Good bye to an old friend :(

I'm a RiF refugee too. Used it for almost a decade, now that it's gone I find the official app to be very difficult to use.

The Fediverse has been really cool and I'm glad I took the jump. I was apprehensive at first, but I've found Lemmy to be pretty fun so far!

I think this is the only poppinkream I've ever seen that doesn't have citations all over it.
Any advice for someone who just made that same jump?
- I stated using Jerboa*, which feels a little similar in spirit. Had to jump trough some hoops though, as your login server needs at least version 0.18 to work.
- I'm using Connect for Lemmy. Has all I need. I never used an app for reddit though was always on mobile web, which isn't so good for lemmy
- If you're on android: I'd recommend checking out Summit for Lemmy. The layout reminds me of RIF!
  
  Try to participate. Let's build a community. This "mass exodus" from reddit is different than previous ones. A majority of power users that made Reddit what it was have either quit or are now on the fediverse.
- I've been using wefwef, and I think it's pretty nice.
Are you THE poppinKREAM? If so just gonna say I’m a big fan of your work over the years. Glad you’re here!
Its like good old times, I like it... :)

Reddit is no longer fun

RINLF sounds like a very niche category of nsfw 😳

used RIF for 7 years, tried using the official app but RIF was just so much better. when i uninstalled it two weeks out of protest, it really felt like i had to say goodbye to an old friend. i do enjoy lemmy, but...

Yeah, Lemmy apps are rough at the moment, but I'm optimistic for them
- I've tried only Connect, and it's been great.
I don't know why I haven't installed it yet, but I moved it off of my home screen. Now there's a Lemmy app to help my muscle memory.

No longer the front page of the internet anymore for sure.

Not my internet.

Rest in peace. I hope Reddit soon follows.

We’ve been here before. Some of us old fucks have gone from BBS to IRC to sites like SA, GenMay, Digg, Reddit. It’s jus the nature of the beast.

Gonna miss the solid App support Reddit had but it’s only a matter of time before there are many great options for Lenny. Wefwef while browser based is actually really nice!

For me it was BBSs, Slashdot, Kuro5hin, Fark, Bannination, Hacker News, Reddit. And now the 'verse.

Good luck to all the Lemmy and Mastodon app coders, and to all the people hacking away at great front ends to the same.

There's definitely going to be growing pains, attacks, victories and losses. But I think it'll be worth it.
Since the fediverse is protocol and standards based it has potential. Email is ubiquitous.
You forgot Slashdot.

Lest we forget the poorly-Photoshopped "Borg Gates"

Reddit apparently doesn't remember the digg migration and I hope they suffer the same fate.

Rip, rif.

Time for LIF: Lemmy Is Fun!

The creator said he's moving to another platform centered around discussion mostly (no posts I think). I forget the name of it but he put a link in the goodbye message
- Tildes. I hope he comes here. By far my favorite android app.
And also… time for RWF.

I'm gonna miss RIF... Cannot stand the official app.

it's crazy just how bad the official app is.
I setup Reddit Vanced just to follow a few niche topics that are hard to find elsewhere, but even with the patches it's still a mess.
- There's a reflection instance called lemmit.online that copy posts from subreddits. I'm using it to keep up with a few subreddits while I'm on holiday. When I get home I'll setup communities on lemmy for them.

I know everyone has made the switch, but the ReVanced team have stolen the API keys out of the real Reddit app and have made patchers available for multiple Reddit apps including RiF.

You'll need a fresh copy of the APK and:

https://github.com/revanced/revanced-manager

Obviously NSFW is a no go but everything else should work.

Without porn, patching old RIF is genuinely not worth it. I'd rather wait and support the new Lemmy app by the same dev
- Is the RIF guy making a Lemmy app!?
- Username checks out. Who doesn't appreciate a little NFSW content?
- Fuck Reddit. I’m here for the pr0n
- I'm in the same boat, but thought I'd let people know just in case. My app of choice RelayForReddit is switching to a subscription model but 70% of my Reddit use was NSFW subs so not really worth it for me
Where does it use stolen api keys. Says I need to generate my own
- I didn't try the process myself, last I heard they were using keys extracted from the official Reddit app. Maybe they thought that was a bad idea, and went a different route. Sorry, was just going by what I heard previously

Just gonna throw one up for the dark mode homies. Good bye rif, you will be missed.

I haven't had the heart to uninstall it yet. I moved the jerboa app into its spot on my home screen, though.
My view for a short forever. I still have it available in the hopes that they either reverse course or refeature it to target a different platform

That won't happen though. Still trying to get into Tildes where he went, hoping for the same app experience.

I used RIF for a decade...still feels off without it

RIF was Reddit to me. The official app and even the desktop site are so foreign and convoluted that they don't even register as being the same website.
Same here, it's literally the only reddit mobile app I've ever used, the site just feels... wrong, without it.

Been using RIF for years, you never know how important something is until it's gone :(

Yeah was browsing Apollo when it dropped out. I knew it was coming but still disappointing.

Yeah apparently Reddit pulled the plug early and with no warning to Christian. Seems like they’re really determined to be a full bag of dicks to the end
- Such a strange position for them to take, that of cartoon villains
- Don't think they told anyone about doing it early yesterday. They had been saying July 1st the whole time then BaconReader went down along with RIF, Apollo, etc yesterday June 30th. One last fuck you to all the devs that actually helped grow that site.

Excited for the sync Lemmy app

Me too! Even though I knew it was coming, getting the notification that sync for reddit was no longer was like a kick in the teeth. Glad the dev is redirecting users here.
I'm in sync withdrawal :(
What do you think about voyager?

I paid for RIF and I'd do it again in a second. Hopefully the lemmy ecosystem comes up to its high standard one day!

interestingly, my RIF wouldn't load pages last night and this morning, but now does...

Yeah, same thing happening for me. I hope it's not running up big bills for the maintainers with the API charges.
Only logged out right?
- I uninstalled rif when it stopped working. I forgot I had boost installed and it still works and I seem to be logged in. Not sure what's going on
Does it still have you signed in?
- Ah, no it does not. Interesting.

I'm delaying the inevitable with the patches that revanced dropped but it will never get another update and it will one day become unusable. I will miss it fully when it does.

Just let it go m8. Old times will be cherised, and a bright future awaits us here on lemmy.
- I appreciate the sentiment but Lemmy still has a way to go until it can completely replace reddit. I believe it has its use but Lemmy for now is still niche.

I took a last screenshot of Apollo and its final announcement but I haven’t deleted the app.

I did replaced the Home Screen icon with WefWef and it feels very great now , almost like home.

In case no one mentioned it yet, I heard about wefwef.app from another post and it's a really nice looking frontend for this site.

I've been using it for about day now but I like it better than the base website for sure. Some people say it's like Apollo but I wouldn't know since I used relayforReddit.

Even as an android user who never used Apollo, wefwef feels great
- Yeah I think it makes the experience much better.
Using it right now. It’s excellent and will presumably improve.

Just uninstalled from my phone. Used it for years. A shame.

Can't bring myself to uninstall it, 10+ years and rif was my major mode using reddit

I'll be keeping installed. Not to hold out hope, but for the memories of good times.

It probably drained more battery then anything else. RIP GOOD FRIEND

I only remember RIF being the mobile app. Reddit's app didn't show up till recently. Miss it already. I can't seem to uninstall it. Very sad day.

It's gonna stayed installed on my phone forever
- I'm not removing it anytime soon ... :-)
I was surprised at how sad I was at RiF's passing. I feel like I owe the creator a lot of money for how much I used their app.
- I feel the same, it's nice to know he/she has other projects going. Maybe our paths will cross again someday, and I can make it up to him. :-)

Connect for Lemmy on Android is working great for me as a replacement to RIF

Moved here. Just tried out summit. Got the RIF vibes.

Hurt just as much deleting Apollo off my phone. But a bright future lies ahead for Memmy and the like :)

i can’t bring myself to delete apollo. I’d miss the lil bat widget on my homescreen too much.

Rif golden platinum is still working for me. 1:00 p.m. utc

Yeah, for me as well. Is this a permanent thing?
What is that? Sounds expensive 😉

I'm so sad. I miss it. Happy to be a fellow Lemming tho

This is my sadness.

There's just no mobile reddit without RIF, it's all I've ever known and the official app doesn't even compare. It's a sad day indeed.

waits for the loss of Boost

Boost for Lemmy is now in playstore tagged as coming soon.
It still worked 10 minutes ago, I'm confused why
It stopped working for me after midnight and they put a banner explaining it in the bottom right. RIP to many good commutes browsing random info in my various subreddits.
- Its still working for me here Jul 1, but I can imagine only having 12 hours left. I'll be looking at properly deleting (or whatever, fully hiding) everything of my Reddit account, changing its email, and deleting it. If I must interact there, I may use a brief throwaway or two.
Still working for me somehow

It is a shame, i liked the app a lot.

o7

I was really sad to see it dead. I've been coming here more and more and I think I finally found an app that will replace it for Lemmy. I'm using wefwef and it's been much better than the other apps so far.

I just opened Infinity...and...it's still working? I didn't take the last update. Hmm.

Infinity is still working for a lot of people it seems... just checked myself and even NSFW stuff loads fine? Not sure what's going on behind the scenes. I also haven't updated since the announcement

Also a RIFugee. Spez is great at driving Reddit into the ground.

I can still access Infinity. It's a ticking clock.

Gonna miss it. Almost 9 years on reddit, and RIF was the only way I viewed it. Aside from a VERY short lived look at the official shit app. Kinda excited for this new experience though.

I feel you. ~ former sync pro & boost user

Glad I found Lemmy last night after seeing boost was going down

F - So long and thanks for all the fish 😪

Looks like the front page of the internet is broken. Time to make Lemmy the front page!

Did you try again later?

Same for me. Was on Rif quite a while, but am new to lemmy now. Its already fun here

I used RiF for many, many years. This year I switched to Boost, and I liked it even more. RIP to both of them.

One of my favorite reddit apps, used it for like 10 years .

RIP

I'm going to miss RIF. :(

okay