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Posting here since the boost sub on Reddit is completely locked.

As of a few hours ago the Boost for reddit app is giving me 403 errors and won't load anything at all. I've been continuing to use Boost for Reddit since the app-ocolypse since im a mod. But it seems like it might actually be dead now?

Can anyone else confirm?

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[โ€“] Ballissle@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 days ago

Ok, so not just me. Damn. I use it a lot daily and I hate the official Reddit app and site.

It was thanks to boost i learned about Lemmy too

[โ€“] Drax_@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago

This was the reason I switched to Lemmy. Still transitioning, but hopefully the community grows on here.

[โ€“] dotCody@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Thank God I wasn't the only one.

[โ€“] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

Same! I really thought i hit the lottery when I randomly used it a year after it shut down. I thought wow how many people could still be using this after that long. I just found everyone.

[โ€“] Qubbe@programming.dev 8 points 6 days ago

Yes this is the same for me as well... I guess this is the final RIP for real reals...

i get it occasionally but after a little while it's better

[โ€“] erotador@lemmy.blahaj.zone 51 points 1 week ago (1 children)

didn't realize this past was about boost for reddit not lemmy, I almost thought there was a real problem.

[โ€“] ademir@lemmy.eco.br 7 points 1 week ago
[โ€“] pm_me_weird_thoughts@lemm.ee 31 points 1 week ago (12 children)
[โ€“] Floppybutton@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

I did this the other day, can confirm no issues by following wchill's guide to install the patch.

[โ€“] beSyl@slrpnk.net 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Can someone explain to me how the revance patches work? Do I need to download any revance app to apply them? Where is that app?

Sorry that I am an idiot.

[โ€“] pm_me_weird_thoughts@lemm.ee 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)
  1. Get revanced app from revanced.app. Download and install. Dont download from any other websites like revanced.net etc
  2. Follow instructions precisely from https://github.com/wchill/revanced-patches
  3. If you dont know how to do step 4 on the above link, its explained here https://github.com/KobeW50/ReVanced-Documentation/blob/main/Reddit-Client-ID-Guide.md#info OR here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wHvqQwCYdJrQg4BKlGIVDLksPN0KpOnJWniT6PbZSrI/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.dg2gcpgawdj5
[โ€“] beSyl@slrpnk.net 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Thank you! Though may this "fiasco" serve as a reminder that we are all better off building Lemmy into something better rather than keep engaging with reddit.

[โ€“] Krudler@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

It's a wonderful aspiration, but I literally was the 3rd sign up on Reddit... No word of a lie, I actually emailed spez his own source code because he had his server misconfigured to report verbose errors.

Reddit has been a piece of shit from day one, it's always been a piece of shit, it will always be a piece of shit, people love pieces of shit.

And a real problem underlying is that people are shit.

So you cannot build any type of community until we learn as a tech community how to organize humans by intellectual capacity, instead of by interests.

[โ€“] pm_me_ur_moods@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Replying to this for visibility. This worked for me. Took less then 5 minutes.

Thank you so much!

edit: huh... just realized your username...

[โ€“] Kon@lemmy.wtf 2 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Did you put the user agent data exactly like in the guide? Cuz i still get 403 with it

[โ€“] Legume5534@lemm.ee 1 points 4 days ago

You need to use your username.

i changed the username section with my own username in both parts for the useragent. i just read the comments above where its not working for some...

might have to do a trial and error.

perchance did you create a new installed app instance instead of recyclying the old instance for the first revanve workaround?

[โ€“] pm_me_weird_thoughts@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Youre welcome :) .. lol u also have similar username

[โ€“] K3can@lemmy.radio 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me 6 points 1 week ago

Kinda crazy the devs shut down wchill's patches and insist on the more fragile "lets generate a random user agent".

The redirect URL and user agent manual spoof is much more reliable because at least it really does look like someone's custom app, and closes options for them in the future to block it again.

[โ€“] Dragod@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Did revanced manager change? I just downloaded the latest version on my new phone and I don't have the ability to patch an app not listed?

[โ€“] pm_me_weird_thoughts@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Cant really say anything about this. I have 1.23.3. It worked on this version for me. I dont know if its the latest one or one of the older versions

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[โ€“] x_cell@slrpnk.net 22 points 1 week ago

Same here. I guess it's a blessing.

I'm not coming back to Reddit through their app.

[โ€“] CascadingSymmetry@mander.xyz 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Same here. I guess this will finally stop my reddit habit.

[โ€“] Yxf@lemm.ee 13 points 1 week ago

I confirm, it's giving me 403 error too and repatching didn't help...

[โ€“] ThisSeriesIsFalse@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

In the same boat as you, had a small community I was moderating that saved me from the initial purge. Might come back in a while, but if it doesn't, I'm not going through the effort to get back in. Lemmy could use more users anyways.

[โ€“] LocalDumbellThief@lemm.ee 3 points 6 days ago

I made a subreddit just to become a mod and I was able to stay on boost. But I'm yesterday the app died :(

[โ€“] Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Same, even with the custom API key. Guess we're gonna have to spoof the user agent too.

[โ€“] batshit@lemmings.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I tried that but didn't work for me either

[โ€“] Kon@lemmy.wtf 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Not working for me either. Still getting 403 with the customized useragent

[โ€“] batshit@lemmings.world 2 points 6 days ago

Idk what exactly I did but it suddenly worked for me. I reinstalled the app and applied patch using Revanced manager. Here is a Github issue that has a workaround. I can't tell you the exact patch right now but if you remind me in a few hours I will.

[โ€“] voracread@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Looks like Reddit blocked it.

RedReader is working.

[โ€“] LEMMINGoftheBDA@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago

Gonna have to wait and see if the RV team comes up with a fix. For now, seems like it's dead, Jim.

[โ€“] jordanlund@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Been dead for me since the apps were ganked.

[โ€“] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

It didn't work for me either, but i started checking it like a year later and saw it was working. I would assume it was due to almost nobody using it anymore which didn't trigger the maximum API requests. Although seeing how many people came here I guess I was far from the only one still using it!

[โ€“] Lulzagna@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

It kept working if you were a moderator

[โ€“] Lulzagna@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Same here, just died today

You can use revanced to patch it, though it takes a bit of googling and tinkering. I did this with rif a while ago and it's worked perfectly since.

[โ€“] jasep@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Relay via Revanced is still working

[โ€“] kia@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

Getting the same error.

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