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

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[–] amrawr@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago

Sync all the way

[–] Provider@feddit.de 9 points 2 years ago
[–] Lx32@feddit.it 7 points 2 years ago

Infinity, FOSS and on FDroid

[–] HisNoodlyServant@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago

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.

[–] _s10e@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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.

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[–] funchords@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years 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.

[–] LittleKerr@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

RIF, though I haven't visited Reddit in the last week. Call it me training for the 30th

[–] kamiheku@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago

During my 13.5 years of Reddit, I've used at least these, in possibly this order

  • Alien Blue (RIP)
  • Bacon Reader
  • Reddit is Fun
  • Reddit Sync
  • Joey, for the last ~6 years

Don't browse Reddit anymore, apps or browser. If I do end up visiting via Google, I use old.reddit.com.

[–] Limeade@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I used RiF. Tried a few other apps over the years, but nothing beat the clean, uncluttered UI.

[–] ranandtoldthat@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

Yes! Rif is amazingly accessible from a neurodiversity standpoint.

[–] s_s@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago

I used Sync up until last week.

Won't be back.

[–] AlienHairball@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Have been using Boost for quite a while now, but have used a few over time.

  • Boost
  • Relay
  • Sync

On desktop, always old.reddit.com with RES.

[–] CapnJimby@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

[–] lotanis@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah, after I started using Sync and they did the redesign, desktop browsing felt so slow. Even old.reddit felt clunky compared to Sync.

[–] BobQuasit@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

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.

[–] fell@ma.fellr.net 2 points 2 years ago
[–] Pulptastic@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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.

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[–] TheNH813@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

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

[–] TranceReduction@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

Used Reddit is Fun. Obviously not anymore.

[–] GeminiFrenchFry@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago
[–] Snowpix@yiffit.net 2 points 2 years ago

Always used RIF, the stock Reddit app has always been unusably terrible.

[–] Valdair@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

Reddit is Fun back when I was on Android. Apollo once I moved to iOS. I will sorely miss Apollo.

[–] TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

This will be an insanely biased poll

[–] irongamer@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago
[–] AceLucario@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

I wouldn't say "currently", but I used to use Infinity.

[–] rs5th@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

I was using Apollo before... well... you know, everything.

[–] BReel@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago

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.

[–] Cstrrider1@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I use Infinity since its open source

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[–] HisDufusness@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago
[–] Varyag@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

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.

[–] Meilindis@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

I've used Boost for years.

[–] icanflywheniwant@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

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!

[–] obosob@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years 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.

[–] manesa@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago

I'm still using Infinity For Reddit until the app doesn't work anymore.

[–] brad@mander.xyz 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

RiF for at least 10 years.

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[–] lodion@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago

When I was using reddit, I used Boost.

[–] NPVT@reddthat.com 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Rif. Working on understanding this ui

[–] zamaroo@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

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

[–] Rain@lm.melonbread.dev 1 points 2 years ago

Was a big fan of RedReader.

[–] Cowbob45@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

RiF for 9 years

[–] offthecrossbar@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

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

[–] sirvesa@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

RiF since I found Reddit so many years ago. I've tried others but they never stuck.

[–] tool@r.rosettast0ned.com 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I desperately want a RiF clone for interacting with Lemmy. If RiF does actually shut down at the end of the month, I really hope talklittle open-sources it.

[–] est@tech.lgbt 2 points 2 years ago (6 children)

@tool @sirvesa if its any reassurance, Sync is coming to Lemmy

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[–] flynnguy@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Currently? No, because I quit reddit.

But when I was on reddit, I used Relay For Reddit Pro.

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