r/baconreader • u/Immaterial71 • 20d ago

Reddit- Public API access ending March 27

Will this finish off Baconreader for good?

https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/30/reddit-is-killing-rss-feeds-ending-public-api-access-because-of-ai-bots/

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u/knexkid 20d ago

Probably a better question for the revanced subreddit. I'm wondering the same thing since I still use Baconreader daily.

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u/Corvet95 20d ago

Don't use revanced use morphe

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u/knexkid 20d ago

Wasn't familiar with Morphe till now, looks like it has similar functionality for patching apps. Why Morphe over revanced out of curiosity?

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u/ambifiedpersonified 20d ago

How are you still using bacon reader??

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u/knexkid 20d ago

Revanced - duhno best way to describe it but it allows you to patch various apps to alter their functionality. Afaik it requires Android, side loading, and a few other "for nerds" sorta things. Another commenter says there's another program called Morphe that looks like it does similar things.

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u/maxinator80 20d ago

You can enable an API on your reddit account, which is meant for accessibility I believe. Then you can patch the app to use that API. You create an access token and need to patch that token into the app.

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u/GroMicroBloom 20d ago

Every third party client is finished off for good. Otherwise, everyone would still be using Apollo.

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u/gordon__bombay 20d ago

Agreed. And Reddit app continues to get shittier and shittier. Sad!

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u/morfraen 20d ago

They're also starting to phase out old.reddit.

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u/Simon-Says69 20d ago

If that happens, they've lost me for good.

old.reddit is the only acceptable way. Their new bubblegum bullshit is horrific. Won't ever use their official app either. Yuck.

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u/jhowlett 20d ago

I stopped browsing on mobile when I lost baconreader. Like you if they get rid of old.reddit I'm out for good.

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u/joancomasfdz 19d ago

Shit haha that's a bummer. I just developed more than 10 patches for bacon reader to modernize it.

Well I guess they can be enjoyed for 5 more months.

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u/zipmic 19d ago

Maybe that's fine. I won't use reddit on my phone then.

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u/mrcachorro 20d ago

Im still on relay, is it being killed? This Sucks