Die to Reddit's API changes that basically prevent 3rd party apps from running, and also prevents moderation bots (like AutoMod) from running. Because of this, a bunch of subreddits are gonna go private on June 12 for 48hrs, and some.are gonna stay private indefinitely.
Quick question, how are Instander and YouTube Revanced able to inject their patches into certain dated APK versions of those apps...and allowing us to customize and avoid ads?
I don't want reddit to shut down my favorite preferred reddit app reader.
But if they still push through with it and succeed or however this goes...
Couldn't developers and coders simply do what the Revanced team has done and the Instander guys?
Even WhatsApp and other popular apps have injector code or patches to tweak them to our preference.
Obviously you may end up with malware or other harmful files if you don't know what you're getting.
I think the Revanced app does have patches for the official Reddit app however there are other reasons (than lack of ads) that people prefer the third-party apps.
Thanks for drawing my attention to this.
Off to understand this better. I see Reddit is still not profitable so ultimately someone is going to have to pay.
Reddit will soon start billing API usage and at a high price. That'll mean third party apps cannot be developed and sold at a reasonable price point. The dev of Apollo for reddit would have 20 millions to pay per year. Furthermore mods heavily rely on third party apps for doing their moderations of the subs. The native reddit app doesn't provide features necessary for moderating or accessibility.
.....Do you care more about bots than about the moderators who are VOLUNTEERS and yet not given the right tools to drive their jobs, who will now give up BC things have become truly too difficult to bother ?
I really don't like reddit, it's mods are abbusive, it's way to woke and progressive politically. I only use it for tech forums like this where I can find usefulness.(sometimes). I really don't care if reddit burns to the ground, I can find this kind of info in other forms on the internet.
Everyone saying reddit is for the users, reddit is community driven, etc... Be mindful that reddit is still a business not a charity. Take the bias and emotion out of it and think this through from a business perspective.
They offer us all this platform to use free of charge, and they need revenue streams in order to keep it alive. That's currently done through ad revenue. Third party apps do not support ads. So every user using third party apps are currently not supporting the continued operation of the platform. It should also be noted that many of these third party apps have "pro" features that they make money off of. So it makes sense to charge the apps for access. Why should they make tons of money while reddit is literally paying for them to be in business and getting nothing in return?
Except the issue is that reddit is charging many, many, many times more for their API than they're actually making from their own app from the same users. Remember, reddit is asking for 12k for the same amount of requests that imgur is asking 160 for.
It's not that they wanna get paid for their api, it's that they're asking extortionate prices so that there can be no 3rd party apps.
These 3rd party app devs would be lucky to make a few thousand dollars a month from their efforts. Reddit is planning an IPO. Don't act like poor reddit is going bankrupt because a small amount of users are seeking better UIs.
This whole thing becomes even more important during and after an IPO since allowing the company to purposely bleed money would show signs of poor management to potential investors and drive the value of the stock down.
That analogy doesn't work at all because they paid for the soft drink at a ridiculously high margin to start with.
This would be more like McDonalds saying they're ok with a glitch in their payment system that gives 20% of their customers a free meal.
EDIT: And before you say "they can afford it", refer to my previous response with respect to the value of the business.
We should.
But honestly even if we as a sub don't "officially" go dark, we as a user base could just log off Reddit for 48h, then check back in (without logging on) to catch up on what's happening and then decide from there.
reddit could not care less that a some subreddits will go dark for a couple days, because they know that after the subreddits come back, 95% of the people in them will be back as normal. So sure the company will lose some ad revenue from some subreddits for a couple of days, but their calculation is that in the end it won't matter to them because they'll make up for it by what they want to make in API charges.
Don't get me wrong. I disagree with the API changes, but turning off some subreddits for a couple days and then everything going back to normal will not make any difference to the company a month from now. Only people actually leaving the platform will, and the company (probably rightly) believes that won't happen.
This is why we should join the deeper side of this protest - going private indefinitely.
214 out of the 4,362 subreddits that have announced they'll be going dark for 48 hours, have already gone private until further notice.
The more, the merrier. The more subreddits join this move, the more pressure we'll be putting on Reddit to reverse this action.
No i think the we should not the beta test is going on nowadays we are getting to know the new update and features of the watches as well capabilities of the watches. This time is a important phase for our galaxy watch community.
This is the time we should be actively involved in the community so that new user or those who are interested to buy the upcoming watch series get the right information about the watches, whether it's good or bad
Also there are a big number of community that are going to be off like applewatch but that doesn't work like that we should be aware that these companies don't work like this
>This is the time we should be actively involved in the community so that new user or those who are interested to buy the upcoming watch series get the right information about the watches
Honestly device specific subreddits are pretty bad if you're looking for honest opinions on said device.
I say we should
I too say we should.
What protest? What's happening?
Die to Reddit's API changes that basically prevent 3rd party apps from running, and also prevents moderation bots (like AutoMod) from running. Because of this, a bunch of subreddits are gonna go private on June 12 for 48hrs, and some.are gonna stay private indefinitely.
Automod is 1st party and native to reddit. It isn't affected.
Quick question, how are Instander and YouTube Revanced able to inject their patches into certain dated APK versions of those apps...and allowing us to customize and avoid ads? I don't want reddit to shut down my favorite preferred reddit app reader. But if they still push through with it and succeed or however this goes... Couldn't developers and coders simply do what the Revanced team has done and the Instander guys? Even WhatsApp and other popular apps have injector code or patches to tweak them to our preference. Obviously you may end up with malware or other harmful files if you don't know what you're getting.
I think the Revanced app does have patches for the official Reddit app however there are other reasons (than lack of ads) that people prefer the third-party apps.
Let's do it. If reddit wants to remain community driven, they better listen. Or else they'll become the cringe that facebook has.
Thanks for drawing my attention to this. Off to understand this better. I see Reddit is still not profitable so ultimately someone is going to have to pay.
Do it!
Do it
Yes we should
Yes, do it!
Hell yea we should!
Go dark!
I say we should do it
yup, definitely we should
What protest?
Reddit will soon start billing API usage and at a high price. That'll mean third party apps cannot be developed and sold at a reasonable price point. The dev of Apollo for reddit would have 20 millions to pay per year. Furthermore mods heavily rely on third party apps for doing their moderations of the subs. The native reddit app doesn't provide features necessary for moderating or accessibility.
Not only apps but some bots will be affected too. No more savevideo.
There are alot of bots that follow you to promote onlyfans accounts won't that stop it and make reddit better?
.....Do you care more about bots than about the moderators who are VOLUNTEERS and yet not given the right tools to drive their jobs, who will now give up BC things have become truly too difficult to bother ?
Not to mention people who require accessibility adaptations and can not use the official app because it's a dumpster fire.
Well that is horrible and it should be fixed. But for me as a user as long as the app functions properly then I don't have a problem with the app.
Hell yeah let's do this
yes
yes
I really don't like reddit, it's mods are abbusive, it's way to woke and progressive politically. I only use it for tech forums like this where I can find usefulness.(sometimes). I really don't care if reddit burns to the ground, I can find this kind of info in other forms on the internet.
I have been doing it for a while now by using Dark Mode in the Reddit official app lol
Everyone saying reddit is for the users, reddit is community driven, etc... Be mindful that reddit is still a business not a charity. Take the bias and emotion out of it and think this through from a business perspective. They offer us all this platform to use free of charge, and they need revenue streams in order to keep it alive. That's currently done through ad revenue. Third party apps do not support ads. So every user using third party apps are currently not supporting the continued operation of the platform. It should also be noted that many of these third party apps have "pro" features that they make money off of. So it makes sense to charge the apps for access. Why should they make tons of money while reddit is literally paying for them to be in business and getting nothing in return?
Except the issue is that reddit is charging many, many, many times more for their API than they're actually making from their own app from the same users. Remember, reddit is asking for 12k for the same amount of requests that imgur is asking 160 for. It's not that they wanna get paid for their api, it's that they're asking extortionate prices so that there can be no 3rd party apps.
These 3rd party app devs would be lucky to make a few thousand dollars a month from their efforts. Reddit is planning an IPO. Don't act like poor reddit is going bankrupt because a small amount of users are seeking better UIs.
This whole thing becomes even more important during and after an IPO since allowing the company to purposely bleed money would show signs of poor management to potential investors and drive the value of the stock down.
Reddit is not bleeding money due to 3rd party apps. It's like saying McDonalds is bleeding cash because they allow free refills.
That analogy doesn't work at all because they paid for the soft drink at a ridiculously high margin to start with. This would be more like McDonalds saying they're ok with a glitch in their payment system that gives 20% of their customers a free meal. EDIT: And before you say "they can afford it", refer to my previous response with respect to the value of the business.
We should. But honestly even if we as a sub don't "officially" go dark, we as a user base could just log off Reddit for 48h, then check back in (without logging on) to catch up on what's happening and then decide from there.
Doing it already for other subs.
This will get downvoted into oblivion, but we shouldn't because it won't make a difference.
Protests don't make a difference? What.
reddit could not care less that a some subreddits will go dark for a couple days, because they know that after the subreddits come back, 95% of the people in them will be back as normal. So sure the company will lose some ad revenue from some subreddits for a couple of days, but their calculation is that in the end it won't matter to them because they'll make up for it by what they want to make in API charges. Don't get me wrong. I disagree with the API changes, but turning off some subreddits for a couple days and then everything going back to normal will not make any difference to the company a month from now. Only people actually leaving the platform will, and the company (probably rightly) believes that won't happen.
This is why we should join the deeper side of this protest - going private indefinitely. 214 out of the 4,362 subreddits that have announced they'll be going dark for 48 hours, have already gone private until further notice. The more, the merrier. The more subreddits join this move, the more pressure we'll be putting on Reddit to reverse this action.
Ohh, you're right, this makes a lot of sense. I think the most we can do now is just hoping that they revert back their API changes.
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Not just 3rd party apps, but moderation bots too. No more savevideo, AutoMod etc...
No i think the we should not the beta test is going on nowadays we are getting to know the new update and features of the watches as well capabilities of the watches. This time is a important phase for our galaxy watch community. This is the time we should be actively involved in the community so that new user or those who are interested to buy the upcoming watch series get the right information about the watches, whether it's good or bad Also there are a big number of community that are going to be off like applewatch but that doesn't work like that we should be aware that these companies don't work like this
>This is the time we should be actively involved in the community so that new user or those who are interested to buy the upcoming watch series get the right information about the watches Honestly device specific subreddits are pretty bad if you're looking for honest opinions on said device.