this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2023
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Reddit Was Fun

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Memorial to "rif is fun for Reddit" Android app, aka "reddit is fun", shut down after June 30, 2023

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[–] Safeguard77@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Rest in Peace my love.

[–] ThisIsNecessary@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you for RIF. For years I thought it was the official app. I once tried reddits official app when it was released and it was a quick "nope" back to RIF. Thanks for the years of fun.

[–] sharkfin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Long time BaconReader user. Very disheartening, but hopeful for the alternatives

[–] Captain_Nipples@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It started working for me again.. it stopped last night, and didn't work this morning... but now it works..

I'm assuming it's a mistake by Reddit?

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[–] Whenithinkofone@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I'm going to miss RIF so damn much. One of my favorite apps ever!!

[–] bozo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

My app is still working as of July 1st when logged out, haven't done any patching or anything. New content is loading.

@talklittle hope this isn't going to incur API charges for you :(

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[–] Lilwolf@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I used the official app for the first time today. Boy does it suck! Mobile and RIF is done. How the hell am I going to take a shit again? 10 years of training... I don't know how my bowels will react!

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[–] Sputnik34@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

RIP RIF you were the GOAT

[–] nunzilla@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you so much u/talklittle for 10+ years of enjoyment. The thing that stood out about rif was how clean and information dense the list view was. It reminded me of old.reddit where you're looking at a list of posts instead of constantly scrolling like the newer reddit card design. Makes me feel slightly more sane about staring at my phone.

Very excited to see where your future takes you. reddit was always going to fail. Every site or social media network will eventually fail. In its place will fall something else. As ridiculous as your experience has been, perhaps this is for the best.

[–] So_zetta_slowpoke@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Good night, sweet prince. You weren't a good app... you were the best.

[–] Nightsoul@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So sad to see RIF go, I was using it since I first found reddit about a decade ago. Fuck spez and his greediness

Thank you thank you thank you for the many many years of stellar service. I would be ecstatic if you just so happened to make LiF... you'd have an instant buy, you know!

[–] outofband2@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Bye RIF Thanks for all those years :'-(

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is it actually down? A friend of mine says he still has access to it. I don't have an Android, do I can't confirm.

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[–] insomniac@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

RIF was one of the first apps I downloaded when I got a smart phone. I was looking for things to do with it and saw it trending in the App Store so I decided to check out this Reddit thing. For over a decade (until I moved to an iPhone) RIF was Reddit to me. I’ve gone to Reddit through official channels only a hand full of times and it’s a terrible experience.

Very bummed to see RIF and Apollo dead. To me, that means Reddit is dead. Whatever is leftover is a shell of what it once was.

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