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a megathread for developments on Reddit and with third-party Reddit apps (beehaw.org)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by alyaza@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org
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just so this doesn't overwhelm our front page too much, i think now's a good time to start consolidating discussions. existing threads will be kept up, but unless a big update comes let's try to keep what's happening in this thread instead of across 10.

developments to this point:

The Verge is on it as usual, also--here's their latest coverage (h/t @dirtmayor@beehaw.org):

other media coverage:

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[-] Carcel@lemmy.ml 32 points 2 years ago

RedReader has been granted a non-commercial accessibility exemption and will not shut down. QuantumBadger is planning long term changes to support Lemmy, HackerNews, and Tild.es alongside Reddit in the same app.

https://www.reddit.com/r/RedReader/comments/145du4j/update_4_redreader_granted_noncommercial/

[-] Lowbird@beehaw.org 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That is fantastic news.

I've already deleted my reddit account, but I use RedReader primarily as a "look, don't touch" way to view reddit anyways. RedReader allows you to customize so much that you can turn off all the voting buttons and the reply buttons, so you just get a nice minimalist reading experience, don't have the constant tiny mental overhead of voting, and don't risk getting tempted into impulsively wasting your time (and supporting reddit) writing comments/posts.

Edit: being able to use RedReader for Lemmy would be wonderful, but it looks like that might be a thing in the distant future, perhaps, but not the near future.

[-] V4uban@beehaw.org 11 points 2 years ago

Interesting, I might do a similar approach in the coming weeks just to keep an eye on some niche subs

[-] roi 4 points 2 years ago

I have also deleted it, but I forgot to wipe the data.

[-] snota@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

I'm going to hold off on deleting mine so I can repost stuff to quieter leemy communities to keep them going until it happens more organically.

[-] ellabella@beehaw.org 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'm using libreddit on PC, and Offline Reader for Reddit for my android, I'm not good at tech stuff, can anyone confirm if they are also exempted?

[-] rakkhun@beehaw.org 9 points 2 years ago

I believe that libreddit is looking for a workaround against the reddit api changes, if they cannot find one they will move to web scraping

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