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

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[–] Cstrrider1@beehaw.org 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I use Infinity since its open source

[–] derived_allegory@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also available on fdroid (until July 1st, of course)

[–] madmaurice@discuss.tchncs.de 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Well... Not anymore I don't

[–] polarimetric@beehaw.org 10 points 1 year ago

Yeah, seems like this poll is missing an important “I did before leaving Reddit” option.

[–] Hexorg@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Same. Used both RIF and Apollo through the years. Haven’t used anything for a week now.

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[–] Thalyssa@kbin.social 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] blackstrat@lemmy.fwgx.uk 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I use Infinity and have found it to be absolutely excellent. I wish I could continue to use it rather than leave altogether.

[–] innermachine@lemmy.one 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I am also a long time infinity user, Jerboa feels fairly similar to me.

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[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Define "currently"... I still have rif on my phone but I haven't used Reddit in a week

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[–] farllen@beehaw.org 11 points 1 year ago

I've used RIF for nearly 10 years. I can't stand the current state of the official app. It spends far too much time harassing you with useless notifications/info/recommendations for my taste and it's a laggy mess.

[–] comicallycluttered@beehaw.org 11 points 1 year ago

I mean, kind of...

I use Sync and still have it installed, but now it just aggravates me when I open it. Not because of Sync, but because Reddit is just... bleh.

Maybe I'll uninstall it later, but I'm tired and lazy. Not like I have a longtime account to delete since I coincidentally did that over a month ago for other reasons.

Do need to delete the one a I made a few weeks ago for NSFW shit. I'm sure Reddit will really miss having that 3 karma account.

[–] bliss@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

Use Apollo and now only open/upvote posts and polls about the resistance.

[–] amrawr@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

Sync all the way

[–] sjm@vlemmy.net 10 points 1 year ago

I used apollo, but I've not been on it since the protests started. Not going back to Reddit either now

[–] arcticpiecitylights@beehaw.org 10 points 1 year ago

I use(d) Infinity

[–] lowbatt@lemmy.cloud56.me 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I've been using boost for a little over a year. I have not be on since the blackout started.

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[–] capnminus@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

Sync for reddit pro for years, now using a browser for kbin.social.

[–] CapnJimby@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sync IS Reddit to me since I haven't used my desktop for primary browsing of the site in years. It's a shame Reddit is disappearing shortly.

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[–] TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

This will be an insanely biased poll

[–] JunkMuffler@lemmy.one 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I have used Boost on Android for years.

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[–] Nugget_in_biscuit@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

Apollo was great while it lasted

[–] spunker88@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I used RIF for over a decade, it did everything I wanted so I never sought out an alternative.

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[–] Rain@lm.melonbread.dev 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Was a big fan of RedReader.

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[–] lodion@aussie.zone 8 points 1 year ago

When I was using reddit, I used Boost.

[–] NPVT@reddthat.com 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Rif. Working on understanding this ui

[–] Pulptastic@midwest.social 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I used Baconreader, Relay, and in 2014 got Sync pro and have used that ever since.

I stopped using reddit for the blackout and have been trying Jerboa and /kbin since then.

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[–] Mr_Grumpy@lemmy.fmhy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

When I was using Reddit, I used RIF.

[–] dan@upvote.au 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I've been using Relay for maybe 10 years? It's a bit of an underdog and doesn't get spoken about a lot, but over the years I've tried a bunch of Reddit apps and Relay is the one I liked the most.

It used to be called "Reddit News" until Reddit cracked down on apps using "Reddit" in their name. Their rules changed to only allow "for Reddit" at the end of the name, so Reddit News became "Relay for Reddit", rif (Reddit is Fun) became "rif is fun for Reddit", etc.

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[–] Cylinsier@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago

Relay. The official app can go fuck itself.

[–] sirvesa@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago (8 children)

RiF since I found Reddit so many years ago. I've tried others but they never stuck.

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[–] Power0518@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago

RiF for several years!

[–] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I used Infinity but now I don't even use Reddit at all.

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[–] HisNoodlyServant@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago

Boost is still my favorite. I'm done after the third party apps are gone. Going to block Reddit in my router to stop me on desktop haha.

[–] June7th@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago

Before all this kerfluffle with the API, I have used Reddit is Fun for mobile for several years. I will be really bummed to see it go.

[–] Fizz 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)
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[–] Satiric_Weasel@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago

I've used both RiF and Sync, and between the two of them I'd probably say Sync was my favorite. I hope both of the devs land on their feet, they produced amazing apps.

[–] freeman@lemmy.pub 7 points 1 year ago

I used too. Paid for Apollo until Christian started spamming ads for ultra and went back on his word that subscriptions were only to cover ongoing costs like servers for notifications.

So I went to ReddPlanet. Who’s also shutting down.

I haven’t been on Reddit in about a week though. I’m not too keen on the lemmy devs stances politically and will probably move to kbin when the documentation and setup gets fleshed out better.

[–] flynnguy@programming.dev 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Currently? No, because I quit reddit.

But when I was on reddit, I used Relay For Reddit Pro.

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[–] AlexTheLost@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Currently? No I deleted my accounts, when I still had them though I used infinity

[–] ironsoap@lemmy.one 7 points 1 year ago

RIF user of many years. Pissed at Reddit. Although I see the financial motive for the API, the scumbag disingenuous moves have me believing it has jumped the social media shark and I had to move on.

Loved RIF, will miss the niches of Reddit, and this APIcalypse has opened my eyes to the deeper values of Reddit, but change is inevitable though.

[–] s_s@lemmy.one 6 points 1 year ago

I used Sync up until last week.

Won't be back.

[–] kamiheku@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago

During my 13.5 years of Reddit, I've used at least these, in possibly this order

  • Alien Blue (RIP)
  • Bacon Reader
  • Reddit is Fun
  • Reddit Sync
  • Joey, for the last ~6 years

Don't browse Reddit anymore, apps or browser. If I do end up visiting via Google, I use old.reddit.com.

[–] Provider@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago
[–] KerooSeta@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago

Reddit is Fun for around 10 years, Bacon Reader for around 2 years before that. I have quit Reddit since last week and don't intend to ever go again outside of the random Google search result.

[–] Magnus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago

I was using rif for years, I don't see myself ever downloading the reddit app partly because it sucks but now I have a bad taste in my mouth after all this. If they had of just improved their own app and left the third party ones alone I probably would have used it.

[–] BuddhaBeettle@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Didn't even know what a 3rd party app was until the protests (never used reddit on my phone to limit the amount of time spent there, and was never very tech savvy).
Left because of other reasons, like a couple mods of communities I love packing up and leaving and the sheer principle of it all.

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