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Teddit, a Reddit UI Resistant to API Changes

• brucethemoose2 3y ago
  As tension over 3rd party apps boils over, I feel like the community is ignoring a promising 3rd way: an app that just bypasses the official API. Teddit and libreddit are two such existing efforts.
• graypegg 3y ago
  > resistant to API changes Is there any details about this? I can’t find anything on the about page, or on a quick skim of the readme they have hosted on codeberg. Nothing is resistant from changes in the upstream data source. It’s pretty easy to break things if you’re dependant like that.
  • brucethemoose2 3y ago
    Indeed, I just mean they are not bound to the official API like the apps that sparked the protest. But Invidious, Nitter and Teddit have all faired well so far.
    • graypegg 3y ago
      So are they just skimming content off the HTML responses/using private APIs used by Reddit themselves? If so, that actually seems less resistant to change, not more.
      • brucethemoose2 3y ago
        Nitter uses an "internal" unofficial Twitter API, and it does require active effort to keep up with. But still, that makes it immune to the whims of official API restrictions. I am not sure what teddit does.