Infinity for Reddit is OpenSource: https://github.com/Docile-Alligator/Infinity-For-Reddit
Apparently Reddit doesn't allow the original developer to publish the app with a field for a user API key... but there are tutorials on what to modify to get it to work, and there might be forks out there with the required fields baked in.
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That, or Christian made a pretty expensive mistake...
I wouldn't put a lot pass /u/spez, including offering special deals on API pricing. Especially if he thinks it would make Christian Selig look bad.
It's precisely the kind of thing a lying, gaslighting and vindictive /u/spez would do.
Subscription with less features (no nsfw). That's a no from me. I will not be using reddit on mobile.
I'm generally willing to pay for a service (I donate to Open Source Projects I regularly use) because of course there are server costs, development costs, etc. But in this case and after all that Reddit has done to its user base it would be a very bad signal to give them money for it... I like Infinity for reddit and would love to have an Infinity for Lemmy
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The other point for me is that reddit has been getting shittier long before the API change. Forcing you to use their crappy app when you just clicked a link on mobile, all this weird avatar and award stuff. The weird chat that got bolted onto their message system, yet keeping the two seperate?
There's no way I will pay for that.
And even with that subscription, you still get locked out of any post or subreddit that is marked NSFW, which will now be even more since subreddits are still protesting the changes.
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Yes and they're already blocking mobile web access to most porn subreddit. Only from their app, for "safety" 😉
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Ever since the first pricing announcement, they said they’d lock out NSFW. Originally they said it would just be porn, but when asked how the API would differentiate different types of NSFW Reddit never replied.
When mods using 3PA asked how they were supposed to remove NSFW posts on non-NSFW subreddits, the Reddit reply was the posters shouldn’t be doing that. Yeah.
Right now nobody even knows which ones will be blocked or not because it's hardly visible at the moment. It's going to be an absolute clusterfuck once people start realizing their subreddits are improperly categorized as NSFW and are completely blocked from the API.
If it's the same as the mobile website, then new/small subreddits are blocked too for being "unreviewed".
cross section of "IfR" users and people willing to subscribe monthly is rather small
Absolutely. I used Infinity for years now because it's open source and on F-Droid. I used it to get away from Google and the Reddit App. Donating for Infinity's developer? Sure thing. Paying money only to finance reddits API policy? For sure not.
I don't think most users will understand where their money is actually going...
Which is going to be even better of an experience for IfR's dev: "why is your app so expensive?", "We pay SO MUCH and still have bugs...", "Hey, with what I pay you, I sure would expect the feature I requested to be implemented already". Oh boy, what fun. My only regret is that this probably isn't going to be public, because I can definitely afford popcorn. 🙃
Someone should tell the developer to not do that. They should just shut down their app.
It's 'adapt or die' at the moment for 3rd party Reddit apps. I was kind of hoping that the developer would pivot to Lemmy or add Lemmy functionality to the app. Infinity was my go-to app before the apocalypse.
Same, and that's why I really am disappointed. But hey, someone else is apparently trying to make an "Infinity for Reddit" inspired app for Lemmy. It's apparently going to be called "Beyond". Hopefully, "Beyond for Lemmy". 😉
I think the best thing to do if you want to continue using Infinity would be to just compile your own APK with your own API key.
I've never used android studio before but didnt take me very long to work out how, and it all seems to be working.
You only need to change a couple of settings and about 3 lines of code.
It's 100% clear that Reddit is trying to kill off third party apps completely so that they can facefuck you with ads and other garbage. The Apollo dev saw the writing on the wall. I can't blame other app devs for trying to squeeze a bit more livelihood out of this, but hopefully they've realized that they need to move on asap. In the end, it's a great reminder to not build your business on someone else's platform, even if they're "cool".
Christian already had paid subscriptions he'd have to contend with. A much harder problem.
Apollo users tends to browse and interact with Reddit more than other platforms, too, so the per user cost is much higher.
Are there price details yet? Christian was talking about $5 still not breaking even so I’d be interested to see where they’ve landed.
I read that it should be between 10-15 dollars. It's way too expensive, it's a shame.
Yikes. That’s more than most streaming services. No one is paying that for Reddit access