Weekend poll: Do you currently use a third-party Reddit app?
Weekend poll: Do you currently use a third-party Reddit app?
How many of you use a 3rd-party app to browse Reddit?
Well... Not anymore I don't
Yeah, seems like this poll is missing an important “I did before leaving Reddit” option.
Same. Used both RIF and Apollo through the years. Haven’t used anything for a week now.
I had grown quite fond of the app Infinity over the past years. I uninstalled it last Sunday. I've also deleted all my Reddit content yesterday. Honestly I had thought it would be more painful to see all that go down the drain. But after a week away from Reddit I didn't even care about any of it anymore.
RiF for 10 years.
Same, until they announced it'd be shutting off at the end of the month. Damn shame, but oh well, it beats sticking around waiting for the end.
I've always used RiF - it duplicates the desktop layout better than the others, along with so many other features. Wish its developer was moving on to a Lemmy app, but he's cranking out one for Tildes instead.
I still use it to lurk - the shitstorm over there is quite amusing, read the latest announcement at r/videos. Yes, nothing but John Oliver videos - but the screed this is delivered with is a thing of beauty.
I use Infinity and have found it to be absolutely excellent. I wish I could continue to use it rather than leave altogether.
Define "currently"... I still have rif on my phone but I haven't used Reddit in a week
Yeah, "currently" is the wrong adverb to use. Relay and Boost were common apps I used and pretty much the only means I used to access Reddit. I only touched the desktop web app when I got a web search link.
Use Apollo and now only open/upvote posts and polls about the resistance.
I've used RIF for nearly 10 years. I can't stand the current state of the official app. It spends far too much time harassing you with useless notifications/info/recommendations for my taste and it's a laggy mess.
RiF since I found Reddit so many years ago. I've tried others but they never stuck.
I mean, kind of...
I use Sync and still have it installed, but now it just aggravates me when I open it. Not because of Sync, but because Reddit is just... bleh.
Maybe I'll uninstall it later, but I'm tired and lazy. Not like I have a longtime account to delete since I coincidentally did that over a month ago for other reasons.
Do need to delete the one a I made a few weeks ago for NSFW shit. I'm sure Reddit will really miss having that 3 karma account.
Sync IS Reddit to me since I haven't used my desktop for primary browsing of the site in years. It's a shame Reddit is disappearing shortly.
Yeah, after I started using Sync and they did the redesign, desktop browsing felt so slow. Even old.reddit felt clunky compared to Sync.
Apollo was great while it lasted
I use(d) Infinity
When I was using Reddit, I used RIF.
I've been using Relay for maybe 10 years? It's a bit of an underdog and doesn't get spoken about a lot, but over the years I've tried a bunch of Reddit apps and Relay is the one I liked the most.
It used to be called "Reddit News" until Reddit cracked down on apps using "Reddit" in their name. Their rules changed to only allow "for Reddit" at the end of the name, so Reddit News became "Relay for Reddit", rif (Reddit is Fun) became "rif is fun for Reddit", etc.
I'm the same. Relay is so slick and I'm gutted about what is happening. Even if the dev manages to keep Relay going, I don't want to support a company like Reddit who seem happy to shit all over their userbase in pursuit of profit.
That's the exact same boat I'm in right now. I've been a big fan of Relay for years and I think it's great that the developer will probably be able to keep the app going with a small monthly fee. I would even be willing to pay a small monthly fee, but I don't want to support Reddit anymore. I haven't pulled it up since the protest started.
It used to be Relay for me as well. Other apps had neat features I wish Relay had gotten as well, but I couldn't get away from its neat UI and UX even though I tried pretty much every third-party reddit app there was.
I'm certainly sad to leave a handful of my favorite communities behind but Reddit overall can burn down for all I care. Even before the API BS and Huffmann lying through his teeth the Reddit experience had gotten more and more annoying aside from the coziest of subreddits.
Time to move on and perhaps some of the app devs try their hand at a sleek threadiverse app with all of the QoL goodies.
Currently? No, because I quit reddit.
But when I was on reddit, I used Relay For Reddit Pro.
I thought the same thing
Boost for Reddit is awesome!
Even if by some miracle the 3rd party apps survive, too late.
Fuck Spez... I'm out. (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
I used too. Paid for Apollo until Christian started spamming ads for ultra and went back on his word that subscriptions were only to cover ongoing costs like servers for notifications.
So I went to ReddPlanet. Who’s also shutting down.
I haven’t been on Reddit in about a week though. I’m not too keen on the lemmy devs stances politically and will probably move to kbin when the documentation and setup gets fleshed out better.
Boost is still my favorite. I'm done after the third party apps are gone. Going to block Reddit in my router to stop me on desktop haha.
Before all this kerfluffle with the API, I have used Reddit is Fun for mobile for several years. I will be really bummed to see it go.
Honestly I have to stop using reddit and a huge reason for that is I refuse to browse on anything but RiF.
Relay is what I use
I use sync but relay is solid
I used Relay too for about 10 years. The dev is trying hard to keep it going and talking about subscription costs. Realistically I can't imagine anybody will be paying for a 3rd party app even if the option is there.
Rif. Working on understanding this ui
I have used Boost on Android for years.
The new update is gorgeous. Shame.
It's unfortunate timing. I'm going to give it an overdue glowing review. And hint that a lemmy conversion would be well received.
I had restarted using apps because the mobile webpage had become toxic with pushing me to the official app that I knew from reputation was toxic for UI. It kept forgetting where I was and reloading the whole page, uncompacting the threads I'd finished reading.
Reddit quite deliberately drove me off the mobile web interface, I just didn't go where they wanted, just to boost and bacon reader. I'll see if they still work tomorrow, but I'm enjoying using lemmy more, because it seems to be where all the sane people who like good conversation went.
Same here, Boost has been my ride or die app for ages now. :(
RiF for several years!
Was a big fan of RedReader.
Same. i liked the no-nonsense approach.
I've been using boost for a little over a year. I have not be on since the blackout started.
Sync for reddit pro for years, now using a browser for kbin.social.
I used Infinity but now I don't even use Reddit at all.
I also use infinity, but since I joined lemmy, i've been using reddit a lot less
Relay. The official app can go fuck itself.
I used apollo, but I've not been on it since the protests started. Not going back to Reddit either now
Currently? No I deleted my accounts, when I still had them though I used infinity
infinity
When I had an iPhone 3+ years ago, Apollo was the only way I interacted with Reddit. Once I switched to Android, I cycled through the choices before settling pretty happily with Boost. I don't intend to access or use Reddit on mobile at all once June 30th rolls around, and after the CEO's public comments since the protest, I don't really want to access it on desktop either.
It is relay for me on Android. Apparently, they are going to continue with a subscription version that won't get NSFW content. Why would I start paying for a worse product? Not to mention that I bought the ad free version way back.
Relay and reddit are one of the two non open source stacks I rely on, with the other being windows and steam for gaming. And it has bit me in the butt. The lesson to be learned is clear- no more closed source anything from here on out. Steps will be taken.
Also a soon to be former Relay user, and it looks like dbrady is having trouble making the subscription numbers work too:
"I'm still looking into it, gathering data etc. Unfortunately the average call rates when broken down to the top 2, 5, 10% etc of users is painting a much different picture. This is the cohort of users I would expect to possibly convert to a subscription model and the average rates for those users can be 3,4,5 even 600 hundred calls per day just by the shear amount they use the app. Some of the top users are well over 1000 per day and sometimes over 2000.
So I'm not sure yet. It would probably have to be a usage based subscription model if it was going to be anything and I'm not sure that's worth doing. I am still looking into it but unfortunately I don't think my earlier price points will work." From r/relayforreddit pinned post
Relay user here. Been using it for the past 4 years and RIF before that.
Recently noticed that the app breaks when trying to open youtube links. Maybe it's a sign that the end is near.
When I was using reddit, I used Boost.
I've used both RiF and Sync, and between the two of them I'd probably say Sync was my favorite. I hope both of the devs land on their feet, they produced amazing apps.
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.
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.
Im a very simple person, and used reddit for very specific things. I didn't even check my notifications, and participated on some not very big communities. Didn't even browse the main feed, just opened some tabs with the few subs I wanted to check out, got caught up with the new content that day and moved on to the next tab.
I know Im very much not how the average person interacts with the website.
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.
I mean, I also thought there is probably not that many people... BUT your comment made me actually think otherwise. RIF's 5% is actually huge!! And that is just one app; we don't even know how many are using FOSS apps through F-droid... so I'd say the third-party app ecosystem is probably very, very big, I'd say easily at least 30 % of mobile users are third-parties.
How many millions of users actually installed the official app and went "oh, god, nope", or found out about better apps later on... I'd say that is also pretty big. And not happening the other way around.
So, pure speculation here, but this is probably Reddit's desperate move to change a very possibly growing tendency of third-party app users.
Keep in mind that rif has been around since 2010, and the official app launched in 2016. I think the opposite is true, anecdotally I've noticed discussion of 3PA has gone down in the past 5 years. People used to talk about it all the time, I didn't hear much until this controversy. Most redditors are not power-users, I don't think many of them would know what F-Droid is let alone use it. I'd personally guess that 3PA usage is under 10%.
I think this change was mainly sparked by cracking down on AI scraping bots, and killing 3PA was a two-birds-one-stone side effect to prepare for their IPO.
I used Infinity until I deleted my Reddit account in connection with the protests. Now I don't use Reddit at all.
Same here. Infinity was my go-to.
During my 13.5 years of Reddit, I've used at least these, in possibly this order
Don't browse Reddit anymore, apps or browser. If I do end up visiting via Google, I use old.reddit.com.
I used Sync up until last week.
Won't be back.
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.
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 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.
Sync all the way
I used RiF. Tried a few other apps over the years, but nothing beat the clean, uncluttered UI.
Yes! Rif is amazingly accessible from a neurodiversity standpoint.
I used RIF for over a decade, it did everything I wanted so I never sought out an alternative.
Same here, I wasn't even familiar with the various other names that came up when the API drama exploded. I didn't realize there were so many. I've never even tried the official app.
I still use old.Reddit on desktop, though I'm now expecting that to go away sooner rather than later and that'll be the end of Reddit for me. Unless they come up with some whole new unexpectedly awful decision before then that I haven't even thought of yet.
The only open question is, whether at least one of the popular apps will transition Lemmy. This should doable since the concept is so similar.
The world needs good Fediverse apps. If they include mastodon, we can say good bye to Musk's twitter as well.
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.
Used Apollo before, now I don't use it.
Relay
Apollo all the way, sad to see it go
I can't be the first to ask, but apollo for lemmy? 🙏
I just saw somewhere on lemmy an announcement about an iOS app for lemmy to be published shortly called Artemis (as in Apollo's sibling). Hope that will be useful for you!
One can hope, I’m keen to support whatever Christian builds next, but I think he’s not been super committal about his next moves
is it FOSS?
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.
Ah, another Joey user. It looks as though all 2-10 of us have moved to Lemmy. Incredible.
I never understood why it wasn't more popular! I tried others but always came right back to Joey.
Did. Libreddit. Now Lemmy only. #FediFTW
Just curious if you know. Is libreddit going away with the api policy change? I still may use libreddit every now and then to research a certain topic.
They mentioned on their github that they're examing alternatives. Which I'd assume would be scrapinggthe site. I haven't checked since Lemmy has started really growing personally and I don't plan on going back, but I'd recommend looking at their git.
Well, I did. Now I don’t use Reddit at all. Apollo.
I use 3: RedReader, Stealth & Relay
I used Baconreader, Relay, and in 2014 got Sync pro and have used that ever since.
I stopped using reddit for the blackout and have been trying Jerboa and /kbin since then.
Love me some baconreader. The official app is just not pleasant to use.
I was a baconreader person too but I deleted it and moved 100% to beehaw when things started getting weird at that other place
@Pulptastic @lostwonder I don't know why people are holding on. If u/spez can do what he is doing now who says he won't do it again? Let's say he let's third-party apps back. It's a matter of time when he shuts it down, this time for good!
e: Just delete your account
Still have Apollo installed to use it until the last day. Been using less and less thou in recent 1-2 weeks.
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.
I used a 3rd party app for years until last week. The bridge is burned I'm not going back.
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.
I was using Apollo before... well... you know, everything.
RIF right until I stopped using reddit.
Depends on how "currently" is defined. If it means right now, then no. However, if it means until all this then yes. I used to use redreader before i nuked my accounts and content in protest and came to lemmy full time
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.
I preferred the /.compact version of Reddit. They disabled it a few months back and all the alternatives suck.
I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE!
No seriously, .compact reddit on my phone and old.reddit with RES on my desktop were all I ever wanted. They haven't gotten rid of old reddit YET but I can see the proverbial writing on the wall.
I used to use Boost, I stopped when they banned the community showing how to switch to kbin.
I was with boost too. I deleted it at the start of the blackout after using it for like 7 years.
I used Narwhal for a long time, switched to Apollo a couple of years ago.
Apollo for iOS, RiF for Android I've pretty much been off Reddit since the blackout
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.
RIF was Reddit for me.
I use the Apollo app and wait until the ship sinks…
Apollo until last week. Deleted Reddit account.
RIF, though I haven't visited Reddit in the last week. Call it me training for the 30th
Me for about 10 more days or so apparently.
Then it'll just be Jerboa on my phone because I refuse to install that piece of crap official Reddit app entirely. If a Google search takes me to Reddit for an answer I'll just use my browser until they eventually kill that too probably.
Infinity, FOSS and on FDroid
Infinity!
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 started with RIf for ten first few years and then switched over to Sync. I loved the customization that Sync provides
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.
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
Sync, but I already got rid of it and my Reddit stuff.
I used Relay for years until I quit reddit a week ago.
I am/was using Sync Pro for 9+ years
Apollo since day one. When I searched for an app originally, I thought it WAS the official app lol. Now that they're gone, I'm gone.
10 years on Relay. I've stopped going now.
Joey for Reddit
Hey, another Joey user.
Nice.
Usually doesn't get mentioned when people talk about third party apps.
Another ex-Joey user here. Did exactly what I wanted. Nice and clean interface.
Joey devs had a poll recently asking would I pay a subscription for the app (for Reddit). I said no, but maybe they would consider altering Joey to work with Lemmy.. not sure how easy that would be though. Are any of the other clients' devs considering the same does anyone know?
I know, it is really the underdog.
LOL
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Just the whole fact that 3rd party reddit apps like Apollo that everyone loved are dead now because of the api pricing and a bunch of people moved to lemmy. it just seemed like an ironic question.
Used Sync for Reddit for few years. I paid for pro version after just few hours of using (super simple setup etc). Now I am enjoying kbin via mozilla and it is great.
Naturally.
Have been using Boost for quite a while now, but have used a few over time.
On desktop, always old.reddit.com with RES.
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'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.
I'm looking for a gradual transition from Reddit to Lemmy. To make things easier, I started to use Redreader. Man, I wish I'd done this switch earlier.
Redreader's dev has expressed interest on Lemmy compatibility, so when (if) this happens, I know which app I'll be using.
Used to use Apollo for Reddit (with pro)
I'm still using Apollo and am trying to get used to Feddit but it's hard, to be honest. On Reddit I'd know I'd get shittons of downvotes for saying this ;-)
Used to use Apollo, but traded my iphone to get back to Android a week ago. Perfect timing to be honest, haven't been on Reddit since.
I use Joey, a lesser known but very customizable app for reddit. But I've reduced my participation there.
RIF for many years, switched to Infinity a year or two ago
RIF for a few years and Apollo for a few months, since both are going down I don't really have any incentive to stay on Reddit
I was on digg but was slow to get on Reddit. Wasn’t until Apollo that it became regular part of my daily routine. Without the app I wouldn’t have been as engaged.
Relay Pro. Stopped going.
Same. I haven't opened the app (or the website itself) since the start of the blackout. As the news has developed, there's less and less reason to.
RiF for 9 years
Relay Pro (android) use to be the app I've used for reddit, but I uninstalled it at the start of the debacle and will not be returning to reddit for the foreseeable future due to the nature of what reddit has become. It is no longer a community led platform and instead a thing owned by a larger company with leadership that just wants to make money off of the people who use it. I believe the fediverse to be the future of the community that made reddit what it was and that community should not be owned by any one company/organization. There will definitely be growing pains and decisions to be made here on how best to handle so many things, but I have confidence in the community that it will be sorted out and we will get through the growing pains. It will result in a much better platform that will help take us through to the next stage of worldwide community, connectedness, and information sharing.
Was using Relay on android for the past like 10 years.
RIF for as long as I remember. No more. Sad to see it go. Looking forward to watching this new fediverse community grow.
Been on Reddit since 2009ish before they had an app. I used reddit is fun, baconreader, relay and then sync lasted the longest. When I moved to iOS I grabbed Apollo which was the closest experience to sync. I've been off Reddit for over a week now. Deleted my apps, deleted most of my accounts. There's some things I still miss that I haven't found replacement for, namely some niche discussions (wrestling, destiny 2) but I'm sure I'll find something.
I have Apollo Ultra, because I really appreciated the work that went into making the app so pleasant. I also was a reddit subscriber for over a decade ( since 2011 ). Already cancelled the subscription, and when Apollo goes dark I think my use of reddit will plummet. Pretty much just browser access with adblock on.
I used to use rif. Now, if a search brings me to reddit, I use my web browser, but I haven't directly gone to reddit since the subreddits went dark.
You’re asking a rather biased crowd, seeing as we’re on Lemmy. I’ve used Apollo for a long time.
I used to, Joey. It was a little rough around the edges but it was cheap and had no ads. I stopped using in January because I wanted to spend less time on Reddit in general - the site on mobile Firefox sure helped to keep me away :^)
Now I'm gone for good tho - thanks spez for helping me quit!
Apollo forever till the blackout. Replaced the apollo spot with Mlem to keep my muscle memory from screwing over my desire to not support the reddit changes.
I use Boost on Android.
RiF for at least 10 years.
Red Reader is my main app, but I use it a lot less than before because I'm slowly moving to Lemmy. Still on there for now to shitpost where it's been newly allowed.
Yes, Infinity. Actually I used the official Reddit app until all of this hit the news. Then I deleted that app and switched to Infinity. When infinity goes, I'll delete it and I'm done with Reddit except on an alt account on my desktop. And that will just be for correspondence.
Reddit is Fun back when I was on Android. Apollo once I moved to iOS. I will sorely miss Apollo.
Just wanted to ask if Lemmy has an iOS that is not in TestFlight or has its beta full.... Or should we just make one!
I use RIF
I used RIF for years. Originally I installed the official app, but it was so bad I sought out alternatives.
For desktop I used the old.reddit site (the redesign was terrible!) I genuinely don't know how people can use the new look desktop site.
Sync for years, then when the dev had done one of his up-and-disappear-for-half-a-year's I switched to Boost. Now I just won't use Reddit.
Used to use Sync pro
Same, for as long as I can remember. Great app.
Currently, as in up until the blackout: yes, Baconreader. I used it so exclusively that I only really know reddit as BR shows it to its users and I felt uncomfortable and a bit confused on old and new web reddit. I missed all the "innovations" new Reddit brought, never knew what people were talking about when they mentioned avatars and apparently missed all chats that were ever sent to me because BR would only show messages and comment replies. So without BR, to me there will be no reddit, because I wouldn't be willing to invest time into getting to know reddits official app. One, because it looks absolutely terrible and two, because I'm tired being treated like this by big corporations. You want to shit all over your user base, you won't get any of my data or money any more. Simple as that
Same with me, I love that Baconreader doesn't show any of the new features that in not interested in.
I used Joey for about a year but since the blackout it's been uninstalled
before i quit i used infinity on android and old reddit on desktop
@callyral
I used infinity too. Was very great!
@lostwonder
Well, I technically still use Boost, though I haven't really used reddit since the 11th.
Same here. Still installed but I haven't touched it since.
On Android I used boost and reddit is fun. On iOS I used Apollo. Haven't been browsing reddit, since then but did move to setting up an rss for two subreddits to use with feedly.
The two rss I set up being
http://teddit.net/r/buildapcsales/?api&type=rss http://teddit.net/r/gamedeals/?api&type=rss
Tied to at least lessen any benefit I might have to them by using a reddit front end to get feeds.
Yup, that's why I ended up here. Used RIF on my phone, and can only stand Reddit on browser through RES on old.reddit. Gonna lose the RIF at the end of the month, and old.reddit's undeniably approaching death will make me stop going back there too.
I've been using boost for a while now. Just felt right for me.
@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.
I have used reddit is fun for my entire 6 years on the platform
Not sure if the responses to the poll are skewed, but the vote suggests vastly different numbers than Reddit would lead you to believe
Slide for Reddit was my app of choice. Now I'm just waiting for my CCPA data export request to come back to me. Once that's done, all the old accounts are going in the shredder.
I never used a 3rd party app on reddit.
@lostwonder Used to have Infinity for Reddit on my Android.
Uninstalled it now.
RiF, up until a few days ago when I decided to take an indefinite break from Reddit.
Bought multiple copies of Sync Pro and Ultimate. Apollo was good, RiF was great but Sync Pro was GOD! The GOAT!
Still holding out hope that ljdawson does a sync pro for lemmy. Hope he at least adds a splash page on the 30th explaining why the app no longer works and where to go.
Boost on android and Apollo on my iPad. Absolutely fantastic apps that made the experience so much better. I don't even remember the last time I used the ofifical reddit app. Though, I haven't used reddit since the blackout began.
Apollo (and Alien Blue before that way back in the day).
Trying to avoid Reddit at the moment... but Apollo is my go-to on iOS, rif is fun on Android. Both are shutting down at the end of the month so here I am!
Yes, Relay. Not nearly as much as before the whole API situation, but i still use it occasionally.
Libreddit
I've used Boost for years.
Used Reddit is Fun. Obviously not anymore.
I wouldn't say "currently", but I used to use Infinity.
Sync!
Apollo for me. I'll miss it... unless a miracle happens.
I used to use Teddit.net and Stealth on F-Droid before the u/spez tomfoolery.
Always used RIF, the stock Reddit app has always been unusably terrible.
I definitely have used a client for years, that being RedReader. They actually managed to get a non-commercial accessibility api requirements exemption. The creator of it may be interested in adding support for accessing Lemmy and similar federated networks within the same app. That would actually be a great idea, I really hope they can make my favorite client a all in one. https://reddit.com/comments/145du4j
I use Redder on iPad for the last several years. It apparently hasn’t been updated in 2 years, and I have no idea if there is a userbase of any size.
Just bought the Mac version of Redder about two months ago….
I used to use Narwhal app but I don't go to Reddit anymore.
Apollo for the past years that I've been on iOS and BaconReader before that on Android
Never was a heavy user. I was using infinity, uninstalled before api change was announced actually.
Using RIF until it throws errors at me
Sync, fantastic app.
@lostwonder Does #libreddit count? Then yes.
Apollo for years. I check in on Reddit occasionally and will until month end.
Not currently using Reddit, but I started out with baconreader, and have been using Joey for a few years now.
I'm still using Infinity For Reddit until the app doesn't work anymore.
Boost
I used "Now for Reddit" for 95% of my time on Reddit. Once I discovered it that was it for me. Only dealt with the web if I had no other choice.
Never did web on mobile.
I use Boost
I used Apollo on iOS and Sync Pro for Android. Deleted my account of fifteen years though
Apollo on my iPad and Sync on my Android phone.
RIF gang gang
RIF is fun
rif is fun for reddit
I used bacon reader for a couple years before switching to relay and staying there for like 10 years or something like that. Tried others here and there but always quickly went back to relay for one reason or another. I'll be sad to see it go
I supidly used the official app despite it's blatant flaws. Out of spite I switched to RIF up until the blackouts.
I been using Apollo for some time. I'll use it until the end of the month when it goes dark and that will it for daily Reddit browsing.
Me. I use Slide for Android, an #openSource one (do we do hashtags here, can't recall!)
I was using Comet on iOS
I only used the official Reddit app when reading Reddit on my phone. It was quite annoying to write posts with the app, but reading them was fine. I prefered using the website on my laptop though.
Reddit didn't have a third party app (just the compact and mobile interface) when I used it, so I picked up an app and never left.
I mostly use Alien Blue and Apollo, both of which are almost certainly on the chopping block. I tried the official Reddit app for a little bit, but my iPad Mini 2 is too old and slow for it, so it tends to crash almost instantly, or run rather poorly.
On my phone, I started with relay, but moved to Redreader and Infinity, since they were open source, and have better performance compared to Relay. I still keep relay around for the message notifications, since they're better than the other two apps.
I used Bacon Reader up until recently.
Former Apollo user here.
I used Apollo for over 5 years. Before that, I had an Android, so I used Baconreader and later Relay. Before THAT, I used Alien Blue.
Ever since the blackout, I have only visited Reddit once. Definitely making Lemmy my primary forum nowadays.
I did, Apollo, before leaving Reddit for good. It was the reason why I used Reddit in the first place.
I used Baconreader on Android but I may have subscribed to RSS at one time too. 14 years but not so much recently.
I used Apollo until roughly a week ago or so when I started to detach from Reddit. Now it‘s since been uninstalled.
I used BaconReader for a long time and then switched to Relay several years ago. I'm going to miss it dearly.
Well I did use sync, now using jerboa of course. Would be neat if sync or other apps could be remade for the fedverse. An app that could bridge different fedverse apps more easily like lemmy and mastadon for instance but keep everything easily readable and sortable would be cool.
Used to use Apollo and Reddit sync now switched over to Jeroba for Lemmy (android) and pwa for iPad
Might consider sync for Lemmy after it develops.
I was using Sync for years and years. This month, I deleted all my Reddit accounts. That was a well polished app and I'll definitely miss it, but I'm not really missing Reddit itself.
Such a useless poll
Bacon Reader then Sync
I've bounced around through a couple different apps over my almost 14 years on that site. I never loved the official app.
No, and I don't give a shit about them or app developers. Sorry, i know I am supposed to fIGhT ThE PoWeR or something, but couldn't care less. Fed up of reading about it, in fact I'll probably stop using beehaw because that's all there is to read - reddit this reddit that. BORING
Used their own app (Android), never had any issues with it. I tried a few others (like Boost) but found them less user friendly tbh.
I was using Joey but deleted it along with my accounts on the 12th.
I use Infinity since its open source
Also available on fdroid (until July 1st, of course)