Reddit Is Fun (RIF) will shut down on June 30, 2023, in response to Reddit's API changes : reddit

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Reddit Is Fun (RIF) will shut down on June 30, 2023, in response to Reddit's API changes (www.reddit.com)

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[-] RagingNerdoholic@lemmy.ml 27 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I've been a loyal RiF user for years. RiF is reddit to me. This really sucks. So long, reddit.

[-] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 24 points 2 years ago

I'd be lying to say I'm not sad about this. I'll use the app up until the bitter end, then bid farewell to reddit.

[-] sparklingsquirrel@feddit.de 15 points 2 years ago

I'll do the same. RIF is Reddit to me, no RIF = no Reddit.

[-] doctortofu@reddthat.com 5 points 2 years ago

Same here. It is going to suck A LOT - I've been a heavy reddit user for more than 15 years, most of it was through RiF. I will miss some communities I'm a part of there, but there is no way I'm using the garbage official app or supporting the lying scum of the CEO of they place, so this is how my reddit adventure ends... :(

[-] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 15 points 2 years ago

Sad to see them go.

[-] Billy_Gnosis@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 years ago

Same. This was my 3rd party app of choice. Wonder if the dev will adapt it for this platform

[-] Ignacio@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

According to another user on that reddit post, the dev is raising funds for a new web based on reddit, called Tildes.net.

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

I've got an account there and it feels great. It just needs users, but the core is effectively res old.reddit for mobile, e.g. The reddit many of us started out with a 10+ years ago

[-] tookmyname@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Hey sorry to ask, any chance you can send me/DM an invite? I’m just a dude that likes niche communities and doesn’t troll.

[-] haakon@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

17 years of Reddit here. If you have invites, I would love one!

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

Huh, that could be interesting.

[-] haakon@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Promising, but they need to open up registration. This is happening now.

[-] tookmyname@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 years ago

Holy shit. They lost their two best apps on both platforms in one day. Maybe the people running the company are failing.

[-] markipol@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

When you put it that way, it's pretty unbelievable they've done this. They had many developers willing to make more (and better) ways to interact with the site (wtf happened to "engagement", isn't that the literal buzzword these days?)

They could have literally just either had a fair pricing system, ads in the API, and removal of ads for Reddit premium users (or even all 3). Even if their main concern was AI scraping, just make it so it's limited and you can't literally just download the whole of Reddit. It'd be very easy to distinguish AI traffic from user traffic.

[-] MistDusk@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

My first ever Reddit app. Despite having used so many different reddit apps over the years I always kept coming back to Reddit is Fun. Going to miss it.

[-] Starya68@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

Synch is going too. But that was the point, wasn't it. We all saw it coming. Sadly Bill Gates didn't decide to save any of them.

[-] morrowind@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

What does bill gates have anything to do with this

[-] Starya68@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

I tagged him to see if he'd pay 🤣.

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