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Infinity for Reddit plans to go subscription-only July 1st in hopes of sustainability, price undecided for now (old.reddit.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Infinity, a lesser known open-source third-party Reddit app for Android, has announced that it will be switching to a subscription-only model. This would mean that the F-Droid version of the app will be delisted and the API key currently in the source code of the app will be removed. As of this post, the developer is currently not interested in converting Infinity into a Lemmy client, but encourages others to look into doing it themselves because of the app's open source nature.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@grizz Relay's doing the same. I think some of the less popular apps like these can feasibly give the new API pricing a go.

I think the proposition has changed significantly for me though. I liked and supported these apps for a long time, but I'm not using them as vehicle through which to effectively subscribe to reddit.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same. It's not about the app anymore. It's about reddit itself.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same here. At that point, I'd be supporting spez and his IPO, not the app developer.

[–] LetterboxPancake 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah, absolutely. I'm fine with a subscription, but not at that price and not with that CEO. Spez will not see a cent of my money, no matter how much I loved Relay.