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I thought this as well. I'm apparently a weirdo because I've just used the website for the past 14 years, on both desktop and mobile (though with an ad-blocker

I thought this as well. I'm apparently a weirdo because I've just used the website for the past 14 years, on both desktop and mobile (though with an ad-blocker), but for all the folks that really love the alternative Android apps, why can't bring-your-own-key be an option? The fact that they're installing an alternative app kinda makes them super-users of Reddit anyway, so asking them to generate their own personal API key shouldn't be too unreasonable. It just seems strange that the app would choose to completely shut down instead.

1473-bytes 3y ago
That's what I did. Got a developer API key, patched the 3rd party app, good to go.
- strombofulous 3y ago
  Me too, I intercepted the network requests and rewrote the key and token (and user agent ^.^ I wonder if any reddit admins here would recognize it...) in the request to access_token, or whatever the endpoint is idr Assuming you are on android since you patched the app. Did you manage to do it without data loss? It's annoying to turn on httpcanary every time I launch rif.
yreg 3y ago
Christian (Apollo dev) said that he has asked reddit specifically about letting people use their own API keys in Apollo and reddit said that they wouldn't allow it. It would lead to a cat and mouse game and Christian is not interested in that. Why should he bend over backwards to improve user experience of a platform that is working actively against him?
actualwitch 3y ago
> used the website Do you mean the old one? That's probably also getting scrapped in the near future, I'm guessing.
- rrrrrrrrrrrryan 3y ago
  No, I literally use the new website. It's fine for me.
stavros 3y ago
Because the reality is that reddit doesn't want third-party apps, and wouldn't allow it. Why do you think this is a technical issue? Reddit doesn't want the apps, period.

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I thought this as well. I'm apparently a weirdo because I've just used the website for the past 14 years, on both desktop and mobile (though with an ad-blocker

by rrrrrrrrrrrryan 3y ago

1473-bytes 3y ago
That's what I did. Got a developer API key, patched the 3rd party app, good to go.
- strombofulous 3y ago
  Me too, I intercepted the network requests and rewrote the key and token (and user agent ^.^ I wonder if any reddit admins here would recognize it...) in the request to access_token, or whatever the endpoint is idr Assuming you are on android since you patched the app. Did you manage to do it without data loss? It's annoying to turn on httpcanary every time I launch rif.
yreg 3y ago
Christian (Apollo dev) said that he has asked reddit specifically about letting people use their own API keys in Apollo and reddit said that they wouldn't allow it. It would lead to a cat and mouse game and Christian is not interested in that. Why should he bend over backwards to improve user experience of a platform that is working actively against him?
actualwitch 3y ago
> used the website Do you mean the old one? That's probably also getting scrapped in the near future, I'm guessing.
- rrrrrrrrrrrryan 3y ago
  No, I literally use the new website. It's fine for me.
stavros 3y ago
Because the reality is that reddit doesn't want third-party apps, and wouldn't allow it. Why do you think this is a technical issue? Reddit doesn't want the apps, period.