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fuck reddit and all but i'm sure some of us use it for some very carefully curated hobby related stuff or maybe still browse TrueAnon or Deprogram, which are basically Hexbear rear-guard outposts

someone suggested RedReader as the last surviving android app that somehow still uses reddit's old API.

so I grabbed it on F-Droid and

wow compared to browsing with firefox mobile + ublock it's a game changer. quick, snappy, with rich features. took a minute to get used to the UI but it's vastly superior to it's predecessors

who knows how long it will use whatever backdoor it does

EDIT, FYI: it doesn't seem to allow viewing of anything flagged NSFW despite granting permission. whatever API backdoor it uses won't allow it. sucks because some useful non-horny subreddits are flagged NSFW just to protect them from bans

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 18 hours ago

I was using redreader when the other apps were shut down. The person who made it said they tried to kill it too but there were complaints the new reddit app was impossible for blind people to use.

Also the new reddit didn't have mod tools so all their big mods had to use redreader

[–] [email protected] 6 points 17 hours ago

I used revanced to patch slide ages ago and it works pretty well.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 19 hours ago

I tested this out today. It has a real programmers interface but it sure its fast which is real nice.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 22 hours ago

When they killed RIF is fun I decided I'll never go back. And I won't. Fuck reddit-logo

[–] [email protected] 9 points 22 hours ago

Reddit on browser is a shit experience which varies from annoying to unusable.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 22 hours ago

Gonna keep this one in mind. I've been using ReVanced's patched version of Sync but it's based on the last update from like April of last year. It's only a matter of time before future updates start breaking stuff.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago

Yeah, RedReader is what I use when I need to check in on a couple of subs. I'm not logging in tho.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 23 hours ago

I use revanced sync, still works quite nicely. P sure other apps have compatability patches too

[–] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago

I'm still using Joey whenever I feel the need to pop over and check on the subreddit I nominally mod.