The Reddit app-pocalyse is here: Apollo, Sync, and BaconReader go dark
The Reddit app-pocalyse is here: Apollo, Sync, and BaconReader go dark
It actually happened.
I’m here from Apollo. A very sad day but I look forward to what this may become.
Check out wefwef.app. It will feel familiar.
Can not stress this enough. It’s helping a lot with the move
Holy shit. That’s so cool. Thanks for sharing! Definitely gonna become my main way to browse Lenny for the moment
Same. Sad day
Me too, it died mid browse for me, it was something else - right after I sent spez a FU DM too from Apollo.
Memmy for iOS currently being reviewed by Apple, should hit the App Store in a day or two. You can download the Test Flight now if you don’t want to wait.
Inspired by Apollo - and works amazingly with Lemmy. I’m using now.
Some other apps are out there in beta and being approved now. Mlem, Liftoff… it’s a good time to switch.
there are already several different app options for lemmy in different states of development;
jerboa, memmy, mlem, wefwef, thunder, and several others i cant think of off top. Definitely try them all out cus there are differences for sure. My personal favorite right now is memmy followed by wefwef thunder and mlem.
I’m finding Memmy a great way to use Lemmy. It’s come on so much from just a few weeks ago and I believe it’s being submitted to the App Store right about now.
I hope we get better content. I'm really tired of all the posts on the frontpage being meta. Like i had to scroll to find anything about the student loan news. I go to reddit and boom I get actual content still.
.. i want conversations about things that aren't lemmy or reddit. .. memes are cool but man most of the frontpage that isn't meta is memes. .. Fingers crossed it gets better soon.
I agree... but this is probably the last big reddit thing for a while, so I think the reddit and lemmy stuff will die down from now
When I first joined during the Reddit protests, it was all meta talk. Then as of last week it was really starting to fill with actual content, but now with the API shutting down I expect it will be a lot of meta talk again for a bit.
Agree, but it'll die down. The whole reason that 90% of the people are here is because of reddit so it'll stay news for a bit.
I'm posting often in foodporn and my little communities.
I joined Lemmy during the blackout. Obviously it was crazy for a few days, but the last week and a half has been news, memes, and real conversations. Really enjoying it here so far!
The “hot” front page STILL has posts from days ago.
I give it 3 days before people cave and go back. People will always find a way to get their dopamine fix. If lemmy doesn’t have what they want, suffering through the shitty Reddit app will be a cakewalk compared to giving up the habit altogether
For now, use Top>Today.
For now, use Top>Today.
For now, use Top>Today.
rip rif
Rif was my app. I shall miss it, but Lemmy makes it better.
But fuck reddit and spez. For profit sucks.
Best app
❤
RIP Apollo
I've now been tricked twice into breaking my Reddit boycott just to check and see if Infinity still works or not, and it still does.
Maybe Infinity just has enough fewer users than something like Apollo that Infinity hasn't reached the request limit to where it's been shut off yet.
(I don't actually mean I was tricked. ;) )
Infinity is going to move forward with a premium account system, they basically just funnel money into Reddit for no good reason.
Access to the free Infinity should go away soon.
Currently you can type libreddit.hu/r/ in front of any subreddit and avoid Reddit directly, not sure what's happening to that domain with the changes.
I meant that I loaded up Infinity specifically to check and see if Infinity still worked or not. Not to access any particular Reddit content. But Infinity still worked for me after I first saw this thread.
Edit: Ah, and I just realized I might have misunderstood you, not the other way around. Sorry about that.
I think infinity may be one of the few planning to move forward with a subscription model in the next few months. Reddit is making an exception on the timeframe for 2 or 3 apps that said they would implement the ridiculously priced subscription model where they'll mostly just line Reddit and Apple's pockets.
I’m here from Apollo..
Damn. What a loss.
Check out https://wefwef.app/ Lemmy web app Apollo clone; it's fantastic. Install it as a PWA and enjoy.
I hope it provides you some relief from the tragedy
What a shame. What a rotten way to die.
20 million a year? That’s wild, shame to see apps start to fall.
Right?! And then when being asked if they could maybe charge $10 million (or give people 6 months to figure things out), they just said no. I can't remember another company that blatantly cut off all partner relationships like that.
I think the reasoning is that Reddit didn't realize these *were *partner relationships. They thought these apps were just taking and not actually helping.
Reddit didn’t even just say no, but framed the $10m comment as Christian threatening Reddit 🔪
Man what a bummer. Just deleted my 13 year old account.
I just went and posted on Reddit one last time; from Alien Blue. Said goodbye to Apollo devs.
It’s kinda weird to have just stopped posting somewhere where my account was 12 years old. Oh well, on to new things I guess!
16 years and I feel you.
From Alien Blue!?
Yup I still have it on my phone! I should see if it still works today but I really just kinda want to be done with Reddit.
I wonder if it’s the same API key as the official app lol; the official app is Alien Blue, they just turned it into a mutant
EDIT:still works lol!
Boost is currently up, but they announced they'd be shutting down by tomorrow anyways. At least Lemmy / Kbin seem to be decent replacements so far. Here's hoping they continue to fill with lots of new interesting discussions and then I'll be done with Reddit for good.
I’m actually sad about this, Apollo Is the only app I’ve really used every day since I got an iPhone.
Rest in peace.
I wonder if this will have any effect on Reddit's metrics? The blackout had almost no effect, and certainly no lasting effect. But this might.
Not that I care, though. Lemmy is active enough nowadays, and I'm pretty sure it's going to continue growing now.
Reddit's metrics are ad sales. And I think the impact here is going to be slower, and take longer.
Twitter's fall has been faster because existing competitors like Facebook and Instagram can take some of their users, Mastadon takes another chunk, and Substack launched their Twitter clone Notes already. Not to mention Bluesky's expanding public beta. If you liked Twitter and want that experience somewhere else, you've got good options.
Reddit has no real competitor. There's stuff like Hacker News, but their community is small and extremely toxic. Nothing else comes close. Until there's a true Reddit competitor, their demise will be slow and could be easily turned around.
You and I are of course on Lemmy. But lets be real, Lemmy isn't a competitor to reddit. As I write this comment there are 3 users online in this community. And given how there's already a huge amount of in-fighting and defederating amoung different Lemmy instances, this will never really take off.
Regular people don't want to sign up for a service and only to have it suddenly become much less useful overnight because they failed some purity test they didn't even know they were taking.
I'm mainly talking about metrics with more immediate impact, such as new posts and comments: https://blackout.photon-reddit.com/
I know this won't impact Reddit's business line immediately, but it will eventually, and I'd be surprised if they weren't paying attention.
Re: competition, I agree Lemmy isn't going to absorb all of Reddit right away. But it might make a dent. Also, some Redditors might abandon Reddit in favor of other social networks, or even give up on this activity altogether.
There’s stuff like Hacker News, but their community is small and extremely toxic.
WTF? HN is one of the best communities. What exactly is "toxic" about it?
A sad, sad day. Here is to greener pastures with the fedeverse!
I'm here because baconreader died. Hi everyone!
I made the move a few weeks ago proactively. It's nice around here.
I noticed ReddPlanet was down today. Just checked it out of curiosity. Haven’t been on Reddit in a few weeks.
Wife and I used rif and baconreader respectively. We jokingly held a moment of silence for what we will no longer have. But hey, maybe we'll start having real conversations again!
...at least until the communities here on Lemmy get interesting.
RiF user here. RiP RiF
This is so short sighted by the Reddit C suite. It makes literally no sense for them to kill these apps when every argument they made for killing them was in bad faith.
My Relay app still seems to be working
I used Relay pro for ages as well, I'm a bit disappointed that the app developer isn't taking their app down but I don't judge them for it. If they think they can keep the app working then more power to them but I would've loved to see a Lemmy / Kbin version of Relay. For now I'm mostly happy with Connect for Lemmy but it's taking some getting used to.
A few apps that have a smaller amount of users have been granted a delay in which they can set up a subscription scheme.
We don't know yet what the subscription cost is going to be and whether the whole thing will be sustainable. It's not clear to me for example what will happen if the users/traffic for these apps eventually rises (which is bound to happen if they're the only ones left standing). Or why a deal couldn't be reached with the large apps too.
Not to mention the whole sour taste, a couple months ago if Reddit had come out and said "we're putting all 'power user' stuff behind a paywall, pay a sub directly to us to help us out" I would've seriously considered it. Now, not so much.
Been a redditor since 2010, RiF user from about 2015 on, then Apollo user since 2020. There’s a few work related subs I’ll still visit occasionally on a web browser (using old.reddit of course) but other than that I’m officially done.
I expected Narwhal to stop working, too, but alas it’s fully functional.
If anyone doesn’t know what that is, it’s a rather ancient iOS app that wasn’t in the App Store for years.
That’s interesting it’s still functional. I wonder if somehow this app got an exception. Maybe it has some accessibility features that Reddit deemed worthy of an exception.
If Reddit excluded clients by their identification, then it’s probably because that app is so obscure and unknown that it escaped their attention. I expected them to white list allowed clients instead, thus I’m surprised.
For some reason Joey is still alive?
Baconreader still works for me.
If y’all just migrated over from Reddit, Memmy for Lemmy is an app that works much like Apollo. It’s been updating and progressing super quickly in the beta TestFlight versions, and I believe the app creators said that it should release live on the AppStore sometime today.
It has made my own move away from Reddit super easy.
I’ve really been like Memmy. It’s insane how many apps are popping up that are well done. Memmy of course, there’s also mlem, and a web app called wefwef (wefwef.app). I’m trying wefwef right now and it’s really impressive.
Also on wefwef and it’s crazy how much Apollo feel they got into a mobile web app
Fuck Reddit. Immediately deleted my account and came here
I’m here from Apollo, this place looks neat and I’m excited !
I'm here from using Joey for Reddit. I'm surprised it seems like it wasn't as popular as the other third party apps. It was great for me
I was also using Joey and during this while Reddit API thing you are the only other person I've seen even mention the app. I guess Joey was really under the radar lol
Haha I absolutely loved Joey and have also seen no one else mention it!
I was still using Slide, I was hoping it was under the radar enough that it would squeak by but nope. Goodbye Reddit. I was user 4163 16 years ago, and now it's time to get the fediverse up and going.
Slide for Lemmy already has an alpha version
Infinity still works for some reason.
I tried to use RIF. Yep, it's dead.
So long reddit.
I’m properly sad about this whole ordeal. I praised, suggested, and even defended Reddit to anyone I know because I felt we aligned in the spirit of community. That Reddit died today.
And this is my second post on Lemmy
I deleted my Reddit account.
Not going back.
But it’s sad…
