I don’t use Reddit anymore, but I wanted to search something that I couldn’t find anywhere. This is what I saw. After killing all the other apps, Reddit now is trying to force us to use their own spyware app.
Are they just trying to divert as much traffic as possible through their app?
That is exacly what they try to achieve, satansmaggotycumfart.
But why?
Do they somehow get more personal data that way?
I thought closing access to the API was for my own protection!
Yep. Reddit has gone full corporate.
Enshittification
They’ve had this for a while. The cheat code is to change the url to old reddit.
no offense but who the fuck cares, you know what i mean? that shithole can enjoy the hell it has consigned itself to.
And like, why are people surprised it’s only getting worse? Of course it is, we knew long ago the removal of 3rd party app was the beginning of the master plan to monetize our communities.
the beginning of the master plan to monetize our communities.
I think it was closer to the middle of the plan.
I think what’s even more annoying is when you actually do use the app, every community you visit, it pops up a notification that says “turn on notifications so you don’t miss updates from this community!”
Love the absence of logic in these messages. Next time it’ll be “pay $2 to continue” or “do a barrel roll to continue”.
Drink a verification can to continue
do a barrel roll to continue
Reddit hasn’t been that fun in a long time.
On android, I would recommend using Stealth or Geddit to browse reddit. Stealth has a mode where it scrapes old.reddit.com (and bypasses the API), and Geddit uses the RSS feed to pull content instead of API.
Downside is neither app will let you interact, but I don’t have any desire to generate content for reddit anyways.
RedReader also still works due to their disability stuff.
Those apps’ days are numbered I’m sure
They’ve been working since the API price change, so nearly a year now.
I know it has nothing to do with protecting the users, but how exactly is the app supposed to make viewing unreviewed content safer?
They make more money that way, ergo safer for investors.
Easy fix is to update the url to use “old.reddit.com” rather than the base “www.reddit.com”.
That sends you to a version of the site without a bunch of the crap.
This doesn’t work anymore. I just refresh it and stop somewhere in the middle and it sometimes works.
Old Reddit works for me. Does it just not work in general for you, or does it not work when not logged into an account?
Well, I think the link structure changed. If I add old to the url, the page doesn’t even work, but the homepage does.
Interesting. I’ll have to test it when I get home. I’m always signed in and I use RES so could be some other factors causing it to not be a problem for me.
Did you get a browser error when trying this? It might be because you left the www in the URL. I had to remove that and replace it with old, and it works. The rest of the link structure is the same on both old and new reddit. I even tried it from a VPN just to be sure it wasn’t seeing my logged in cookies, and in a private browsing window where RES isn’t allowed to run. Worked fine.
Oh ok
any idea how reddit keeps banning my alt accounts ? I am suspecting chrome broswser is complicit.
Many ways to detect this, but let’s start with the basics: Are you using the same Ip address?
Well yes.
Dear Spez: I AM NEVER EVER GOING TO DOWNLOAD YOUR FUCKING APP
Dear Steve.
He ain’t ever going to read that. Can we stop talking about our ex yet?
Oh no! Our poor sensitive little eyes might be offended by something we see! I need a nanny-state to go through everything I have access to so I don’t get confused!
Cryptobros, e-thots, and ads. That’s Reddit these days.
All I’m gonna say is I’ve been using my banned account and I can still browse any sub.
I literally can’t interact in any way but can still see every post.
use old.reddit.com allegedly it lets you through if you click a “yes i am 18” button
I mean yeah, reddit fucking sucks. That’s why we’re all here. Stop going there.