2y ago

RedditIsFun will shut down on June 30, 2023, in response to Reddit's API changes

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RIF will be shutting down on June 30, 2023, in response to Reddit Inc's API changes and their hostile treatment of developers building on their platform.

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Well, there's two down.
About to get real spicy.
EDIT: Here's the link to the official post via teddit if you dont wanna give Reddit more traffic.
- Yup. I'll be deleting my Reddit account at some point over the next couple of weeks. Without RiF I'll not be using Reddit at all.
  
  Do it quickly while the scripts to do it still allow you to overwrite your comments.
I'm done with Reddit til this all blows over one way or the other... I really just need somewhere to park in my day time work hours to be not so isolated (work from home) and keep up on the news and whatnot. I think Reddit things people NEED THEM so bad that they're willing to take whatever they're given. I don't NEED Reddit and am so super happy this is my new spot. Really liking it so far!
We need these app developers to make a beautiful app for Lemmy!
Truly a sad time, was using RIF for over a decade and it became reddit to me as I did 90% of my browsing mobile. Hopefully the future is bright on lemmy :D
Absolutely killer... I've been using RiF for nearly a decade now. Guess I'm officially only using Jerboa from now on.
- I too am a RIF refugee. It is actually rather nice starting over with a fresh slate picking new groups to subscribe to.
RedditIsFun was my goto years back before switching over to iOS to use Apollo. Even though Apollo is a fantastic app I found RedditIsFun to be my preference. Both apps will be missed, and I hope both developers make something as equivalent because the official Reddit app is just corporate level sad.
I expect all the third party apps to go this way, these are just the first of them to go.
I personally use Infinity and expect that to go the way of the dodo too. While the dev has said they might keep the app around, people would have to provide their own developer API keys which shuts out the vast majority of people by default.

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