Slide is dead

https://www.reddit.com/r/slideforreddit/comments/14neq32/slide_is_dead/

created by timawesomeness on 30/06/2023 at 22:52 UTC*

194 upvotes, 48 top-level comments (showing 25)

Slide is officially dead due to Reddit's API pricing change.

On behalf of /u/ccrama and all the Slide contributors, I would like to thank everyone for the support over the years. This project would not have been successful without your loyalty and your suggestions, feedback, and bug reports. The Slide community has been genuinely wonderful to work with.

*A quick FAQ:**

Why doesn't Slide work anymore?

Reddit has made the decision to charge an exorbitant amount for "high volume" API access, which most significantly affects third-party apps like Slide. As a result, Slide is limited to 100 requests per minute spread across all users of the app. While we don't collect analytics like some closed-source clients do, each individual user active at any given time most certainly makes multiple requests per minute (loading things, voting, commenting, etc), thus it only takes a few active users at any one time to exceed the free tier.

Can't you make it a subscription?

That would require a lot of infrastructure and data collection that is not desirable for an open source project. We wouldn't even know what to price a subscription at since we don't collect analytics. That also potentially opens up financial liability for us if someone starts abusing our API client ID (which is difficult to hide without sending all requests through a central server) to make large numbers of requests.

Can you make it so users can input their own API client ID so they're each individually covered by the free tier?

It's technically possible, but:

It's difficult to be motivated to continue to support Reddit when Reddit is opposed to us
It seems that API sign ups will be turned into a manual human-approved process in the near future[1], which would make that infeasible

As Slide is an open source project it is already possible to build Slide with your own API key if you want to.

1: https://www.reddit.com/wiki/api#wiki_read_the_full_api_terms_and_sign_up_for_usage

Can you port Slide to ____?

Slide on Android is very heavily dependent on Reddit. The code is not structured in a way that would make it easy - or even realistically possible - to port to another platform. Additionally the code is often convoluted and difficult to maintain without experience. It would absolutely be possible to make an Android app that is visually/functionally similar to Slide for another platform, but it would require a new codebase and none of us are committed to that route as far as I'm aware.

If you’re on iOS, I cannot vouch for it but someone is attempting to port Slide to Squabbles[2].

2: https://squabbles.io/u/Plornt/post/d5xkp4Zw2k

edit: Someone is also attempting an Android port to Lemmy[3].

3: https://github.com/bqv/slide

Comments

Comment by mathemagical-girl at 30/06/2023 at 23:09 UTC

21 upvotes, 0 direct replies

thank you. it was fun while it lasted.

Comment by semperverus at 01/07/2023 at 01:12 UTC

17 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Someone is attempting to port Slide to Lemmy as well

Slide for Lemmy Community: https://lemmy.world/c/slide@feddit.uk

Release Alpha 0.0.1: https://github.com/bqv/slide/releases/tag/0.0.1

Comment by NatoBoram at 30/06/2023 at 23:00 UTC

14 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Thanks for everything.

Comment by PhoenixBlack136 at 30/06/2023 at 23:13 UTC

9 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Thankyou for such a great app 💜

Comment by AncientMariner_Mcl2 at 30/06/2023 at 23:57 UTC

11 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Incredible app. You made reddit navigation tolerable.

Thanks for your hard work and dedication.

Screw reddit. Lemmy time.

Comment by AlwaysDoingNothing at 01/07/2023 at 00:09 UTC

10 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Of all the apps Slide was the best one. Thanks for a great app.

Comment by meowchin at 30/06/2023 at 23:56 UTC

8 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Thanks to all the devs. It was a great few years.

Comment by eplusl at 30/06/2023 at 23:52 UTC

6 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Thanks for years and years of usage. So long friends.

Comment by mushies_ at 01/07/2023 at 02:07 UTC

4 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Slide was my favorite 3rd party app for Android. Thanks for providing a better user experience while you could.

Comment by SearchForLove at 01/07/2023 at 02:36 UTC

6 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Slide was the best app . I wish such changes didn't happen on reddit .

Comment by rfa31 at 01/07/2023 at 03:35 UTC

4 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Was the best Android reddit app.

With the obligatory fuck u/spez

Comment by TheObesesLadySings at 01/07/2023 at 04:10 UTC

6 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Sad to lose my favorite app, thank you for everything.

Comment by GalegRex at 01/07/2023 at 04:28 UTC

5 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Thank you ! I liked the simplicity of Slide during all these years... Good job 👍

Comment by [deleted] at 01/07/2023 at 06:36 UTC

5 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Most time I have spent on an app in last 5+ years. Thanks /u/ccrama

Comment by jamielife at 30/06/2023 at 23:38 UTC

5 upvotes, 0 direct replies

So long and thanks for all the memes!

Comment by psychedelictrance at 01/07/2023 at 00:42 UTC

5 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Thanks guys, it was a sliding pleasure all these years. :)

Comment by atasty_beverage at 01/07/2023 at 00:51 UTC

4 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Thank you all for the last 8 years I've used it. Always loved how clean it was and so easy to use.

Comment by sometimesiamdead at 01/07/2023 at 01:16 UTC

4 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Thank you so much. I hate reddit now

Comment by septembers-very-own at 01/07/2023 at 01:52 UTC

4 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Thank you guys for everything. ♥️

Comment by Smacpats111111 at 01/07/2023 at 02:05 UTC

5 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Thank you. I downloaded this app exactly 4 years and 1 day ago and probably spent close to a thousand hours on it. One of the best designed apps I've ever used. Thanks for everything.

Comment by maniacalmanicmania at 01/07/2023 at 03:09 UTC

4 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Thank you /u/ccrama and to all Slide contributors. All the best with your future endeavors.