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I came to Reddit via Alien Blue and stayed via Apollo. Now I check a few subs periodically in a browser, but my usage has drastically dropped without Apollo.

by 8ig8 3y ago

Seattle3503 3y ago
I used RIF. When that shut down I started checking in on my various accounts much less often. Multiple of my 500k+ user subreddits have been banned for being unmoderated since then. Ah well.
- Fatnino 3y ago
  You can make RIF work again using vanced. You create your own api key and swap it in to the apk and then it works again.
  - Seattle3503 3y ago
    Does it work now? When I tried that a couple of months ago it was broken.
    - Fatnino 3y ago
      I use it all the time now. If you want NSFW to work, you need to be a mod of a subreddit. Any sub, even one you make yourself with no posts ever.
      - thrdbndndn 3y ago
        I'm using Vanced-RIF rn, it works fine most of time but has some small problems (e.g. if you open a Reddit link in a comment, it would crash). I don't know if RIF-vanced still gets any "updates" to fix these minor issues? I assume not, but never checked.
replwoacause 3y ago
Same, I quit using Reddit when they killed Apollo. Their app is terrible.
- alsetmusic 3y ago
  It’s what pushed me to Lemmy, which feels like Reddit early days. Actual discussion. Names that I recognize from one post to another. It’s worth checking out. For this crowd, you might like my (not my own, but where I joined) instance: lemmy.sdf.org
Lammy 3y ago
Have you updated past iOS 17.0? If not: — Install AppStore++ for TrollStore: https://github.com/CokePokes/AppStorePlus-TrollStore https://github.com/CokePokes/AppStorePlus-TrollStore — Install Apollo from the App Store — Open AppStore++, tap Apollo, tap downgrade, choose 1.15.11 — Go to your home screen and wait for the older Apollo to finish downloading — Install this tweak: https://github.com/JeffreyCA/Apollo-ImprovedCustomApi https://github.com/JeffreyCA/Apollo-ImprovedCustomApi Open Apollo and it will prompt for your API keys — Stebe Jovs voice “Boom.”
- walteweiss 3y ago
  Do I need jailbreak for that? Didn’t get from the GitHub’s pages.
  - Lammy 3y ago
    It's a CoreTrust bug that lets a jailed app install IPAs, not a full jailbreak: https://ios.cfw.guide/installing-trollstore/ https://ios.cfw.guide/installing-trollstore/
hnick 3y ago
Largely the same here. Feel like I noticed a further decline in quality on the site after that happened too. It is useful for news aggregation but I don't like the discussion as much. But that could just be the trend continuing.
- SpecialistK 3y ago
  I noticed the "eternal September" happening in years prior, as Reddit became more acceptable to the wider public and as a smartphone app rather than a forum host mostly for techies. And with those "normies" came the low-effort posts that totally ignored things like stickied posts, subreddit rules, and the overall culture of the community (or site.) Take a look at /r/roms, for example. The sidebar, the top announcement sticky, the rules, and the automod on every single post says "here is where they are" and what is most of the subreddit? "How do I find game" - same thing for BuildaPC, or Tech Support, or Linux. Then the mods have to remove the low effort posts and get called names, or they get upset that the resources they've taken time to make available to the community are ignored for the 500th time and blow up, just to get called more names or even censured by the admins. The only way to win is to not play. And that's why I use a combination of HN and an RSS reader now.
  - hnick 3y ago
    It definitely started years ago, probably around the time I really started using it. I visit /r/games sometimes and they have stickies around what you have been playing or game suggestions and without fail someone doesn't even read the topic at hand and just posts a random question. Apps were mostly bad at showing sidebars too, they wanted to streamline the main view. They were there but I think a lot of users didn't know. Anecdotally I seem to notice a trend on how grammatical/spelling corrections are received. If people generally accept them in good grace as a chance to improve, discussion quality can be decent. If they take it as a personal attack, or other people pile on (often with the classic "no one cares") ... well that's Reddit these days usually.
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zem 3y ago
i use old.reddit on both desktop and mobile. if they ever break that i'm gone.
nkotov 3y ago
I switched to Winston. Not as great as Apollo but doesn't require you to side load.

I came to Reddit via Alien Blue and stayed via Apollo. Now I check a few subs periodically in a browser, but my usage has drastically dropped without Apollo.

by 8ig8 3y ago

I came to Reddit via Alien Blue and stayed via Apollo. Now I check a few subs periodically in a browser, but my usage has drastically dropped without Apollo.

Seattle3503 3y ago

I used RIF. When that shut down I started checking in on my various accounts much less often. Multiple of my 500k+ user subreddits have been banned for being unmoderated since then. Ah well.

Fatnino 3y ago
You can make RIF work again using vanced. You create your own api key and swap it in to the apk and then it works again.
- Seattle3503 3y ago
  Does it work now? When I tried that a couple of months ago it was broken.
  - Fatnino 3y ago
    I use it all the time now. If you want NSFW to work, you need to be a mod of a subreddit. Any sub, even one you make yourself with no posts ever.
    - thrdbndndn 3y ago
      I'm using Vanced-RIF rn, it works fine most of time but has some small problems (e.g. if you open a Reddit link in a comment, it would crash). I don't know if RIF-vanced still gets any "updates" to fix these minor issues? I assume not, but never checked.

replwoacause 3y ago

Same, I quit using Reddit when they killed Apollo. Their app is terrible.

alsetmusic 3y ago
It’s what pushed me to Lemmy, which feels like Reddit early days. Actual discussion. Names that I recognize from one post to another. It’s worth checking out. For this crowd, you might like my (not my own, but where I joined) instance: lemmy.sdf.org

Lammy 3y ago

Have you updated past iOS 17.0? If not: — Install AppStore++ for TrollStore: https://github.com/CokePokes/AppStorePlus-TrollStore https://github.com/CokePokes/AppStorePlus-TrollStore — Install Apollo from the App Store — Open AppStore++, tap Apollo, tap downgrade, choose 1.15.11 — Go to your home screen and wait for the older Apollo to finish downloading — Install this tweak: https://github.com/JeffreyCA/Apollo-ImprovedCustomApi https://github.com/JeffreyCA/Apollo-ImprovedCustomApi Open Apollo and it will prompt for your API keys — Stebe Jovs voice “Boom.”

walteweiss 3y ago
Do I need jailbreak for that? Didn’t get from the GitHub’s pages.
- Lammy 3y ago
  It's a CoreTrust bug that lets a jailed app install IPAs, not a full jailbreak: https://ios.cfw.guide/installing-trollstore/ https://ios.cfw.guide/installing-trollstore/

hnick 3y ago

Largely the same here. Feel like I noticed a further decline in quality on the site after that happened too. It is useful for news aggregation but I don't like the discussion as much. But that could just be the trend continuing.

SpecialistK 3y ago
I noticed the "eternal September" happening in years prior, as Reddit became more acceptable to the wider public and as a smartphone app rather than a forum host mostly for techies. And with those "normies" came the low-effort posts that totally ignored things like stickied posts, subreddit rules, and the overall culture of the community (or site.) Take a look at /r/roms, for example. The sidebar, the top announcement sticky, the rules, and the automod on every single post says "here is where they are" and what is most of the subreddit? "How do I find game" - same thing for BuildaPC, or Tech Support, or Linux. Then the mods have to remove the low effort posts and get called names, or they get upset that the resources they've taken time to make available to the community are ignored for the 500th time and blow up, just to get called more names or even censured by the admins. The only way to win is to not play. And that's why I use a combination of HN and an RSS reader now.
- hnick 3y ago
  It definitely started years ago, probably around the time I really started using it. I visit /r/games sometimes and they have stickies around what you have been playing or game suggestions and without fail someone doesn't even read the topic at hand and just posts a random question. Apps were mostly bad at showing sidebars too, they wanted to streamline the main view. They were there but I think a lot of users didn't know. Anecdotally I seem to notice a trend on how grammatical/spelling corrections are received. If people generally accept them in good grace as a chance to improve, discussion quality can be decent. If they take it as a personal attack, or other people pile on (often with the classic "no one cares") ... well that's Reddit these days usually.
  - deleted 3y ago
    [deleted]

zem 3y ago

i use old.reddit on both desktop and mobile. if they ever break that i'm gone.

nkotov 3y ago

I switched to Winston. Not as great as Apollo but doesn't require you to side load.