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[–] [email protected] 125 points 1 year ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I didn’t even realize how long I’d been using Apollo until all this stuff happened. It’s been the only way I’ve used Reddit for five years. Not having access to it anymore really hurts. Christian did such a phenomenal job of making Apollo feel incredibly intuitive and customizable without feeling overly cluttered. I’m really going to miss spending my time lurking over there.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Damn, me too. It sounds so cheesy but it was really integral to me in keeping up with news, etc, etc, etc. I hate that Reddit did all that.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Have you tried wefwef? It’s pretty much Apollo for lemmy

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I haven’t!

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[–] [email protected] 70 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Originally? AlienBlue. It was the best, but then they killed it, so I went to Apollo.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

They bought it first and then killed it so that they could present their own BS β€œofficial” app.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

The 4 years of reddit gold for free was pretty nice. Didn't ever motivate me to spend a dime on gold myself after it expired, but it made reddit slightly more bearable.

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Yeah it's been many years but I remember trying the official reddit app and it simply didnt work. I installed rif and it was perfect. I used rif for many years. Countless hours just scrolling my carefully curated subs.

So sad. When I launched it and it gave me an error that day the api changes kicked in, it felt like a friend just died.

Snif.

I think the fediverse might just be ok tho. These networks taking off right now are thanks to spez. Lol.

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Sync on android and Apollo on iOS, both were sublime in their own way.

Currently using Memmy on iOS for lemmy, but I have about a dozen other apps installed since I’ve been trying all of them

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Checking in! Can't wait for boost for lemmy!

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I used the official app, but i decided to quit because of all the API debacle.

So now i use Jerboa for Lemmy.

[–] gizmonicus 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, same here. Th API changes had 0 effect on me, but corporate money grabs that involve restricted access and screwing the community is a big no no for me.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I used the web browser and really loved Reddit, but the way they screwed everyone over was too much to put up with. So glad I found out about Lemmy before I left!

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago

RIF was fun for reddit

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

RiF for nearly 10 years. And is sorely missed.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Joey, I would gladly use Joey again if they hosted Lemmy

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Me, having never used a reddit app, just the web UI (which, as you can imagine, made me as a mobile user hate reddit more and more over time) ...

Wow, didn't there were so many apps. No wonder you were all upset at the API changes!

[–] can 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Alien Blue, then Sync.

Cannot wait for Sync for Lemmy

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sync because I had huge preference for apps that followed MD3/Material You. I wish it had an inline comment editor for replying in the middle of threads, that was my only missing feature. Slide did the inline editor nicely.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

This falls under #4 - it's very similar to other Reddit discussions and I feel like we're just looking back rather than forward.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Infinity

still works though I have been getting a lot of load errors

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Apollo. Everyone in my house did. Two have stopped using reddit entirely, I'm still checking on a couple of communities until their counterparts take off here. I'm using Dystopia there now because I'll never, ever download their shitty app.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Boost. It still works πŸ˜€

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Infinity as my main, Boost as my second one. Reddit once per year to check if it was getting better or still a shit.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Relay, great app

[–] jsveiga 7 points 1 year ago

Bacon Reader Premium

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

RedReader, love me some barebones functionality.

[–] southsamurai 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Slide, except for moderating a couple of specific subs where I needed the bullshit that's only available via the official crapp

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago
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