140 upvotes, 7 direct replies (showing 7)
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🥱 Bring back third-party apps. Fix the ridiculous API pricing. It would be welcomed more than all of these "updates" put together.
Comment by FuzzelFox at 18/04/2024 at 10:47 UTC
35 upvotes, 2 direct replies
The app is such hot garbage. It's unintuitive and clunky. I love trying to mute a video only to end up in the comments, or back to fullscreen, or back to the list of posts with it still blasting sound at me.
I also LOVE when I'm trying to look through an album of photos and after 2 or 3 swipes the app decides that I clearly want to see the next post instead of the rest of the pictures! Brilliant UI choices all around.
Comment by Superirish19 at 18/04/2024 at 09:59 UTC
11 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Just create a subreddit, and choose any of the remaining apps still in your app marketplace (for android, look for apk mirrors). These will still be free.
I still use Boost for Reddit Android and it works fine because mods are api limit exempt.
If you don't want to create a junk subreddit to do this, there's also reVanced for a few reddit 3rd party apps (though I believe for Android only).
Comment by flipiova at 18/04/2024 at 10:21 UTC
6 upvotes, 1 direct replies
This. As an Android user I always admired Apollo and I thought about switching to try the app, so I was pissed when the whole thing happened. I was also a long time Relay user, that didn't help.
Comment by tekanet at 18/04/2024 at 09:03 UTC
11 upvotes, 3 direct replies
Long time Apollo user, super angry about what they did.
I’m now using Narwal: great experience, I’m enjoying Reddit again thanks to it. Can’t really compare the two, loved Apollo, loving Narwal.
There’s a monthly price to pay, yes, I guess for me it’s a fair amount. If it fits your budget and you’re on iOS, highly suggested.
Comment by zombiepete at 18/04/2024 at 12:34 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I don’t expect this to ever happen; they need to monetize redditors now more than ever so they’re going do whatever they can to continue to drive users to the official app, which is trash.
I expect apps like Narhwal (which I use) to become less and less functional over time as they keep features/functions out of the API in the hopes of strangling the competition to death.
Comment by JoeyBigtimes at 22/04/2024 at 22:50 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
They can't. They already sold all of our "training data" to google. Can't go giving away something for free right after they sold it. Looks bad!
Comment by [deleted] at 24/04/2024 at 16:20 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
hell, if they at least made the api cheap enough, or included access with the usless reddit premium it would be enough