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How many of you use a 3rd-party app to browse Reddit?

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[-] Power0518@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago

RiF for several years!

[-] konki@lemmy.one 6 points 1 year ago

I used Infinity until I deleted my Reddit account in connection with the protests. Now I don't use Reddit at all.

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[-] worfamerryman@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

Well, I did. Now I don’t use Reddit at all. Apollo.

[-] pete443@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

RIF for many years, switched to Infinity a year or two ago

[-] ViridianNott@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] Lx32@feddit.it 5 points 1 year ago

Infinity, FOSS and on FDroid

[-] brad@mander.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

RiF for at least 10 years.

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[-] BuddhaBeettle@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] NightOwl@lemmy.one 4 points 1 year ago

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.

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[-] lowleveldata@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago

reddit is not fun anymore

[-] Mak@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago
[-] narc0tic_bird@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

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.

I've been using Slide basically since I started using Reddit.

It was the only client that fits all my requirement (it being FOSS and in F-droid being the most important one), while having a non-cluttered UI and a good dark theme.

It has basically been a dead project for 2 years but I never had any reason to move away from it.

Well, now that's I'm quitting Reddit, it's a good way to move away from it.

[-] Whimseymimple@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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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[-] CandidCamel@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

Apollo all the way, sad to see it go

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[-] Lupolo@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

RIF for as long as I remember. No more. Sad to see it go. Looking forward to watching this new fediverse community grow.

[-] funchords@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

I was a RedditIsFun/RiF user when I was mobile but mostly I was a keyboard user on a laptop/desktop.

I was losing interest in Reddit over recent years due to the mobile user influx (terse posters, lots of memes and TXT-speak) but thanks to the last few weeks, I have lost nearly all of my interest in Reddit.

I'm really not a joiner or a protester -- I'm rather pragmatic about all of this stuff. But the fact is that Reddit Inc. has by its actions alienated the users most responsible for making Reddit a thing that I enjoyed. It is already to late to recover from that.

Reddit Inc. could do a 180-degree turn today and it won't matter much. In the rough-and-tumble of all of Reddit Inc.'s self-inflicted nonsense, the users they lost (the heart of Reddits culture and spirt) have discovered life beyond Reddit. It looks doable. A month ago, that was fairly unthinkable. Come back? To what? The main reason for Reddit being compelling to me won't return, leaving behind a rather less-interesting Reddit community. I doubt it will attract me.

To me, this just shortened Reddit's long tail. Reddit was already dying a slow death, but this nonsense has made it faster. My current usage is now a small fraction of what it used to me (I have 100 MB of comments and posts submitted over the past 15 years). My guess is that there will be little left of interest in much shorter time span.

[-] flyinghorse@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

Used Apollo before, now I don't use it.

[-] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 5 points 1 year ago

That poll isn't going to get good results because a lot of 3PA users have already left reddit

[-] DoucheAsaurus@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Currently it says 76% of votes use a 3rd party app.

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[-] a_random_fox@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago

Yes, Relay. Not nearly as much as before the whole API situation, but i still use it occasionally.

[-] SilentStorms@lemmy.fmhy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

There's no way this poll is accurate. Just looking at the Play Store the official app has 100M+ downloads. The bext closest, rif, has 5M+. I think people underestimate how many casual users go straight to the official app and don't care about any of this is.

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[-] zamaroo@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

I used Narwhal for a long time, switched to Apollo a couple of years ago.

[-] infinitevalence@discuss.online 4 points 1 year ago

I used a 3rd party app for years until last week. The bridge is burned I'm not going back.

[-] hipsterscum@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

I preferred the /.compact version of Reddit. They disabled it a few months back and all the alternatives suck.

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[-] idk@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Apollo until last week. Deleted Reddit account.

[-] Frederic@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

I am/was using Sync Pro for 9+ years

[-] sphere_au@reddthat.com 4 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] ozoned@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Did. Libreddit. Now Lemmy only. #FediFTW

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[-] obosob@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] xeedufk@terefere.eu 4 points 1 year ago

Still have Apollo installed to use it until the last day. Been using less and less thou in recent 1-2 weeks.

[-] Silviecat44@vlemmy.net 4 points 1 year ago

Used to use Apollo for Reddit (with pro)

[-] Mane25@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago

If "currently" means before the debacle (because I don't use Reddit currently): no, I'm primarily a desktop user, I used old Reddit and RES and I don't really have much personal attachment to 3rd party apps (that doesn't mean I won't stand with those who do).

I think that the API issue is more of a symptom of something much more deeply wrong with Reddit, if it wasn't the API it would have been some other breaking point.

[-] eightys3v3n@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago
[-] Xyz@infosec.pub 4 points 1 year ago

Same, for as long as I can remember. Great app.

[-] NRVulture@kbin.social 4 points 1 year 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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[-] EnderWi99in@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] Boterham@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

I used Relay for years until I quit reddit a week ago.

[-] PolySeaOfTrees@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

I started with RIf for ten first few years and then switched over to Sync. I loved the customization that Sync provides

[-] LegacyFlex@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] ipkpjersi@lemmy.one 4 points 1 year ago

RIF right until I stopped using reddit.

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