections anymore, what a shame for a platform that used to be great.
Mr.J
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Ugh, just yesterday I managed to get Stable Diffusion running on my system and now I can't find recommendations, tips and tricks or troubleshoot.Major Reddit communities will go dark to protest threat to third-party apps
Moderators say third-party apps are essential for their work.
Not able to browse some of my favourite sections anymore, what a shame for a platform that used to be great.
Screw the greedy reddit admins.
Only some sections are affected, have attached an image. Their official app is crap anyways, deleted it right away after they decided to push ads all over, never used 3rd party apps though.
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alekhkhanna
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Subreddit mods have the option to go private or not. Around 70% of my top subreddits are private.
Nope. Some mods have made it clear that their subreddits will stay private unless the API rules are revoked. Of course reddit can remove mods and make things status quo. Let's see what happens.
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