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If at least they can stop pushing a bigger and bigger non dimissable banner to force using the gmail app when viewing from a web browser. We add that discussio

If at least they can stop pushing a bigger and bigger non dimissable banner to force using the gmail app when viewing from a web browser. We add that discussion in our company, so yes I get why companies when to push app usage. But please make it dismissable. You have to accept that you will have a small portion of people that for a lot of reason will never use your app, don't try to force it on them. Otherwise you're just polarizing your user.

djbusby 3y ago
Looking at you Reddit (well, not anymore). Such an annoying banner there i was "forced" to have to use their API into my feed-reader.
- ForHackernews 3y ago
  Didn't reddit just kill their API? There's an end-game for all of these services and it's not "happy interoperable ecosystem with multiple third-party clients coexisting"
  - hunter2_ 3y ago
    The API is still free for individuals to get a key for personal use. It's recently no longer free for getting a key that you'll bake into something widely distributed to many users (like a turnkey app). It's also now forbidden to distribute a turnkey app that lets the end user paste their personal key after build time (app must only use a single key, so the developer gets billed). Interesting that whatever reader djbusby is talking about doesn't fall afoul! Is it something that's specifically compatible with Reddit's API off the shelf, or did you create that layer yourself?
    - plorkyeran 3y ago
      The apps don't supply a mechanism for supplying your own API key; you have to patch the app to replace the bundled one with your own one.
  - Sohcahtoa82 3y ago
    > Didn't reddit just kill their API? If you genuinely think that they killed their API and aren't using hyperbole, then you were misled. They killed 3rd party apps by charging the developers of those apps on a per-request basis at a price that would have been unsustainable for them. However, these charges are only if you're logged in. You can still use 3rd party apps anonymously. If you want to be logged in so you can post/vote/comment, there's a work-around. If you create your own client ID and put it into an existing app, then you can still use third party apps (on Android at least) [0]. I'm still using BaconReader this way. [0] https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wHvqQwCYdJrQg4BKlGIVDLksPN0KpOnJWniT6PbZSrI/edit#heading=h.l5jmxmj14k2j https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wHvqQwCYdJrQg4BKlGIVDLks...
- JBiserkov 3y ago
  As late as June 2022, on Firefox on iPhone, one could go to www.reddt.com (not old) and in settings, right under Dark mode there was "Ask to Open In App" checkbox that one could uncheck. And it would actually stop! It's gone now.

djbusby 3y ago

Looking at you Reddit (well, not anymore). Such an annoying banner there i was "forced" to have to use their API into my feed-reader.

ForHackernews 3y ago
Didn't reddit just kill their API? There's an end-game for all of these services and it's not "happy interoperable ecosystem with multiple third-party clients coexisting"
- hunter2_ 3y ago
  The API is still free for individuals to get a key for personal use. It's recently no longer free for getting a key that you'll bake into something widely distributed to many users (like a turnkey app). It's also now forbidden to distribute a turnkey app that lets the end user paste their personal key after build time (app must only use a single key, so the developer gets billed). Interesting that whatever reader djbusby is talking about doesn't fall afoul! Is it something that's specifically compatible with Reddit's API off the shelf, or did you create that layer yourself?
  - plorkyeran 3y ago
    The apps don't supply a mechanism for supplying your own API key; you have to patch the app to replace the bundled one with your own one.
- Sohcahtoa82 3y ago
  > Didn't reddit just kill their API? If you genuinely think that they killed their API and aren't using hyperbole, then you were misled. They killed 3rd party apps by charging the developers of those apps on a per-request basis at a price that would have been unsustainable for them. However, these charges are only if you're logged in. You can still use 3rd party apps anonymously. If you want to be logged in so you can post/vote/comment, there's a work-around. If you create your own client ID and put it into an existing app, then you can still use third party apps (on Android at least) [0]. I'm still using BaconReader this way. [0] https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wHvqQwCYdJrQg4BKlGIVDLksPN0KpOnJWniT6PbZSrI/edit#heading=h.l5jmxmj14k2j https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wHvqQwCYdJrQg4BKlGIVDLks...
JBiserkov 3y ago
As late as June 2022, on Firefox on iPhone, one could go to www.reddt.com (not old) and in settings, right under Dark mode there was "Ask to Open In App" checkbox that one could uncheck. And it would actually stop! It's gone now.