this post was submitted on 01 Jun 2024
16 points (76.7% liked)
Boost For Lemmy
6949 readers
1 users here now
Community of the Android app Boost for Lemmy
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
The issue was never that it'd stop working completely. Instead, the API would limit the app once a certain number of requests happened, and charge for more. Since a lot of people use the app, there's a lot of requests, and it stops working quickly unless the developer pays.
Now that the app has been pulled from the market and it broke for everyone, it sees very little use. The limit doesn't get hit, and the app works. But if everyone starts using it again, it'll break again.
Edit: Just for kicks, I downloaded it from apkmirror and tried it. I very quickly got the 429 error when the API key has hit the limit.
If you are a mod you won't get the 429 error