Does anyone know if using Boost for Reddit right now will hurt Ruben? I will uninstall it immediately if that's the case.
this post was submitted on 02 Jul 2023
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I really, really, doubt that. This is also my first comment on Lemmy. I'm still getting the hang of it.
Welcome to lemmy then!
Reddit has postponed dropping the old API from 1st of July to 5th of July, so things are expected to work until sometime tomorrow. As Boost still connects via the old API, there are no costs involved for the developer.
Came here to post this. I'm really just reading stuff on lemmy now as the communities build, but check boost every now and then. Still kicking.
Looking forward to boost for lemmy!
I am not surprised. Reddit is really struggling these days, it will take them some days or weeks to update the API for these new changes.
YouTube videos in the internal video player started failing for me, maybe he's starting to expire the tokens for the integrations
Surprisingly, Relay still opened fine and I was able to browse a bit.
I don't have any illusions about Reddit, I'm all in on Lemmy. But it is weird that it's past the deadline and apps are still functioning.
Same when I tried earlier. I'm all in on Lemmy now, and I don't want the dev to potentially get charged with API fees, so I just uninstalled anyways.
If the app wasn't update to stop working it still uses the developer API token (client_id), Infinity is also working.
Just don't update the app a continue using while it works.
Very weird how Boostβs API credentials are still working, but other apps were shut down unexpectedly on the hour. The Apollo dev still had to delete his API key for the app to stop crashing, so the credentials were still there.
Either Reddit was deliberately very selective with which apps had to go, or spez had it done manually and didnβt make a full list of apps lol
If the dev don't revoke the token user can continue to use their apps.
Either Reddit was deliberately very selective with which apps had to go, or spez had it done manually and didnβt make a full list of apps lol
Reddit didn't "kill the apps", only charge the API, if devs continue to use their API the bill will be send to them
Again, Christian did not revoke the Apollo token until after the app wasn't able to authenticate. I'm pretty sure developers have to actually apply for higher rate limits using the new Developer Platform in order to be able to get charged for them.
I really hope so. Greedy reddit bitches.
So, does this mean that using boost right now will hurt the developer? I'll uninstall it now if that's the case.
I noticed as well, but I've uninstalled and was significantly more productive this morning at work lol. I'm going to be using Lemmy going forward and see how it goes
I'm not going back to reddit, even if it's working and if it continues to work in future.
Probably because it's weekend and devs aren't working right now. So the changes will probably happen on Monday.
Probably because it's weekend and devs aren't working right now. So the changes will probably happen on Monday.
Screenshot so you don't have to give reddit your traffic, I took one for the team.
Basically they are too incompetent to make their own deadline.
The contrast between Boost and the official app is so stark.