I am one of those people who have never used Apollo (I use Android), and I never could get into the rhythm of RIF when I tried it -- I prefer the OG old.reddit.com on browser as I hate the "new" Reddit. On the outside, it appears that I have no skin in this game.
That being said, I found Reddit's/Spez's/Admins' handling of the situation revolting (no pun intended). In solidarity, I tried both a Lemmy instance and kbin (I prefer kbin's UI more, but Lemmy is still pretty solid), as well as dip my feet into Mastodon once I was acquainted with the Fediverse concept. I am trying my best to reduce my time on Reddit and I am mainly using it for professional-related subreddits that have not migrated yet.
It is mind-blowing at how bad Reddit handled the situation. Instead of stepping back and negotiating with developers, they're telling them to either give a boat load of money or fuck off. And judging by the posts that I've seen from developers, it seems that even if they are able to magic into existence a boat load of money, then they still won't get access to the same API calls that Reddit's in-house (broken) app has and will continue to be second class citizens.
Yes, Reddit technically has the legal right to charge users an arm and a leg to access user-generated content in high-quality subreddits made possible by hard-working mods, but Reddit should not be surprised if the users and the mods say "fuck it" and take their ball to a ball court that is not going to charge them to access their own content.
I am one of those people who have never used Apollo (I use Android), and I never could get into the rhythm of RIF when I tried it -- I prefer the OG old.reddit.com on browser as I hate the "new" Reddit. On the outside, it appears that I have no skin in this game.
That being said, I found Reddit's/Spez's/Admins' handling of the situation revolting (no pun intended). In solidarity, I tried both a Lemmy instance and kbin (I prefer kbin's UI more, but Lemmy is still pretty solid), as well as dip my feet into Mastodon once I was acquainted with the Fediverse concept. I am trying my best to reduce my time on Reddit and I am mainly using it for professional-related subreddits that have not migrated yet.
It is mind-blowing at how bad Reddit handled the situation. Instead of stepping back and negotiating with developers, they're telling them to either give a boat load of money or fuck off. And judging by the posts that I've seen from developers, it seems that even if they are able to magic into existence a boat load of money, then they still won't get access to the same API calls that Reddit's in-house (broken) app has and will continue to be second class citizens.
Yes, Reddit technically has the legal right to charge users an arm and a leg to access user-generated content in high-quality subreddits made possible by hard-working mods, but Reddit should not be surprised if the users and the mods say "fuck it" and take their ball to a ball court that is not going to charge them to access their own content.