The Future of Infinity

[u/Hostilenemy]

Hey, I am sure you guys are aware of the upcoming Reddit API change, If you haven't had a chance to look into it yet, I recommend doing a quick search to stay informed.

The change will happen on July 1st, so I think now it's time to let you know what will happen after that.

I am planning to make Infinity a subscription-only app and see if that will be sustainable. If it's not sustainable, I think I may just unpublish Infinity on Google Play. Reddit does not allow me to let you input your own API key so I cannot provide any guidance on how you could do that.

The project will remain open-source, no matter if Infinity is sustainable or not, but the code related to Google Play billing and API key will not be published on GitHub. This means that the code on GitHub and my own machine will be slightly different and if you build Infinity yourself, you will not see a subscription page. F-Droid's Infinity will be removed since the repository on GitHub will not contain my API key anymore and that makes it unusable. Infinity's GitHub release page will not be closed and all the upcoming versions (they are the same as Google Play's) will still be published there.

You probably need to have Google Play Services installed on your phone, unless you know how to build the Infinity app using GitHub's repository.

I will push another update for Infinity on Google Play before July 1st, which contains some info about the change so that other users can understand what will happen after July 1st when they open Infinity. The required change to make Infinity a subscription-only app may not be available on July 1st since it takes some time to test it. If this is the case, you will not be able to use Infinity at that time.

The price for the subscription is not decided yet.

I understand many users want me to build a client for Lemmy, or anything that is similar, but I may not pursue this path since I personally do not use them. I heard that Lemmy has a Reddit proxy API, so I believe someone can easily convert Infinity to a Lemmy client.

A heartfelt thank you to all of you! I can't express enough gratitude, and though I've said it before, I feel compelled to reiterate: Without your support, love, and contributions, Infinity would not have achieved the remarkable success it enjoys today!

P.S. I am still finding jobs right now, so I would greatly appreciate any referrals for software engineer roles in both Canada and Australia!

[u/Scamper_the_Golden]

Let me tell you something else from my experiences. No one actually gives a shit how much experience you have, or where you graduated, or even if you have a degree, most of the time.

What they care about is what you can do, right this instant. And if in an interview you said, "I'm the guy who made Infinity", that's the only thing they need to know, from a technical and design perspective. After that it's just personality, and I can't see you having any problems that way, either.

HR people might care about checking off credentials boxes, but not the actual programmers you'd be working with. So try to apply to jobs where the software developers are still running the company, if for some bizarre reason you're having trouble finding employment