One surviving Reddit app plans to charge based on how much you use it

C4d, 10 months ago

Problem is they even with paying the third party app gets an inferior experience (no polls, nothing marked NSFW).

db2, 10 months ago

This won’t work out. Reddit is hostile to any third party app and will screw this dev over hard at any and every chance.

To the dev: Bail while you can dude.

fry, 10 months ago

Yea, I think this app developer is misreading what Reddit is really trying to accomplish . They weren’t trying to monetize third party apps, they were just trying to get rid of them.

Extrasvhx9he, 10 months ago

Good luck to them

fry, 10 months ago

Agreed, haven’t really looked back since coming over to Lemmy

Veedem, 10 months ago

I’m in love with Lemmy. It feels like Reddit did when Reddit was fun and you weren’t a speck in the crowd. Same for Mastodon and the early days of Twitter.

Currently weighing whether or not I want to pay for a lifetime subscription to the app I’m using on iOS. These guys can still find ways to make money, but I think relying solely on Reddit and trusting them not to further jack up the prices is a risky move.

fry, 10 months ago

Same, it feels like most of the people on Lemmy are just here because they’re interested in the topics for each of the communities they subscribe to.

I paid for Bean on iOS, it really feels like the Apollo of Lemmy. The developer is also super responsive and is constantly putting out fast updates.

Sicktatties, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago)

“That’s a bold strategy, Cotton. Let’s see if it pays off for ‘em”

baronvonj, 10 months ago

Relay for Reddit Pro was my client of choice. Paying a subscription fee to a third party just seems ridiculous. I would have instead loved to have Relemmy by DBrady.

fry, 10 months ago

I miss Apollo, but not Reddit. If Christian (Apollo dev) released a Lemmy app, I’d download it in a second. Paid for it on reddit and would on Lemmy too.

Sicktatties, 10 months ago

I did and would too, for sure!

b_crussin, 10 months ago

I’m sure you already heard of it, but obligatory Voyager shout-out since it’s pretty damn close

github.com/aeharding/voyager

ddtfrog, 10 months ago

I use Voyager strictly because of how similar it is to Apollo!

aStonedSanta, 10 months ago

Wefwef is basically Apollo for lemmy imo.

wegettosss, 10 months ago

It is so sad no one ever mention infinity. Such a good app. And no one gives a shit

WarmSoda, 10 months ago

Did it charge you money based on how you used it?

wegettosss, 10 months ago

Its free

WarmSoda, 10 months ago

Does it still work with Reddit?

wegettosss, 10 months ago

Yes, thats why Im confused that no one talks about it