Some users wonder if the dev will be charged for having it still up, others argue Reddit can’t charge him without having signed a contract. Everyone is confused as to why the API change hasn’t made it inoperable.

Why is Boost still working?

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    The thing is that it really is no longer about 3rd party apps working or not, rather, the level of disrespect displayed from Reddit towards us, their userbase. That’s why I’m not going back.

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      Exactly. Relay user here and it’ll continue to function but…

      1. Fuck spez
      2. I don’t care to support reddit anymore
      3. Reddit’s content for my feed is already turning to garbage. I’m already finding kbin and lemmy better.

      Good riddins.

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        Exactly this. There is now actual conversarion and I’m finding interesting content again.

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        I was a RedReader user for quite a while (as in years). While being a bit spartan, I found it to be the best Reddit app for my preferences. Period.

        But indeed, nowadays, there is actual (great) content on Lemmy and Kbin, and I am willing to get to it. Not much time left for Reddit. Sorry, spez, fuck you!

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      Exactly. Even if spez rolled everything back, I’m not going back.

      All trust in Reddit is now destroyed because of Spez.

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        Fact is even if Reddit rolled back the changes it’d be the classic “let’s see how far we can push our user base then we’ll roll that back to acceptable levels while slowly pushing those limits through later updates” strategy

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          After the whole Brock turner the rapist crusade (deserved) I’ve been sitting here scratching my head why spez wasn’t named and shamed with his real name by the same group.

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        Give Apollo a contract guaranteeing free API access until the end of time without nonsense restrictions on content and maybe I’d think about it. Short of that I’m all set.

        (No it’s not just Apollo. But he’s the most wronged and the one I use.)

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      Same. I used to use the official app because when I started using Reddit, I was not aware of third party apps. Then it was just inertia. After this fiasco started, I started trying various apps and used sync for the last 3 weeks. Now i’m here.

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      Yep. Fuck Reddit. It’s fallen to the normies now. I’m glad to have my tech nerd discussions and news here in the fediverse now.

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      Reddit has made clear they have no respect for their users, especially their most active users responsible for creating and moderating their content. No matter what reddit does or doesn’t do now, it is obvious it will continue to get worse.