Update: Relay will continue to operate from July 1st. It will be moving to a subscription model in the coming weeks : reddit

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Update: Relay will continue to operate from July 1st. It will be moving to a subscription model in the coming weeks (libreddit.hu)

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Hi all,

Sorry for the delay in updating everyone on the future of Relay. It's taken until now for me to work things out.

For the time being, Relay is going to be free for everyone to use (this means no fees and no ads) while i continue optimising API calls and finalising subscription prices. I'm working hard to get call volumes down and i'll try my best to hit as low a price point as possible, at least for a base tier that covers 85-90% of users. At the higher end of usage it's looking like i'll need to implement a few different price points but this is still something i need to figure out. I'll let you know when i do.

Thanks again for all the incredible messages over the last week. I've seen them all and they really mean a lot - knowing how long some people have been using Relay for is amazing. For anyone moving on from here, thanks for supporting Relay over the last 12 years - i'm forever grateful.

Relay Pro (should now be free to use): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=reddit.news

Relay video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2sTb4GzEz4

Cheers, Dave

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The idea of giving Reddit any money after how they’ve acted seems to me a repugnant idea.

[–] doofusmagoo 6 points 2 years ago

Agreed. I was a Relay user and fan for years, but this post has prompted me to finally uninstall it. :(

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thanks u/Spez for taking the paid app I have been using everyday for 8 years, to add content to your website for free!

Dave is doing what he can, but a subscription to still not have access to NSFW is not something I am comfortable with.

[–] can 2 points 2 years ago

Especially since a bulk of the subscription will go toward reddit instead of the dev creating the experience that's actually usable.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Yeah, really hoping that he would go to lemmy. But it is easy to comment from the comfort of my couch.

He's also taking a big risk by starting off free.

Note that I following my ethics around these big internet data harvesting platforms.

Note I am using thunder for lemmy, which feels a lot like sync at the moment.

https://github.com/hjiangsu/thunder

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I'm personally disappointed to see Dave concede here. It's weird seeing folks in his thread offering donations despite the fact that he's negotiated a grace period with Reddit.

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

I'm not angry with him for trying to keep something from his app of a decade, but I personally won't be supporting it and will only buy a Relay for Lemmy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I'm certainly not angry. He's well within his right to make the decision he feels is best for him.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Exciting. Relay is fantastic, and if Dave can make some money in the process that's great. I hate giving Reddit money as much as the next guy, but Dave has more than earned getting more than the $3 one time fee.