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Totally agree. I was ready to pay for Reddit access in some shape or form but after my favorite client (Apollo) shutdown, understandably, and after I saw how Re

Totally agree. I was ready to pay for Reddit access in some shape or form but after my favorite client (Apollo) shutdown, understandably, and after I saw how Reddit treated the developer and the community I decided it was time to leave. It was/is incredibly hard to do so, it was a near-daily habit for well over a decade but there has to be a line somewhere and Reddit barreled right past it and never looked back.

Daneel_ 3y ago
I paid for Apollo ultra as well as Reddit premium for over 5 years specifically to avoid this situation. I couldn’t agree more about leaving now that Reddit has played its hand, and it was ugly. I’ve left Reddit.
- mywacaday 3y ago
  I'm the same but using Reddit is fun on Android, taking it as an opportunity to reduce my screen time although I would have been happy to pay for an API key to use the client I wanted.
ElCapitanMarkla 3y ago
I thought leaving was going to be a hard habit to break. Turns out it wasn’t. I started going down the road of checking out Lemmy but… I don’t actually miss pissing around on reddit.
- joshstrange 3y ago
  There a couple of communities I miss (mostly small ones) like my city/state subs and a few games but yeah, I'm surprised at how quickly I flipped off that switch. I've played with Lemmy some but there just isn't much content there (that I care about). I followed the "memes" "subreddit" (literally no idea what they are called) to see more content and then very quickly remembered why I had purged my Reddit subs of stuff like that a long time ago.
  - mavamaarten 3y ago
    Same experience here. I still find myself googling with site:reddit to find real answers to questions, but I did manage to break the mindless scrolling habit. Uninstalling the Sync app and leaving an empty gap where the shortcut used to be on my home screen was eye opening. I tapped that empty void multiple times a day at first.
    - joshstrange 3y ago
      I had to move Apollo off my home page because I kept tapping and getting annoyed. It surprised me how often I tried to tap there even after moving it.
kaba0 3y ago
Seeing how much the general discussion has deteriorated since, as well as the amount of mindless scrolling I have spent there, I honestly don’t mind leaving. Tildes is a great (or arguably even better) replacement for the quality discussions I liked on Reddit, while I can absolutely do without the doom-scrolling. Lemmy might actually be a good replacement for the latter if someone really needs it, but it is also a great place for the few subreddits that moved there entirely.
_sword 3y ago
Yup Apollo shutting down broke my Reddit habit finally. I’m not downloading another client. My screen time is down 25% already and I’m doing things with that time that I’d meant to do for a while.
- data-ottawa 3y ago
  I thought this was just a meme, but it isn’t. I’m finding myself doing more deep reading and spending more time on my offline hobbies. Boredom is a gift.
- avgDev 3y ago
  Yes! The reddit fiasco has been amazing for me. I exercise more, I spent more time engaged with my kid, I started reading books I have been putting off and just started to focus on my life again. I know realize how much non-sense there was on reddit and that all the comments just kept me engaged without adding much value to my life(most of the time). Some comments and subreddits were extremely valuable.
  - flyinghamster 3y ago
    That was the hidden value of Reddit: not the big firehose feeds, but specific communities. Want to discuss some geeky topic? If the subreddit wasn't there, you could create it just like that. But, putting all your eggs in one basket doesn't work out well when the basket owner starts cutting holes in it. The problem: discoverability. You need one starting point that everyone can find. We're already finding that search engines inevitably follow the same trajectory, so they aren't necessarily the answer. Maybe go back to curated indexes? Yahoo could become relevant again if they play their cards right, though I'm not holding my breath. Hopefully, Mastodon, Lemmy, etc. can avoid turning into the next Tweddit.
tkkaisla 3y ago
I did it as well.

Daneel_ 3y ago

I paid for Apollo ultra as well as Reddit premium for over 5 years specifically to avoid this situation. I couldn’t agree more about leaving now that Reddit has played its hand, and it was ugly. I’ve left Reddit.

mywacaday 3y ago
I'm the same but using Reddit is fun on Android, taking it as an opportunity to reduce my screen time although I would have been happy to pay for an API key to use the client I wanted.

ElCapitanMarkla 3y ago

I thought leaving was going to be a hard habit to break. Turns out it wasn’t. I started going down the road of checking out Lemmy but… I don’t actually miss pissing around on reddit.

joshstrange 3y ago
There a couple of communities I miss (mostly small ones) like my city/state subs and a few games but yeah, I'm surprised at how quickly I flipped off that switch. I've played with Lemmy some but there just isn't much content there (that I care about). I followed the "memes" "subreddit" (literally no idea what they are called) to see more content and then very quickly remembered why I had purged my Reddit subs of stuff like that a long time ago.
- mavamaarten 3y ago
  Same experience here. I still find myself googling with site:reddit to find real answers to questions, but I did manage to break the mindless scrolling habit. Uninstalling the Sync app and leaving an empty gap where the shortcut used to be on my home screen was eye opening. I tapped that empty void multiple times a day at first.
  - joshstrange 3y ago
    I had to move Apollo off my home page because I kept tapping and getting annoyed. It surprised me how often I tried to tap there even after moving it.

kaba0 3y ago

Seeing how much the general discussion has deteriorated since, as well as the amount of mindless scrolling I have spent there, I honestly don’t mind leaving. Tildes is a great (or arguably even better) replacement for the quality discussions I liked on Reddit, while I can absolutely do without the doom-scrolling. Lemmy might actually be a good replacement for the latter if someone really needs it, but it is also a great place for the few subreddits that moved there entirely.

_sword 3y ago

Yup Apollo shutting down broke my Reddit habit finally. I’m not downloading another client. My screen time is down 25% already and I’m doing things with that time that I’d meant to do for a while.

data-ottawa 3y ago
I thought this was just a meme, but it isn’t. I’m finding myself doing more deep reading and spending more time on my offline hobbies. Boredom is a gift.
avgDev 3y ago
Yes! The reddit fiasco has been amazing for me. I exercise more, I spent more time engaged with my kid, I started reading books I have been putting off and just started to focus on my life again. I know realize how much non-sense there was on reddit and that all the comments just kept me engaged without adding much value to my life(most of the time). Some comments and subreddits were extremely valuable.
- flyinghamster 3y ago
  That was the hidden value of Reddit: not the big firehose feeds, but specific communities. Want to discuss some geeky topic? If the subreddit wasn't there, you could create it just like that. But, putting all your eggs in one basket doesn't work out well when the basket owner starts cutting holes in it. The problem: discoverability. You need one starting point that everyone can find. We're already finding that search engines inevitably follow the same trajectory, so they aren't necessarily the answer. Maybe go back to curated indexes? Yahoo could become relevant again if they play their cards right, though I'm not holding my breath. Hopefully, Mastodon, Lemmy, etc. can avoid turning into the next Tweddit.

tkkaisla 3y ago

I did it as well.