Comment by safe-not-to-try on 11/09/2021 at 01:12 UTC

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View submission: Opt out of followers, front-end improvements to Reddit search, and an experiment to inspire new communities

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Part of me hopes that they disable old reddit and then that new reddit is so awful it cures me of my addiction

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Comment by foamed at 11/09/2021 at 07:41 UTC*

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Part of me hopes that they disable old reddit and then that new reddit is so awful it cures me of my addiction

It'll eventually happen as Reddit is going public[1] within the next year. They released their app on the Microsoft store today too.

1: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/12/technology/reddit-new-funding.html

Twitter restricted access to third party apps back in 2018[2] and reddit will inevitably go down the same route to please their investors. In July 2020 Twitter re-released a new development API which were gated behind paywalls: https://techcrunch.com/2020/07/16/twitter-introduces-a-new-fully-rebuilt-developer-api-launching-next-week/[3]

2: https://blog.twitter.com/official/en_us/topics/product/2018/investing-in-the-best-twitter-experience-for-you.html

3: https://techcrunch.com/2020/07/16/twitter-introduces-a-new-fully-rebuilt-developer-api-launching-next-week/

Comment by saltedappleandcorn at 11/09/2021 at 04:12 UTC

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I recommend the RIF app for Android.

Comment by Furt_III at 11/09/2021 at 21:13 UTC

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Unfortunately for you new reddit isn't awful.