CitizenVectron Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 Their new rules for third party apps would: Demand payments for API access. Popular apps such as Apollo or Reddit Iss Fun would need to pay upwards of $20 million per year Ban any ads on third party apps. Official app would still have ads Ban all adult content on third party apps. Official app would still have adult content This info is so far coming from the largest app makers, I don't have a link yet (but same details confirmed by Apollo and RIF devs below). 📣 Had a call with Reddit to discuss pricing. Bad news for third-party apps, their announced pricing is close to Twitter's pricing, and Apollo would have to pay Reddit $20 million per year to keep running as-is. : apolloapp OLD.REDDIT.COM Hey all, I'll cut to the chase: 50 million requests costs $12,000, a figure far more than I ever could have imagined. Apollo made 7 billion... So glad that a champion of the open internet like reddit is following in Twitter's footsteps! And, much like Twitter, the official reddit app is the worst to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 I’m fine with all social media burning to the ground. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted May 31, 2023 Author Share Posted May 31, 2023 5 minutes ago, Brian said: I’m fine with all social media burning to the ground. It's so strange that reddit is considered social media nowadays (I don't disagree), when it started as a news aggregate site similar to Digg/Fark. Though it's not really a message board, it's one of the few surviving similar sites from that era that is still very popular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 Fuck this. I use Apollo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 This is reddit9s Diggs v4 moment, except there's nothing to jump to this time. The power users and the mods skew absurdly heavily toward third party apps, and there's no site without that unpaid backbone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris- Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 Will this affect Reddit Enhancement Suite? That's all I really care about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 1 minute ago, Chris- said: Will this affect Reddit Enhancement Suite? That's all I really care about. No, but given what a dumb decision killing third party apps is, I'm sure old reddit and RES will eventually get the chopping block too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 Can you pirate API? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 Old reddit looks so fucking bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 6 minutes ago, Kal-El814 said: Old reddit looks so fucking bad. Surely you don't mean actual old reddit and that you prefer the 2018 redesign. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 16 minutes ago, Kal-El814 said: Old reddit looks so fucking bad. Never understood the appeal of old Reddit either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 6 minutes ago, Bacon said: Surely you don't mean actual old reddit and that you prefer the 2018 redesign. I think reddit in general has always looked bad, but old reddit looks worse than the redesign, yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 2 minutes ago, GeneticBlueprint said: Never understood the appeal of old Reddit either. 2 minutes ago, Kal-El814 said: I think reddit in general has always looked bad, but old reddit looks worse than the redesign, yes. The redesign is just garbage mobile trash. I can't believe there are people who actually like it. I'm not defending old Reddit either. It's not great, but I don't want like 3 giant blocks taking up all the space. Actually just tested it and I can see 17 threads at once on the old design. On the redesign, I see 4, and I very much dislike that all videos are auto-expanded, at least by default. I don't want to browse a feed of content. I want to see threads. I pretty much never use the activity feed on D1P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osxmatt Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 12 minutes ago, GeneticBlueprint said: Never understood the appeal of old Reddit either. The only reason I started using Reddit is because I found Apollo in 2016 or 2017. I can’t stand the old Reddit design. If Apollo stops working, I’ll probably just leave Reddit. The official app is awful the few times I’ve tried it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 I’m wondering if they saw some metrics on users/usage from before and after Twitter did this? It seems likely that blocking 3rd party interfaces is probably the right business decision. It killed my usage of Twitter though as the native app is just not a great experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 21 minutes ago, Bacon said: The redesign is just garbage mobile trash. I can't believe there are people who actually like it. I'm not defending old Reddit either. It's not great, but I don't want like 3 giant blocks taking up all the space. Actually just tested it and I can see 17 threads at once on the old design. On the redesign, I see 4, and I very much dislike that all videos are auto-expanded, at least by default. I don't want to browse a feed of content. I want to see threads. I pretty much never use the activity feed on D1P. Yeah I don’t know what any of that means. I use Apollo and RES where I can tell it to do what I want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 26 minutes ago, Bacon said: The redesign is just garbage mobile trash. I can't believe there are people who actually like it. I'm not defending old Reddit either. It's not great, but I don't want like 3 giant blocks taking up all the space. Actually just tested it and I can see 17 threads at once on the old design. On the redesign, I see 4, and I very much dislike that all videos are auto-expanded, at least by default. I don't want to browse a feed of content. I want to see threads. I pretty much never use the activity feed on D1P. I'm so used to scrolling everything at this point that I just don't notice or care. And since I check a lot of mini painting subreddits, having image previews makes me see more content more quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 12 minutes ago, GeneticBlueprint said: Yeah I don’t know what any of that means. I use Apollo and RES where I can tell it to do what I want. I'm talking about desktop lol. I am unaware of RES even existing on mobile. I unaware of anyone using "old reddit" mobile. I don't even have an iphone to use apollo. Never owned an Apple product and never will this is what IOS users deserve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 5 minutes ago, Bacon said: this is what IOS users deserve Android owners getting screwed too doe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outsida Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 I almost completely use Apollo to interact on Reddit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 Just now, Jason said: Android owners getting screwed too doe All the Android alternatives I have used sucked balls. I say all but I'm pretty sure I have just used RIF and I did not like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 8 minutes ago, Bacon said: All the Android alternatives I have used sucked balls. I say all but I'm pretty sure I have just used RIF and I did not like it. How do you not use BaconReader? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 2 minutes ago, Jason said: How do you not use BaconReader? Never heard of it. Also, what I hate about RIF is their "cards". It is just such a shit format and it makes the reddit app look good. reddit app RIF 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 Also, baconreader seems like a buggy mess from a quick glance at their subreddit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 2 minutes ago, Bacon said: Never heard of it. Also, what I hate about RIF is their "cards". It is just such a shit format and it makes the reddit app look good. reddit app RIF Yeah a lot of apps suck, no shit. BaconReader doesn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 Just now, Bacon said: Also, baconreader seems like a buggy mess from a quick glance at their subreddit. Any app's subreddit is going to make it seem like a buggy mess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 1 minute ago, Jason said: Yeah a lot of apps suck, no shit. BaconReader doesn't. Oh that looks decent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 Nevermind. WTF are those ads just lingering at the bottom of my screen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 2 minutes ago, Bacon said: Nevermind. WTF are those ads just lingering at the bottom of my screen Oh yeah I did pay the $3 to remove the ads a long time ago, obviously a dubious investment at this point though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 At least the reddit app doesn't have an ad on your screen the whole time. What a shit design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 Let's all acknowledge that reddit, in general, is bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 Just now, Kal-El814 said: Let's all acknowledge that reddit, in general, is bad. True, based, and - Oh hey look at that, some chick flashed her tits as she got kicked off a livestream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted June 1, 2023 Author Share Posted June 1, 2023 I use Sync, which is the best third party app. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 9 minutes ago, Kal-El814 said: Let's all acknowledge that reddit, in general, is bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 2 hours ago, Bacon said: I'm talking about desktop lol. I am unaware of RES even existing on mobile. I unaware of anyone using "old reddit" mobile. I don't even have an iphone to use apollo. Never owned an Apple product and never will this is what IOS users deserve Yeah I use RES on Desktop. So I don’t know what you’re talking about when you say you only see a few posts at a time or whatever. I see just slightly less than I see on old Reddit but it doesn’t look like ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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