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Some users wonder if the dev will be charged for having it still up, others argue Reddit can't charge him without having signed a contract. Everyone is confused as to why the API change hasn't made it inoperable.

Why is Boost still working?

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[-] islandmonkeee@kbin.social 239 points 2 years ago

The thing is that it really is no longer about 3rd party apps working or not, rather, the level of disrespect displayed from Reddit towards us, their userbase. That's why I'm not going back.

[-] AlecSadler@kbin.social 128 points 2 years ago

Exactly. Relay user here and it'll continue to function but...

  1. Fuck spez
  2. I don't care to support reddit anymore
  3. Reddit's content for my feed is already turning to garbage. I'm already finding kbin and lemmy better.

Good riddins.

[-] Oshka@kbin.social 28 points 2 years ago

Exactly this. There is now actual conversarion and I'm finding interesting content again.

[-] Anomalous_Llama@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

I’m struggling to find as much interesting content as I did on Reddit. BUT I am much more easily finding pleasant conversations. And that I think is more important.

I’m posting more here than I did on Reddit because I want to be the change I want! Also I’m still learning to navigate this place too. I like it though.

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[-] GataZapata@kbin.social 19 points 2 years ago

Nr. 3 is the main point. I prefer less content if it's not reposts, ragebait and bots

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[-] ginerel@kbin.social 13 points 2 years ago

I was a RedReader user for quite a while (as in years). While being a bit spartan, I found it to be the best Reddit app for my preferences. Period.

But indeed, nowadays, there is actual (great) content on Lemmy and Kbin, and I am willing to get to it. Not much time left for Reddit. Sorry, spez, fuck you!

[-] ClassyDave@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

Good riddance?

[-] meldroc@kbin.social 59 points 2 years ago

Exactly. Even if spez rolled everything back, I'm not going back.

All trust in Reddit is now destroyed because of Spez.

[-] Scott@kbin.social 39 points 2 years ago

Fact is even if Reddit rolled back the changes it’d be the classic “let’s see how far we can push our user base then we’ll roll that back to acceptable levels while slowly pushing those limits through later updates” strategy

[-] EvilMonkeySlayer@kbin.social 25 points 2 years ago

His name is Steve Huffman, using Spez means he gets to avoid a lot of the public criticism through google searches etc.

[-] Bendersmember@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago

After the whole Brock turner the rapist crusade (deserved) I've been sitting here scratching my head why spez wasn't named and shamed with his real name by the same group.

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[-] TThor@kbin.social 14 points 2 years ago

Reddit has made clear they have no respect for their users, especially their most active users responsible for creating and moderating their content. No matter what reddit does or doesn't do now, it is obvious it will continue to get worse.

[-] IninewCrow@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago

It's also a wake up call to those who created content and did tons of free moderating for no gain other than personal prestige ... it is making us all realize that whenever we put in extra effort into a social media website that is privately owned - we create the content and reason for the sites existence but we don't financially benefit from it, someone else does who did no work to create any of it other than to claim ownership over everything.

It's the same old story from a thousand years ago or even the arguments of worker rights from the 1800s ... we create the means of production but we receive no benefit from our work

[-] Iwasherefirst@kbin.social 14 points 2 years ago

Same. I used to use the official app because when I started using Reddit, I was not aware of third party apps. Then it was just inertia. After this fiasco started, I started trying various apps and used sync for the last 3 weeks. Now i'm here.

[-] nepenthes@kbin.social 13 points 2 years ago

LJ (Sync dev) said he'd look at Kbin after he gets Sync for Lemmy up :)

[-] Bendersmember@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago

Little late to the game on this one but I did finally get my words to reflect how and why I feel I do about this situation, I commented it recently on another post but I'm gonna drop it here again as I hope it can add to this discussion.

I quit when rif went down. I've never used an official app, desktop site, mobile site etc. Rif was Reddit to me for 10 years. Maybe leaving as a collective will make some difference, maybe not, but I'm going to start being more firm on how much I'll let companies try to push me around expecting me to just take it. They built it on our backs, then just took it away so a literal select few can cash in, when they are already filthy rich and had other options.

I've been explaining it to others as if you broke your phone. Now it's frustrating getting used to a new phone, but it has lots of new features you never even thought of that make up for the inconveniences. Sure I could go back to my old phone, it's comfortable to use, but the screen is broken and it cuts me now and again, and over time it'll cut me more often. I'd rather get used to the new phone.

This past year I've dealt with food going up, gas, utilities, rent, hell cigarettes and even beer, my fishing license went up. Every single nook and cranny they can pull a cent from you they will.
I'm done choosing to let them. If they want my data, my attention, my content, they can pull it from my cold dead hands damnit.

Ok weird ass Braveheart speech over and out.

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[-] const_void@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

Yep. Fuck Reddit. It's fallen to the normies now. I'm glad to have my tech nerd discussions and news here in the fediverse now.

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[-] demvoter@kbin.social 78 points 2 years ago

The r/blind mods said RedReader stopped working for them what a total clusterfuck to have the key accessible app not work while others are.

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[-] 1chemistdown@kbin.social 52 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

When the API shut off early, Apollo dev u/iamthatis (@ChristianSelig@mastodon.social) revoked his token so I cannot see any of this; but I’m wondering if reddit isn’t pulling a silent reversal of this to stem the bleeding of users and content. There is a lot of useful stuff that has been deleted. The AMA staff resigning and all the stuff migrating to fedi. No matter how much f-u/spez tries to shout “This is fine”; the building is still burning all around him.

Bet they left turned access back on.

[-] Valdair@kbin.social 20 points 2 years ago

I thought access would essentially be the same from the app's perspective, just the app builders would start getting MASSIVE bills in the mail? And they were shutting it down preemptively to avoid this.

[-] introvrt2themax@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago

That was my understanding, also. I read that the first billing for devs would be sent on Aug 1, so developers who did not want to pay shut their apps down on June 30 so they wouldn't have even one bill for API use. However, it also sounds like Reddit shut off the API early from what Christian Selig said so they continued their petty games.

Obligatory fuck u/spez

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[-] GunnarRunnar@kbin.social 19 points 2 years ago

Which is... worst of both worlds?

[-] blivet@kbin.social 17 points 2 years ago

When the API shut off early, Apollo dev u/iamthatis (@fhristianselig@mastodon.social) revoked his token so I cannot see any of this

Yeah, Reddit singled his app out to be cut off first. So petty.

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[-] cazzodicristo@kbin.social 16 points 2 years ago

good to know, I can continue to not use it then

[-] Jcb2016@kbin.social 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Are you willing to test. If Boost is working it's a matter of any day it will shut off. Boost Dev is already making a lemmy app. Reddit is gonna die and hard!

[-] UnhappyCamper@kbin.social 29 points 2 years ago

I can't wait for the Lemmy Boost app. Wish kbin had an API so there'd be apps for it as well though.

[-] numbscroll@kbin.social 31 points 2 years ago

@UnhappyCamper

@Jcb2016 Good news… at least two kbin apps are in the works. Follow @dansup for their Kbam app, and @hariette for their Artemis app. Artemis sounds like it’ll be heavily Apollo inspired, whereas Kbam is doing something a bit different.

https://mastodon.social/@dansup/110644503485927580

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[-] Kichae@kbin.social 15 points 2 years ago

The API will come. It's still very early days for the kbin project. It's, uh, kind of alpha software.

[-] 1chemistdown@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago

They’re working on the kbin api stuff right now. It’sa priority. Also, check out Artemis magazine on kbin

[-] Ostermac@kbin.social 13 points 2 years ago
[-] IvanTheTerribleWaiter@kbin.social 20 points 2 years ago

Apollo dev recorded and posted on twitter him deleting the API key

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[-] mohKohn@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago

anonymous RIF seems to still work, even though logged in doesn't. it's not like the whole website is gated, I suspect many of these apps treat anon vs logged in requests differently

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[-] kosure@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago

Same with Relay... I checked it to see what the dead so would look like and all the genetic frontage posts loaded in... It'll be interesting to see what happens.

[-] Beanmaster@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago

The author of relay put out a post saying that it'll keep going for free while he decides what the subscription model is going to look like - it's the top post in the sub ATM.

Was surprised with that choice, but it doesn't change anything - not using it anymore regardless

[-] capwiz@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago

Maybe they're just waiting until after the holiday weekend?

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