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

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[-] Minty@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Cannacheques@slrpnk.net 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

[-] lowleveldata@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

reddit is not fun anymore

[-] obosob@feddit.uk 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.

[-] LewsTherinTelescope@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago
[-] Hellebert@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Me for about 10 more days or so apparently.

Then it'll just be Jerboa on my phone because I refuse to install that piece of crap official Reddit app entirely. If a Google search takes me to Reddit for an answer I'll just use my browser until they eventually kill that too probably.

[-] ExoMonk@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Been on Reddit since 2009ish before they had an app. I used reddit is fun, baconreader, relay and then sync lasted the longest. When I moved to iOS I grabbed Apollo which was the closest experience to sync. I've been off Reddit for over a week now. Deleted my apps, deleted most of my accounts. There's some things I still miss that I haven't found replacement for, namely some niche discussions (wrestling, destiny 2) but I'm sure I'll find something.

[-] Cowbob45@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

RiF for 9 years

[-] Dekthro@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago
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[-] Silviecat44@vlemmy.net 3 points 1 year ago

Used to use Apollo for Reddit (with pro)

[-] xavier666@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

I use Joey, a lesser known but very customizable app for reddit. But I've reduced my participation there.

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.

[-] borntohula85@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

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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[-] Gh05t@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

I was on digg but was slow to get on Reddit. Wasn’t until Apollo that it became regular part of my daily routine. Without the app I wouldn’t have been as engaged.

[-] sphere_au@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago

RedReader, although not so much since Spez started his API stupidity. Personal preference, I like the basic, clean interface, which is also valued for accessibility. Jerboa's interface actually looks quite similar.

[-] Beeko@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

You’re asking a rather biased crowd, seeing as we’re on Lemmy. I’ve used Apollo for a long time.

[-] brad@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

RiF for at least 10 years.

[-] raspberrybush@beehaw.org 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.

[-] AlienHairball@beehaw.org 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.

[-] irongamer@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago
[-] pete443@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

RIF for many years, switched to Infinity a year or two ago

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[-] LootGoblin42@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago
[-] parared@beehaw.org 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.

[-] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

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

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[-] Skiptrace@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

I use Boost on Android.

[-] Rentlar@beehaw.org 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.

[-] SeaJay@beehaw.org 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!

[-] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 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.

[-] heschlie@lemmy.schlunker.com 3 points 1 year ago

Was using Relay on android for the past like 10 years.

[-] spacemanspiff@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Relay Pro (android) use to be the app I've used for reddit, but I uninstalled it at the start of the debacle and will not be returning to reddit for the foreseeable future due to the nature of what reddit has become. It is no longer a community led platform and instead a thing owned by a larger company with leadership that just wants to make money off of the people who use it. I believe the fediverse to be the future of the community that made reddit what it was and that community should not be owned by any one company/organization. There will definitely be growing pains and decisions to be made here on how best to handle so many things, but I have confidence in the community that it will be sorted out and we will get through the growing pains. It will result in a much better platform that will help take us through to the next stage of worldwide community, connectedness, and information sharing.

[-] wholemilk@lemm.ee 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

[-] fiberandcolor@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago
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[-] kilmister@lemmy.ml 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.

[-] Lupolo@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

RIF for as long as I remember. No more. Sad to see it go. Looking forward to watching this new fediverse community grow.

[-] LegacyFlex@kbin.social 3 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.

[-] pjoter@kbin.social 3 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.

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