I started with RIf for ten first few years and then switched over to Sync. I loved the customization that Sync provides
this post was submitted on 18 Jun 2023
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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.
RIF for as long as I remember. No more. Sad to see it go. Looking forward to watching this new fediverse community grow.
Well, I did. Now I don’t use Reddit at all. Apollo.
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.
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.
Relay
Used Apollo before, now I don't use it.
I used a 3rd party app for years until last week. The bridge is burned I'm not going back.
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.
Still have Apollo installed to use it until the last day. Been using less and less thou in recent 1-2 weeks.
Infinity, FOSS and on FDroid
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.
Did you use reddit with reddit enhancement suite on desktop? I ask because I found reddit was such a terrible experience without being able to block off a bunch of stuff beyond what reddit offers you in their settings.
Felt like the longer people used reddit the more they ended up seeking out stuff like third party apps or extensions like RES as the feed started changing over the years of what got promoted.
I would have used reddit so much less without those or started avoiding it even if there hadn't been any api controversy.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I used Relay for years until I quit reddit a week ago.
I am/was using Sync Pro for 9+ years
I used Narwhal for a long time, switched to Apollo a couple of years ago.
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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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.
Apollo until last week. Deleted Reddit account.
Apollo for iOS, RiF for Android I've pretty much been off Reddit since the blackout
10 years on Relay. I've stopped going now.
RIF right until I stopped using reddit.
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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I use 3: RedReader, Stealth & Relay
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.
RIF for many years, switched to Infinity a year or two ago
@lostwonder Yup, I use Infinity, and I'll keep it installed until it no longer works, but I'm just trying not to use Reddit at all now.
reddit is not fun anymore
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
RIF was Reddit for me.
Sync, but I already got rid of it and my Reddit stuff.