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Related to another Reddit app, but not RIF:
The Relay for Reddit dev (u/dbrady) is bravely working on Relay. I got an update yesterday. The changelog said "further reduce API calls". I think he actually wants to make it a paid app, which I'd gladly pay for.
I hate the Reddit change as much as the next guy, but if the Relay dev can actually make a profit from it that'd be awesome. The app cost a one-time $4 or something, which I'm sure he never made bank with. Having like $3-5/month for it would probably be sustainable.
I appreciate it, and that's probably the right move. Unfortunately, I know that I wouldn't want to pay that, knowing that I'd be helping feed Reddit.
My sentiments exactly! The app developers will make the same, all or most of that fee will go straight into reddit's pockets.
He wasn't optimistic on being able to make that work, last I heard.
He was initially talking about $3/month, but the issue is that most of the people willing to pay a monthly subscription for Reddit are the heaviest users. So instead of looking at the API usage for the average user, pricing needs to be aimed at the top 10% or 1% of users.
Relay is the app I use. It's is beyond awesome. I so wish for Relay for Lemmy. I would gladly pay again.
I will never pay for an app for Reddit. They showed their true colors and they were ugly colors. Like shit brown.
I've heard sync for reddit is converting to Lemmy. I'll give it a go.