The app I was using stopped working.
this post was submitted on 27 Sep 2023
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Weird. I had the same problem.
Same
Weird, even donating $5 to the app didnβt fix it
You can use the Dawn app from the catalog F-droid.
Apollo was rip.
Also out of principle.
It became more and more disgusting. The API changes do not affect me at all but I took the opportunity and deleted my account there. Part out of protest, part out of not liking nowadays Reddit anymore.
Was he better before? Other than changing the API and adding advertising, there don't seem to be any changes to the web version. But I, as a newbie to this social network, may not know something.
I left Reddit due to third-party app issues driven by greed
i am the consequences of u/spez's actions.
No more RIF means I can't use it on the shitter no more.
The app I used stopped working and the official reddit app is garbage that wouldn't stop giving me push notifications for inane nonsense.
Enshitification
They killed third party apps and Iβm not letting the official Reddit app within a mile of my phone.
Not all third-party apps have stopped working. For example, the Dawn app from F-droid works well. There is also a Stealth application that does not have the ability to log in to your account.
I took a break because of the blackout. I swore the site off forever when I saw Spez's response to the blackout.
The API changes didnβt really have an effect on me since I had always used the official Reddit app, and only switched to Apollo a week before the blackout. The reason I left is because Redditβs response was really out of touch and insulting to its users. After coming to the fediverse I realised just how horrible Reddit has become and I donβt plan on going back.
Because fuck Spez, thatβs why.
I'd like to think it was my indignation at the API changes affecting 3rd party developers and horrible abuses of moderator privelige, but I think in my heart I know it was really just because RIF was going to stop working and I hate the official app.
Same, but using Apollo.
Same, but with boost for reddit.
- sent from boost for lemmy
Unfortunately there are a lot of trackers in this application.
Which just like the original are disabled with the premium version.
I left before the API fiasco because I was addicted. Had a brief, beautiful couple of months away from platforms like reddit. Now addicted to Lemmy instead.
What can you say about the social network Mastodon?
I think it's the best replacement for Twitter if you're someone trying to build an audience or if you want to be one of the audience. I've realized that I'm not either so I don't really use it much.
Didn't want to use their bloated app, really.
I had wanted to quit before then, so their war on third-party developers just helped that along.
I never really liked it much - too many assholes, astroturfers and bots - so I was always open to moving somewhere else, as soon as I found somewhere I liked better. And I liked the threadiverse better.
The subreddits were becoming more and more toxic in the comments, and any attempts at defending oneself just results in getting banned.
I got attacked for using the wrong terminology, to which I politely told the commentor to go fuck themselves. I got banned for a week. So I made another account and contacted the mods. We argued, they banned me, I made another account, etc.
I was finally contacted by the main moderator of the sub, who actually conversed with me. We reached an agreement and my bans were lifted. However, Reddit Inc. permabanned me and all my accounts, email, everything. I had even contacted the mod of the sub, but unfortunately, Reddit had taken away all the mod tools that allowed the mods to change it.
This wasn't the only time this kind of thing had happened. Anytime I made a post, I would get ripped apart in the comments. I'd eventually tell them to fuck off and then I'd get banned for being mean in the comments. I'm sorry, but if I'm getting attacked over stupid shit like installing a stove in my skoolie or commenting supportively on other peoples posts, I will fully go off on you and call you out PUBLICLY. If it gets out of hand, I turn it over to the mods.
Reddit is an absolute shit show at this point. Good riddance.
Tired of the admins bs.
They killed my favourite third party app, Apollo. That and Lemmy showed me an even better alternative.
API shitstorm
I started using Lemmy a bit before the blackout and all that fun stuff. I was using both before the blackout, then just Lemmy during, and I realized I had a lot more free time and was enjoying the posts on Lemmy more, so I just stayed here full time.
People on lemmy really seem to spend a lot of time thinking and talking about reddit. Why is that?
Well probably because:
- Lemmy is explicitly a reddit clone
- The vast majority of lemmy users are recent emigres from Reddit
- Reddit is still much larger and more influential
There are no interesting entertaining subreddits here. π
Who will repost memes from other social networks?
Be the poster you want to see in the Lemmy
I barely used Reddit at all, but I started using Lemmy as soon as I heard it existed. My reason for not using Reddit is primarily because it has ads but also because I don't want to contribute to a platform that benefits financially with free user content.
Unfortunately, most people don't think about such things. They just register in the application where their friends are located, and there is a lot of different content.
I didn't fully stop using Reddit, but I can safely say I've had about a 95% reduction in total use time there.
After this summer's fiasco, I have a bad taste in my mouth from them (I think many people do) so I am only in a small handful of communities that haven't migrated to the Fediverse. The site in general feels much less busy.
Because almost everyone on that site is a toxic piece of transphobic shit. There's only so many kinds of microaggressions you can take every day before you decide to move to someplace else. I wish society would deal with places like that and throw people in jail that enable these assholes to be like that.
I didn't. I'm still MozartWasARed on there and always will be.
I haven't stopped using Reddit.
I was already looking for the exit for a long time, when the API changes came I saw my chance to escape.