Following changes to its API access, users are forced to log in on the official Reddit app if they want to view NSFW content on mobile.

    • Sarcastik@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      It’s already been leaked they’re killing off everything outside of the official app in phases. Only a matter of time.

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      1 year ago

      A few weeks ago when I still used Reddit via old.Reddit I was constantly getting switched to the new Reddit. It was infuriating.

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          1 year ago

          That makes sense though considering that they wanted to kill the 3rd party apps too. I’d imagine that for desktop users it shouldn’t matter much wether you’re using the redesign or old.reddit - they’ll be able to collect the same data and show the same ads.

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        1 year ago

        In January Reddit told third party app developers that there wouldn’t be any API changes this year. Maybe in the future, but they definitely wouldn’t charge for it this year.

        Similarly, Spez said that old Reddit isn’t going away.

        To me, that’s enough to consider it a realistic possibility.

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        1 year ago

        Speculation, but it’s an inevitability. It costs money to support old.reddit, which means Reddit will certainly kill it on the day that they’ll think the backlash will be small enough.

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          1 year ago

          My imagination is that old.reddit.com was cheaper to serve than whatever it is they are doing now. Maybe they make less ad revenue?

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            1 year ago

            To keep old reddit alive they need to also spend developer time supporting some new features and not breaking legacy code. It’s more than just server costs.