RIF is why I'm here, I deleted it from my front page, realized I hated going to the reddit website, and looked for something better.
I know he's working on something different, for a different site, but I also hope he's considering a LIF or something like that.
A decade of a truly-superior user experience.
I can't even bring myself to delete it. I feel like it needs to stay memorialized in my app list.
Thanks for such a great product, devs. It'll be sorely missed.
I was going to leave Apollo on my phone but it kept showing up on my Home Screen in my smart widget and I kept tapping it to open it so it had to go :(
Thank you talklittle! You made redditing so enjoyable with RiF. I was introduced to your app about a decade ago and never stopped using it. I spent years writing exhaustive and informative comments, none of it would've been possible without the functionality of RiF.
I'm glad to see you on the Fediverse now :)
POPPINKREAM IS HERE thank ye Gods! Love your work thank you for your dedication.
I'll miss Reddit and mostly RIF, but I'm not staying on that sinking ship. I hope Lemmy and Mastodon will get more and more traffic so it just replaces these toxic platforms at one point.
RIP RIF, you will be missed.
RIF was what Reddit looked like to me. Used it for over a decade. I paid for it once and it was ad free always after that. Good bye old friend
The best $2.99 I spent on an app. My only regret is the author didn't fleece me for more. I would have gladly paid the $2.99 yearly.
Came here because RIF shut down and I can't believe how bad the regular reddit app is. Here's hoping that Lemmy is the new reddit!
RIF made Reddit tolerable as the site declined in recent years. I might go back for the live NFL game threads but hopefully Lemmy gets some good sport communities by then. The Connect app has been decent so far but RIF was near perfect in it's simplicity - I hope other app developers take note.
Throwing in my appreciation for the best damn Reddit app there ever was.
RIF is Fun was amazing. So well designed and everything just worked.
RIF should be a case study in UX/UI design: it's user satisfaction (and really addiction) were a direct result to the ease of use of the interface and the speed with which you could consume content.
I fucking miss RIF already, and it's not been 24 hours yet. When's the last time you felt this way about an app?
I really truly appreciate how RIF changed my experience with Reddit and allowed me to curate my front page.
Was really struggling with awful content being pushed at me, but I still wanted to stay connected with the outside world. RIF allowed me filter out harmful stuff and make the whole thing so much better.
I miss my support communities & super niche interest subs. A lot. But I'm at least thankful that I got to experience them while I could.
Thank you, RIF!
Reddit will never be Reddit without RIF.
RIP.
That's one thing Reddit doesn't somehow grasp: They outsourced their brand experience a long time ago when they were late to building an app of their own. To me and many others, reddit definitely is reddit is fun. There's no putting that genie back in the bottle.
Just realized I've been using RIF from start to finish... 14 years. Everything else was shit. And that's not just kind of my opinion.
Holy crap me too. Tried using reddit in the android browser of the time and it was a terrible experience. Found RIF in 2009 and never looked back.
Made my Reddit account on RIF almost 10 years ago. Never used anything else really, aside from the odd visit on the desktop site. Now, here I am. Fuck you, Reddit.
RIF was pretty much reddit for me, such a shame that it had to end in this way.
I'm going to miss RIF. I actually found reddit through that app in the play store. After 8 years of using it and 7.5 of having an account, it'll take some getting used to not opening RIF. I'll keep it on my phone as a memorial.
RIP RIF
I can't bring myself to delete it yet either 🪦
Rif was reddit for me. It's saved me through so many boring commutes to the office and back. Rif, you shall be missed.
RIP RIF
tbf i didn't actually stop using redditisfun. I followed the guide to patching RIF with revanced which changes the user agent of the app to hide from reddit that you're using redditisfun
The instructions are here https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/14niwgu/revanced_patches_for_boost_infinity_rif_is_fun?sort=new
Gonna plug revanced here, too, since i already had revanced because i use it to have adfree YouTube and YouTube music with unlimited skips. Been using it since it was called vanced, when they just shared modified APKs. Then Google shut them down with a cease and desist letter so revanced was born. It's a system for patching apps yourself which gives the developers a bit more legal cover.
Revanced.app
GitHub.com/revanced
It would be awesome if RIF could be repurposed to be a front end for lemmy.
Agreed. I've been using the RIF format for a decade, would love a Lemmy app that captured the vibe. Connect for Lemmy is good but I miss that RiF feel.
Been using RIF since around 2011. I hope that Lemmy or Tildes takes off.
Is there a chance that the dev can rewrite rif for lemmy? I love rif, my favorite app. I'm not using some Lemmy app and Im not loving it
Goodnight sweet prince. Buying golden platinum was the best investment I've made in any software. I wish I could see how many hours I spent on it.
Thank you talklittle for your amazing work on that app. I would consider myself lucky to be able to buy golden platinum in whatever you next develop. I'll watch your career with interest.
RIF in Peace. You'll be missed but never forgotten, unlike Reddit.
@talklittle thank you very much for your service and for developing the best app to browse Reddit with.
RIP golden platinum. We had our good times
Rip in peace rif is fun :(
Over a decade on Reddit, using RIF on 4 different smart phones, and now it's all over. O7 I salute you RIF, ya done good kid.
RIF was the only Reddit I knew....
So long!! Hello! Lemmy! Cute name 😉
Thanks Talklittle!
RIF Golden Platinum was my most used app since 2011
RIP RIF. The only app that I could bear to use on android. Thanks for so many awesome years.
Here's to seeing if Lemmy (or maybe tildes.net if we get invites) works out. Seems like a cool community so far
I just woke up, opened the app out of habit, saw a 429 error, and uninstalled. There's an empty spot on my home screen now that I'll fill with LiftOff after a mourning period
it was the best app for accessing reddit. it is gone so now I am done with reddit
I am still baffled that Reddit didn't have options like, ads in API calls for 3rd party apps, or paying Reddit users can use 3rd party apps. It feels like Google blocking me for using Firefox even though I am a Google One subscriber, on a Pixel, browsing over Google Fiber.
If everyone is here, the content is here. So long RIF and thanks for all the fish, but if this takes off it will be so much better than ever before.
So, is it a problem that rif is still working for me some how? I went into it to see the dead app and canceled out of every message prompt after the good bye. Now when I open the app, it works.
Another Reddit refugee reporting in. RIF was how I reddited... It will be greatly missed.
10 years on reddit, most of that through RIF.
It feels like I've been kicked out of my home by monsters.
Started using Reddit with RIF, used this for 7 years and stopped using Reddit now that RIF is gone.
Memorial to "rif is fun for Reddit" Android app, aka "reddit is fun", shut down after June 30, 2023
