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How many of you use a 3rd-party app to browse Reddit?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Always used RIF, the stock Reddit app has always been unusably terrible.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Relay Pro (android) use to be the app I've used for reddit, but I uninstalled it at the start of the debacle and will not be returning to reddit for the foreseeable future due to the nature of what reddit has become. It is no longer a community lead platform and instead a thing owned by a larger company with leadership that just wants to make money off of the people who use it. I believe the fediverse to be the future of the community that made reddit what it was and that community should not be owned by any one company/organization. There will definitely be growing pains and decisions to be made here on how best to handle so many things, but I have confidence in the community that it will be sorted out and we will get through the growing panins. It will result in a much better platform that will help take us through to the next stage of worldwide community, connectedness, and information sharing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I wouldn't say "currently", but I used to use Infinity.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Me. I use Slide for Android, an #openSource one (do we do hashtags here, can't recall!)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I used to use Narwhal app but I don't go to Reddit anymore.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I used Apollo on iOS and Sync Pro for Android. Deleted my account of fifteen years though

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Sync, fantastic app.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I did, Apollo, before leaving Reddit for good. It was the reason why I used Reddit in the first place.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I used Joey for about a year but since the blackout it's been uninstalled

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Never was a heavy user. I was using infinity, uninstalled before api change was announced actually.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Boost user here, sad to see it go :(

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I used Narwhal then Apollo on the 7+ year account I deleted.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

@lostwonder

I used "Now for Reddit" for 95% of my time on Reddit. Once I discovered it that was it for me. Only dealt with the web if I had no other choice.

Never did web on mobile.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Crazy that it took this much scrolling for me to find someone mentioning "Now for Reddit".

It was the same for me - I've tried all the apps mentioned here, but Now was just coded for exactly what I needed functionally and aesthetically. Everything else felt less. I think it speaks so clearly to the importance of 3rd party devs and app choice, we all have a different definition of perfect.

All that said, I haven't even opened the app since the blackout started. I hope the dev ports over to Lemmy/beehaw/etc.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

You’re asking a rather biased crowd, seeing as we’re on Lemmy. I’ve used Apollo for a long time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I use teddit, a privacy frontend for reddit. Doesn't support logging in, but I haven't had a reddit account for a few years now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

My 11 year account has been using nothing but third-party apps for Reddit on mobile. First Narwhal, then Alien Blue, finally Apollo.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I supidly used the official app despite it's blatant flaws. Out of spite I switched to RIF up until the blackouts.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I've used Boost for years.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Reddit didn't have a third party app (just the compact and mobile interface) when I used it, so I picked up an app and never left.

I mostly use Alien Blue and Apollo, both of which are almost certainly on the chopping block. I tried the official Reddit app for a little bit, but my iPad Mini 2 is too old and slow for it, so it tends to crash almost instantly, or run rather poorly.

On my phone, I started with relay, but moved to Redreader and Infinity, since they were open source, and have better performance compared to Relay. I still keep relay around for the message notifications, since they're better than the other two apps.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I used Apollo until roughly a week ago or so when I started to detach from Reddit. Now it‘s since been uninstalled.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I used Apollo for over 5 years. Before that, I had an Android, so I used Baconreader and later Relay. Before THAT, I used Alien Blue.

Ever since the blackout, I have only visited Reddit once. Definitely making Lemmy my primary forum nowadays.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Reddit is Fun back when I was on Android. Apollo once I moved to iOS. I will sorely miss Apollo.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I been using Libreddit as a webapp and will continue to use it until I can't, I made the switch about 3 months ago and for a site like Reddit that's all that needed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Apollo for years. I check in on Reddit occasionally and will until month end.

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