this post was submitted on 18 Jun 2023
278 points (100.0% liked)

Technology

39652 readers
173 users here now

A nice place to discuss rumors, happenings, innovations, and challenges in the technology sphere. We also welcome discussions on the intersections of technology and society. If it’s technological news or discussion of technology, it probably belongs here.

Remember the overriding ethos on Beehaw: Be(e) Nice. Each user you encounter here is a person, and should be treated with kindness (even if they’re wrong, or use a Linux distro you don’t like). Personal attacks will not be tolerated.

Subcommunities on Beehaw:


This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
 

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

(page 4) 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] Lx32@feddit.it 3 points 2 years ago

Infinity, FOSS and on FDroid

[–] AlienHairball@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Have been using Boost for quite a while now, but have used a few over time.

  • Boost
  • Relay
  • Sync

On desktop, always old.reddit.com with RES.--

[–] irongamer@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago
[–] delcake@lemmy.songsforno.one 2 points 2 years ago

Slide for Reddit was my app of choice. Now I'm just waiting for my CCPA data export request to come back to me. Once that's done, all the old accounts are going in the shredder.

[–] gk99@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I used to use Boost, I stopped when they banned the community showing how to switch to kbin.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] offthecrossbar@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

I used bacon reader for a couple years before switching to relay and staying there for like 10 years or something like that. Tried others here and there but always quickly went back to relay for one reason or another. I'll be sad to see it go

[–] TimTheEnchanter@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Apollo (and Alien Blue before that back in the day).

[–] HisDufusness@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago
[–] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 2 points 2 years ago

Depends on how "currently" is defined. If it means right now, then no. However, if it means until all this then yes. I used to use redreader before i nuked my accounts and content in protest and came to lemmy full time

[–] bunkbed@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago

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

[–] AceLucario@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

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

[–] icanflywheniwant@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

Just wanted to ask if Lemmy has an iOS that is not in TestFlight or has its beta full.... Or should we just make one!

[–] rs5th@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

I was using Apollo before... well... you know, everything.

[–] j4yt33@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Currently, as in up until the blackout: yes, Baconreader. I used it so exclusively that I only really know reddit as BR shows it to its users and I felt uncomfortable and a bit confused on old and new web reddit. I missed all the "innovations" new Reddit brought, never knew what people were talking about when they mentioned avatars and apparently missed all chats that were ever sent to me because BR would only show messages and comment replies. So without BR, to me there will be no reddit, because I wouldn't be willing to invest time into getting to know reddits official app. One, because it looks absolutely terrible and two, because I'm tired being treated like this by big corporations. You want to shit all over your user base, you won't get any of my data or money any more. Simple as that

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] ghashul@feddit.dk 2 points 2 years ago

Not currently using Reddit, but I started out with baconreader, and have been using Joey for a few years now.

[–] hazelnoot@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

RiF, up until a few days ago when I decided to take an indefinite break from Reddit.

[–] spacemanspiff@beehaw.org 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.

[–] Jamsb@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I used RIF for years. Originally I installed the official app, but it was so bad I sought out alternatives.

For desktop I used the old.reddit site (the redesign was terrible!) I genuinely don't know how people can use the new look desktop site.

[–] Valdair@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

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

[–] jeena@jemmy.jeena.net 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I never used a 3rd party app on reddit.

[–] TheBladeRoden@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Using RIF until it throws errors at me

[–] fell@ma.fellr.net 2 points 2 years ago
[–] TheNH813@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

I definitely have used a client for years, that being RedReader. They actually managed to get a non-commercial accessibility api requirements exemption. The creator of it may be interested in adding support for accessing Lemmy and similar federated networks within the same app. That would actually be a great idea, I really hope they can make my favorite client a all in one. https://reddit.com/comments/145du4j

[–] LootGoblin42@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)
load more comments (2 replies)
[–] GiantBasil@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well, I technically still use Boost, though I haven't really used reddit since the 11th.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] Skiptrace@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago

I use Boost on Android.

[–] Sunspot@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

I was using Sync for years and years. This month, I deleted all my Reddit accounts. That was a well polished app and I'll definitely miss it, but I'm not really missing Reddit itself.

[–] Caffeinated_Capybara@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

I've been using boost for a while now. Just felt right for me.

[–] BiggestBulb@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

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

[–] TranceReduction@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

Used Reddit is Fun. Obviously not anymore.

[–] SeeJayEmm@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago

I used BaconReader for a long time and then switched to Relay several years ago. I'm going to miss it dearly.

[–] kkaosninja@mas.to 2 points 2 years ago

@lostwonder Used to have Infinity for Reddit on my Android.

Uninstalled it now.

load more comments
view more: ‹ prev next ›