I’m not on Reddit right now; but I was on Apollo since it came out, feels like about 10y right now.
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Relay Pro user for a few years here.
I was using Joey but deleted it along with my accounts on the 12th.
RiF, up until a few days ago when I decided to take an indefinite break from Reddit.
Apollo for years. I check in on Reddit occasionally and will until month end.
Same. I opened the Reddit native app during this whole controversy and it is so much worse. Not even because of the UI, but because of the frequent and sneaky ads between posts and comments. It’s just a worse / capitalist nightmare experience.
Was using Relay on android for the past like 10 years.
Reddit didn't have a third party app (just the compact and mobile interface) when I used it, so I picked up an app and never left.
I mostly use Alien Blue and Apollo, both of which are almost certainly on the chopping block. I tried the official Reddit app for a little bit, but my iPad Mini 2 is too old and slow for it, so it tends to crash almost instantly, or run rather poorly.
On my phone, I started with relay, but moved to Redreader and Infinity, since they were open source, and have better performance compared to Relay. I still keep relay around for the message notifications, since they're better than the other two apps.
I used Apollo until roughly a week ago or so when I started to detach from Reddit. Now it‘s since been uninstalled.
Apollo still works. I will use it until it does not. And then - cold turkey.
My main reason to rush was that I felt disgusted any time I opened it, because I kept seeing comments from people who didn‘t give a fuck and supported spez. I’m used to feeling like shit and doom when browsing Reddit, but disgust was a new one.
So I pulled the plug early and overall, I feel good here now, I can share in some negative news about Reddit which makes me feel less alone and also participate in new and growing communities, it‘s awesome.
Only thing I miss is the app, Apollo was a wonderful app and you could tell a labor of love, RIP. I can see why you might want to use it till its last day.
I used Apollo for over 5 years. Before that, I had an Android, so I used Baconreader and later Relay. Before THAT, I used Alien Blue.
Ever since the blackout, I have only visited Reddit once. Definitely making Lemmy my primary forum nowadays.
Apollo user here.
My 11 year account has been using nothing but third-party apps for Reddit on mobile. First Narwhal, then Alien Blue, finally Apollo.
before i quit i used infinity on android and old reddit on desktop
Well, I technically still use Boost, though I haven't really used reddit since the 11th.
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Not currently using Reddit, but I started out with baconreader, and have been using Joey for a few years now.
I was using Sync for years and years. This month, I deleted all my Reddit accounts. That was a well polished app and I'll definitely miss it, but I'm not really missing Reddit itself.
I did, Apollo, before leaving Reddit for good. It was the reason why I used Reddit in the first place.
Using RIF until it throws errors at me
Sync, fantastic app.
I used to use Narwhal app but I don't go to Reddit anymore.
Me. I use Slide for Android, an #openSource one (do we do hashtags here, can't recall!)
I second Slide but for iOS.
I use Redder on iPad for the last several years. It apparently hasn’t been updated in 2 years, and I have no idea if there is a userbase of any size.
Just bought the Mac version of Redder about two months ago….
I used BaconReader for a long time and then switched to Relay several years ago. I'm going to miss it dearly.
I used to use Teddit.net and Stealth on F-Droid before the u/spez tomfoolery.
Apollo on my iPad and Sync on my Android phone.
I used Baconreader on Android but I may have subscribed to RSS at one time too. 14 years but not so much recently.
Such a useless poll
I was a huge fan of Sync, the Material You implementation was the best on Android, bar none.
I use to use bacon reader but now here I am
Apollo (and Alien Blue before that back in the day).