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The Reddit app-pocalyse is here: Apollo, Sync, and BaconReader go dark | Many major third-party apps are finally shutting down. (www.theverge.com)
submitted 2 years ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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After a month of outrage, protests, and unrest from the community, Reddit has finally flipped the switch to shut down some third-party apps, including Apollo, Sync, and BaconReader.

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[–] c2h6@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Given all the antics by the company and the despicable behavior by spez and his henchmen, my position on reddit has gone from "I'll use it much less now that my mobile app is gone and I only have desktop access" to "I will go out of my way to avoid providing value to the company even if it inconveniences me".

I just spent the better part of 5 hours yesterday manually deleting all my top comments from reddit. They can revoke edits made by pushshift, but they won't be able to figure out which manual edits to revoke. I used to give out technical advice on reddit and I used to get messages thanking me for posts I made years ago. Now all of those posts are gone.

[–] Elliott@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Ditto. Went from kinda apathetic to full blown hate after all that muppet's antics.

[–] SmallAlmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 years ago

That is what we need to do, take what is ours, the content itself

[–] alrighthosanna@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There's ways to automatically delete every post and comment you ever made, i forgot the sites name but someone built one

[–] arkayy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Let me know if you or anyone else remembers the site. I gave a lot of PC/tech support on reddit.

[–] RedEagle@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

https://github.com/j0be/PowerDeleteSuite/

This is the one I used. It deletes everything. It also edits all your comments to whatever custom message you want. This means that if reddit attempts to revoke your comments they'll get your custom edit instead of the original content.

[–] Skanky@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

9 year user of Sync here. Was so sad to see it go, and can't wait for the Lemmy version! I'm using liftoff right now, and it's very nice.

We all know how shitty it was for Reddit to close the API, but had anyone else noticed how God -awful the Google search results are now? What the fuck with the "restricted/open in app" bullshit?!?!

Reddit can go suck a donkey

[–] pikachus_ghost_uncle@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

RIP Apollo you were a good client.

[–] itsme@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

The best. Thanks Christian.

[–] Gyella@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I left today when they shut down Apollo. I’ll never return. Fuck spez. I hope Reddit becomes the next Digg. Greed literally ruins everything.

[–] xts@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Wefwef is the way.

[–] Onesoul@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

💯

[–] PaulyChumpus@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Feels like I’ve taken Apollo for granted :( RIP

[–] Wednesday@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

If you’re not using Wefwef yet, give it a try. It’s basically an Apollo clone for Lemmy. Still pretty barebones but the dev is super active!

[–] Rengoku@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I found so many bugs. I am too new to lemmy and cant figure out which 'subreddits' to report wefwef issues.

[–] matt@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

It's at !wefwef@lemmy.world, but ideally it makes the most sense to post them on the GitHub.

[–] HollowNotion@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Dude… I was just looking at Reddit on the mobile site and I had no idea how bad and intrusive the ads had gotten. Jesus…

[–] takeyourzync@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

The "he gets us" ad being targeted and spammed at vulnerable groups is sickening. I won't support reddit allowing organizations to prey on people.

[–] the_toast_is_gone@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

It's been good, but it's time to move on and move over. Good to meet you guys.

[–] atx_aquarian@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In consideration of how Reddit has been treating its users, "flipping the switch" on the API was, to me, like locking a door I had no intention to open again in the first place.

[–] _number8_@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

the attitude is so fucking weird. why are they forcing us to comply with their garbage? shouldn't the site want users to like the change? or a change to be legitimately built with users in mind?

this new web paradigm is deeply fucked

[–] HulkSmashBurgers@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Confirmed Slide no longer works either and unistalled it from my phone. So long reddit, it was fun (but utimately misguided of me to invest time/attention towards it).

Hello Lemmy, you hot new thing!

[–] xts@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

lol left as well, deleted all submissions and then replaced every single one of my comments with a hardy "fuck /u/spez" before deleting my account. gotta take our content with us on the way out, it's the only thing reddit has to monetize.

[–] PussyXdestroyer69@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm about to delete my Lemmy account, because I'm a pessimistic hipster.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Deleting your Lemmy account is conformity. Don't be a sell out. /s

[–] Erasmus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Left yesterday as well, deleted Apollo off my phone and then immediately deleted my Reddit account.

I have been a user since the beginning almost and am sad to see its decline - especially so rapidly in the past few years.

Looking forward to the new community.

[–] Caminsky@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I am not going back. That's it

[–] luffyuk@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

100% Reddit is dead to me.

[–] circle@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I already miss my muscle memory operations through sync :/

[–] thurstylark@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Same here.

Although I'm finding that Connect for Lemmy is working well in the interim. Kind of a "we have Sync at home" vibes lol

[–] circle@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Haha. That's true!

I've been having some random issues with the apps, now it's mostly wefwef on the browser.

Can't wait to see sync for lemmy

[–] c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Jerboa is borked for me right now so I'm using connect and I like it. Wefwef was pretty good (especially for a web app) but I think I like using connect more until Jerboa gets fixed or sync comes out.

[–] grumpypandabear@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sync shut down right before I went out for the morning. Got back this arvo, sat down, immediately opened the app and had to just stare at a blank screen for a bit to let it sink in. And now I'm here lol.

[–] hunting_psilons@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'm waiting for Sync for Lemmy app, which the Sync creator says he's working on and there is a community for https://lemmy.world/c/syncforlemmy

[–] Datas_Cat_Spot@startrek.website 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Moved my lemmy app to the place my reddit app used to sit for 12 years.

[–] HollowNotion@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Lol, I just did the same thing when I found myself clicking my Reddit bookmark by muscle memory instead of Lemmy. The little things.

[–] Tosti@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

On the bright side I’ve been using Lemmy and barely touching Reddit. Thought I’d would be way more of a adjustment than it actually was

[–] LemmyFeed@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Hmm my baconreader seems to still be loading, I wonder Reddit hit the switch early by mistake and reverted.

[–] Rose@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Finally! /s

[–] oryx@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

RIP Sync and all the others

And fuck spez

Can't suspend my account for saying that here, fuckwad

[–] hamsalamibacon@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Apollo was the best. RIP.

[–] books@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

So, RIF is still showing posts, but won't let me log in (i don't think, it logged me out and I never tried to log back in) is that what these other services are doing as well?

[–] rm_dash_r_star@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There's mobile apps for Lemmy, Sync is coming, Jeroba works pretty good from what I hear.

[–] MusketeerX@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Also Connect for Lemmy and Liftoff. Both free on Google Play.

[–] deweydecibel@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Listing Sync and freaking BaconReader before RIF?

Not that it matters anymore, but wow what a way to spit on the 2nd most popular 3rd party app on the day of its death.

Edit: Sorry, couldn't miss one last opportunity to get Sync's little fanclub riled up. Hello discord 👋

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