• bassomitron@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          21
          ·
          edit-2
          11 months ago

          A lot of that functionality no longer works after the API changes. Even in the GitHub of some of those, they mention some basic features won’t work, e.g. private messages.

          • Kalash@feddit.ch
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            1
            arrow-down
            23
            ·
            11 months ago

            Because developers aren’t willing to pay the new API fees, not because of technical limitations. So that doesn’t take away at all from the fact that 3rd party frontends for reddit exist.

            • bassomitron@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              10
              ·
              11 months ago

              That’s not entirely true. Some of the previously available API hooks literally cannot be used by third parties anymore, even if you pay. Just go look at the reddit developer posts discussing it.

              • Kalash@feddit.ch
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                1
                arrow-down
                11
                ·
                11 months ago

                But also not really relevant to the initial point. Not being able to watch porn from reddit via 3rd party apps is quite different statement than there being no 3rd party apps.

                • bassomitron@lemmy.world
                  link
                  fedilink
                  English
                  arrow-up
                  4
                  ·
                  11 months ago

                  Those weren’t the only hooks to get axed, but certainly the most noticeable. Look, I never fully disagreed with you, I just said it’s not fully functional, which is true and also relevant to the comment topic.

                  • Kalash@feddit.ch
                    link
                    fedilink
                    arrow-up
                    1
                    arrow-down
                    4
                    ·
                    edit-2
                    11 months ago

                    I’m personally not using any reddit related apps anymore and only vaguely followed the whole API debacle. It’s becoming shitty which is the reason I quit it.

                    But saying 3rd party apps or frontends don’t exist for reddit is ridiculous. They do, it doesn’t matter if they suck now or cost money. I was just pointing out an error, not trying to argue for or against lemmy/reddit. But apperently some people really took offence with that.

              • Kalash@feddit.ch
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                1
                arrow-down
                15
                ·
                edit-2
                11 months ago

                Right … something is wrong with me. Not the people argue over something that is objectivly false and can be verified in less then 15 seconds.

                And I honestly don’t get why. Are you people so upset about reddit you’d rather deny reality just so you can claim having some feature over reddit? How fucking pathetic is that?

            • Hjalmar@feddit.nu
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              6
              ·
              11 months ago

              Do you really expect the developers of those free and open source apps to pay for you using their app?

            • otp@sh.itjust.works
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              5
              arrow-down
              1
              ·
              11 months ago

              So that doesn’t take away at all from the fact that 3rd party frontends for reddit exist.

              I think you’re just being needlessly pedantic here

        • ZeroCool@feddit.ch
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          5
          arrow-down
          2
          ·
          edit-2
          11 months ago

          As of July 12th, 2023, Libreddit is currently not operational as Reddit’s API changes, that were designed to kill third-party apps and content scrapers who don’t pay large fees, went into effect. Read the full announcement here.

          Edit: Downvoting me doesn’t make you any less wrong.

          • Kalash@feddit.ch
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            1
            arrow-down
            5
            ·
            edit-2
            11 months ago

            One of the project maintainers is working towards keeping this project alive to some extent: #836

            and it’s literally just one of dozens of alternative frontends for reddit.

            • ZeroCool@feddit.ch
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              2
              arrow-down
              2
              ·
              edit-2
              11 months ago

              None of which work anymore.

              Edit: Again, downvoting me doesn’t make you any less wrong.

              • Kalash@feddit.ch
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                1
                arrow-down
                5
                ·
                11 months ago

                Yes, some do still work. And libreddit would still work if you pay for the API on your instance.

                Anyway, 3rd party apps for reddit exist, period. You can continue to deny reality on your own.