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> Seeing all Reddit apps shut down, I can't help but wonder — what is it that made everyone play by the rules? What happened to the adversarial interoperability

> Seeing all Reddit apps shut down, I can't help but wonder — what is it that made everyone play by the rules? What happened to the adversarial interoperability spirit? What forces people to use their own API keys instead of pretending to be one of the official apps? The official reddit app uses a seperate, undocumented graphql based api rather than the public REST one they allow for public use. I suspect someone is/will be already using it to emulate the 'old' API soon enough.

mappu 3y ago
Stealth ( https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.cosmos.unreddit/ https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.cosmos.unreddit/ ) has an optional access mode that works by scraping old.reddit.com, that still works.
- dagurp 3y ago
  Why is not being able to log in a feature? Reddit is terrible when you can't block the mainstream subreddits.
  - codetrotter 3y ago
    Imagine you use an unauthorised client and you post a lot of thoughtful content. Really pouring your heart and soul into that account. And then one day a few months from now, boom u/spez (CEO of Reddit) has another genius business insight for the direction he wants to take Reddit. Next day they’ve banned the accounts of everyone who’s been found to be using unauthorised clients. Better to stay logged out if you’re gonna browse with an unauthorised client. Besides, the client could keep a list of subreddits you like anyway, and retrieve posts from those instead of from the default front page. Worst reddit can do then is to IP ban you bat at least they won’t be deleting anything that you’ve been spending time to write.
  - mst 3y ago
    I may be an outlier but I never bother with the reddit front page - I go direct to specific subreddits and read them one at a time.
  - mappu 3y ago
    You can still follow or block subreddits without needing to log in, only those blocks would be local to the app, not synced to your account.

mappu 3y ago

Stealth ( https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.cosmos.unreddit/ https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.cosmos.unreddit/ ) has an optional access mode that works by scraping old.reddit.com, that still works.

dagurp 3y ago
Why is not being able to log in a feature? Reddit is terrible when you can't block the mainstream subreddits.
- codetrotter 3y ago
  Imagine you use an unauthorised client and you post a lot of thoughtful content. Really pouring your heart and soul into that account. And then one day a few months from now, boom u/spez (CEO of Reddit) has another genius business insight for the direction he wants to take Reddit. Next day they’ve banned the accounts of everyone who’s been found to be using unauthorised clients. Better to stay logged out if you’re gonna browse with an unauthorised client. Besides, the client could keep a list of subreddits you like anyway, and retrieve posts from those instead of from the default front page. Worst reddit can do then is to IP ban you bat at least they won’t be deleting anything that you’ve been spending time to write.
- mst 3y ago
  I may be an outlier but I never bother with the reddit front page - I go direct to specific subreddits and read them one at a time.
- mappu 3y ago
  You can still follow or block subreddits without needing to log in, only those blocks would be local to the app, not synced to your account.