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

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Sync, but I already got rid of it and my Reddit stuff.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Have used various third party apps in the past, won't name, they've never been too bad.

Usually neater and pay homage to the original style of Reddit as a long form text based forum,. From what I've seen, the official Reddit app and front page on desktop has evolved into a Facebook style newsfeed of images and short videos.

Not my jam

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I've exclusively used Relay for years until earlier this week. I've popped in a few times to see how things were going. According to my screen time usage app I've used Relay for under 10 minutes this week. Prior to that I was spending anywhere hour plus daily.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Still have Apollo installed to use it until the last day. Been using less and less thou in recent 1-2 weeks.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I use 3: RedReader, Stealth & Relay

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Used Sync for Reddit for few years. I paid for pro version after just few hours of using (super simple setup etc). Now I am enjoying kbin via mozilla and it is great.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I don't plan to use reddit anymore if I can help it, other than to find specific answers to things. I'll no longer just browse. That said, up until now I exclusively used RiF. I refuse to touch the official app, and use old.reddit and ad blockers.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Boost on android and Apollo on my iPad. Absolutely fantastic apps that made the experience so much better. I don't even remember the last time I used the ofifical reddit app. Though, I haven't used reddit since the blackout began.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Used to use Apollo, but traded my iphone to get back to Android a week ago. Perfect timing to be honest, haven't been on Reddit since.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm still using Apollo and am trying to get used to Feddit but it's hard, to be honest. On Reddit I'd know I'd get shittons of downvotes for saying this ;-)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Apollo forever till the blackout. Replaced the apollo spot with Mlem to keep my muscle memory from screwing over my desire to not support the reddit changes.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

That poll isn't going to get good results because a lot of 3PA users have already left reddit

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Apollo all the way, sad to see it go

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yes, Relay. Not nearly as much as before the whole API situation, but i still use it occasionally.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hey, another Joey user.

Nice.

Usually doesn't get mentioned when people talk about third party apps.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Another ex-Joey user here. Did exactly what I wanted. Nice and clean interface.

Joey devs had a poll recently asking would I pay a subscription for the app (for Reddit). I said no, but maybe they would consider altering Joey to work with Lemmy.. not sure how easy that would be though. Are any of the other clients' devs considering the same does anyone know?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I used to, Joey. It was a little rough around the edges but it was cheap and had no ads. I stopped using in January because I wanted to spend less time on Reddit in general - the site on mobile Firefox sure helped to keep me away :^)

Now I'm gone for good tho - thanks spez for helping me quit!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Apollo. So no more reddit for me when the app shuts down officially.

I wish Christian would made an Apollo-like app for the Fediverse.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Right there with you. The thing is, I've been trying to kick the habit for years now. Huffman is doing me and millions of others a favour here. I'll probably still log in online occasionally, but that's a small minority of the time I spend on the site.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Red Reader is my main app, but I use it a lot less than before because I'm slowly moving to Lemmy. Still on there for now to shitpost where it's been newly allowed.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

RiF for at least 10 years.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I have Apollo Ultra, because I really appreciated the work that went into making the app so pleasant. I also was a reddit subscriber for over a decade ( since 2011 ). Already cancelled the subscription, and when Apollo goes dark I think my use of reddit will plummet. Pretty much just browser access with adblock on.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I've used Joey for years. (I've never used the official app.)

I'm not using anything right now and have deleted one of my accounts. I'll be deleting the other one in the next week.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I used to use rif. Now, if a search brings me to reddit, I use my web browser, but I haven't directly gone to reddit since the subreddits went dark.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I just uninstalled BaconReader. Long time user. Deleted the accounts that weren't banned for wrongthink.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year 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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

RiF for 9 years

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I use Boost on Android.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

RIF right until I stopped using reddit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I'm looking for a gradual transition from Reddit to Lemmy. To make things easier, I started to use Redreader. Man, I wish I'd done this switch earlier.

Redreader's dev has expressed interest on Lemmy compatibility, so when (if) this happens, I know which app I'll be using.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I used to use Boost, I stopped when they banned the community showing how to switch to kbin.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

RIF for a few years and Apollo for a few months, since both are going down I don't really have any incentive to stay on Reddit

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.--

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Apollo for iOS, RiF for Android I've pretty much been off Reddit since the blackout

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