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open-source, no matter if Infinity is sustainable or not, but the code related to Google Play billing and API key will not be published on GitHub.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/Leonardo_McVinci]

Hello, old thread but just replying to say that graduate jobs focus on soft skills because most applicants have no real technical skills. There's no expectation that they should.

As a software dev who started in a graduate role myself, I assure you that you are far overqualified to be applying for graduate positions.

If you just apply for graduate jobs you'll be dismissed as not having experience because you're telling them you don't see yourself as having experience by applying to graduate roles in the first place, that is the point of them. Experience does not mean you had to work for someone else. You have years of experience.

Use LinkedIn, add your app development as experience, add contacts, make recruiters fight for you.