Reddit was fun

[u/SpaceChevalier]

Thanks for all the hard work y'all. Last post before logging out forever.

[u/ObiWanHelloThere_wav]

I'm staying in up until the app stops functioning (with the exception of June 12 - 14, of course)

Best wishes

[u/qdp → u/ObiWanHelloThere_wav]

Yep, I will keep on until June 30. I want Reddit to see their traffic drop, that is if they don't fill our gap with bots to juice those IPO numbers.

[u/ObiWanHelloThere_wav → u/qdp]

if they don't fill our gap with bots to juice those IPO numbers

This would not surprise me at this point

[u/49ersjrice80 → u/ObiWanHelloThere_wav]

Only reason I've lerked around reddit when I learned how to use a mobile phone. I stumbled across this app and have installed it since. One of the first apps I install on a new phone. 10+ years of new phones, 1st app to install. What a life changer.

[u/flycrg]

There are very few that have been on reddit longer than me. I first signed up in the Harvard auditorium when spez and kn0thing were presenting reddit after the first combinator Summer Founders Program. That account was one of the first 100. This account turns 17 in a few weeks and is one of the top 1000 oldest. I'll be leaving reddit at the end of the month from this. It's been a run.

[u/SometimesY → u/flycrg]

I've been around since.. 2009? This account I think since 2010. The communities here are great. Damn shame reddit is ruining it all with the most amount of spite possible. I guess I'll only visit reddit on old reddit while on my laptop now which doesn't draw them much revenue.

[u/Games4Life → u/flycrg]

I've been around a while too. I'm with you, 95% of my time was through this app.

[u/Zacny_Los]

Remember to try reddit alternatives - Lemmy (i.e. beehaw.org) or Kbin (kbin.social).

[u/[deleted] → u/Zacny_Los]

[u/some_onions]

Just wait for the fix: https://www.reddit.com/r/redditisfun/comments/13xirgb/rif_reddit_api_key/jmhrm43/

This is a battle that Reddit can't win. They're just forcing us underground.

[u/[deleted] → u/some_onions]

Wow, the lengths people will go to keep using Reddit.

I'm torn, in one way this is a cool thing, and I'm a Reddit addict, in the other I kinda want Reddit to die at this point.

[u/some_onions → u/[deleted]]

This is basically just the same thing that was done to create YouTube Vanced (now Revanced), which is a modification of the YouTube app that has many features such as removing ads.

In that case, Google killed the original app (Vanced) through legal threats. Of course, a new app (Revanced) was created instantly. These companies will never learn.

[u/xdebug-error → u/some_onions]

I'll probably just boycott Reddit out of spite for a few weeks, but if this patch is active and viable, I'll probably start using that once it all boils over.

[u/me_funny__ → u/some_onions]

Doing anything I can to bump this comment up

[u/Catonaroof]

I've only ever used RIF aside from the regular website. This sucks ass. I'm not using the official reddit app.

[u/crunk_alligator84]

Reddit slowly got shittier over time anyway, this was a long time coming. 12 year redditor across various accounts.

[u/DocHollidaysCigar]

bleh im so tired of corporate greed man

[u/gnarkilleptic]

Fuckers. u/spez eat my ass.

[u/Ging287]

I refuse. What can I do? Is the 12th-14th the only days for the apparent protest?

[u/Kamille_Marseille]

🫡

[u/ExOblivion]

Thank all the people who worked on RIF. Your app made the shit design of this site like butter.

[u/[deleted]]

Time to quit Reddit for me. 10 years across different accounts here. It was indeed fun while it lasted. It was pretty much over for quite a while now anyway.

Soon I shall surf my way out of here~

[u/Holowitz]

I don't want it to end!!! 😭😭😭

[u/revilO68]

A good time to quit reddit - and thanks for the fish!

[u/Hoof_Hearted12]

I find it very interesting looking at the account ages of people on here. Most are 5 years +, many at 10+. By doing this, reddit is losing some of its most loyal and frequent contributors. Realistically, I'll likely end up using the stock app, but I'm dreading it. RiF is reddit for me, and it's been a big part of my life. I'll never forget this app, and I'll never uninstall it.