With Sync and RIF both set to shut down in less than two weeks, do you find yourself without a trusted Reddit client?

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

    • Hexorg@beehaw.orgEnglish
      6·
      2 years ago

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

      • MadMaurice@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        4·
        2 years ago

        I had grown quite fond of the app Infinity over the past years. I uninstalled it last Sunday. I’ve also deleted all my Reddit content yesterday. Honestly I had thought it would be more painful to see all that go down the drain. But after a week away from Reddit I didn’t even care about any of it anymore.

    • LoamImprovement@beehaw.org
      1·
      2 years ago

      Same, until they announced it’d be shutting off at the end of the month. Damn shame, but oh well, it beats sticking around waiting for the end.

      • deephurting@beehaw.org
        1·
        2 years ago

        I’ve always used RiF - it duplicates the desktop layout better than the others, along with so many other features. Wish its developer was moving on to a Lemmy app, but he’s cranking out one for Tildes instead.

        I still use it to lurk - the shitstorm over there is quite amusing, read the latest announcement at r/videos. Yes, nothing but John Oliver videos - but the screed this is delivered with is a thing of beauty.

  • blackstrat@lemmy.fwgx.ukEnglish
    16·
    2 years ago

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

      • blackstrat@lemmy.fwgx.ukEnglish
        4·
        2 years ago

        Using that too now. Could do with collapsing threads and skipping to next / previous top level comment and I’d be a little happier. But otherwise quite pleased.

        • ds12@beehaw.orgEnglish
          2·
          2 years ago

          What do you mean by collapsing threads? Currently if you clicked on a comment, it should collapse said comment and any children of the comment.

          With regards to navigating to the next/previous top level comment, worth putting that as an “issue” on Jerboa’s GitHub as a feature request if one doesn’t exist for this feature already.

  • bionicjoey@lemmy.caEnglish
    13·
    2 years ago

    Define “currently”… I still have rif on my phone but I haven’t used Reddit in a week

    • chinpokomon@beehaw.orgEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      Yeah, “currently” is the wrong adverb to use. Relay and Boost were common apps I used and pretty much the only means I used to access Reddit. I only touched the desktop web app when I got a web search link.

  • farllen@beehaw.orgEnglish
    12·
    2 years 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.

      • jimmux@programming.devEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        It’s unfortunate timing. I’m going to give it an overdue glowing review. And hint that a lemmy conversion would be well received.

    • david@feddit.ukEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      I had restarted using apps because the mobile webpage had become toxic with pushing me to the official app that I knew from reputation was toxic for UI. It kept forgetting where I was and reloading the whole page, uncompacting the threads I’d finished reading.

      Reddit quite deliberately drove me off the mobile web interface, I just didn’t go where they wanted, just to boost and bacon reader. I’ll see if they still work tomorrow, but I’m enjoying using lemmy more, because it seems to be where all the sane people who like good conversation went.

  • HisNoodlyServant@beehaw.orgEnglish
    11·
    2 years 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.

  • CapnJimby@beehaw.orgEnglish
    10·
    2 years ago

    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.

    • lotanis@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      5·
      2 years ago

      Yeah, after I started using Sync and they did the redesign, desktop browsing felt so slow. Even old.reddit felt clunky compared to Sync.

  • comicallycluttered@beehaw.orgEnglish
    10·
    2 years 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.

    • TechyDad@beehaw.orgEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      Same here. I might go back to Reddit for two subreddits that I can’t get elsewhere, but for all the other subreddits I used to frequent, I’ll be sticking with Lemmy via Jerboa.