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Will Libreddit keep working after July 1st?
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It looks like the method they'll be going with for legal reasons is to allow instance operators to use their own API keys. This might be a good solution if you self-host your own private instance (easy with docker on a home network, no domain name required) with low traffic, but the Reddit API change will probably kill the larger public instances with many users, as those will definitely have traffic over the API limits.
The dev apparently used the RedReader app to test a "spoofing" method of access for a proof of concept, but they don't want to use that method either, because it would potentially cause problems for RedReader, which they didn't want to do:
The real problem for Libreddit instance operators is going to be acquiring an API key. It doesn't look like it's an automated process like most other services - you have to fill out a form, which opens a ticket, and wait for someone from Reddit to get back to you.
I run an instance, and I'm not sure I want to go to the trouble. But I'll wait and see what happens.