[murphyslab]

It's been frustrating to read how Reddit's API changes are affecting the unofficial mobile apps for Reddit. Seriously has me questioning whether I want to continue using the platform at all. The developer for Apollo posted a lengthy thread 12 days ago about how this is going to affect those apps:

https://old.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/12ram0f/had_a_fe...

As many users have noted, this is in many ways a betrayal, of both users and developers, since these other apps were the first to provide mobile functionality for Reddit.

[z500]

Not to mention they all do it better than the official app.

[murphyslab]

I've been using RIF for probably 10 years. I'd sooner browse Old Reddit on mobile than use the official app. Reddit Inc has been trying to emulate various trends, constantly running after leaders like TikTok. It feels chaotic and bloated. But those older unofficial apps have remained focused on the core, historic functionality of Reddit.

[thewataccount]

> I'd sooner browse Old Reddit on mobile than use the official app

Yeah, and they know it. They recently disabled i.reddit, I expect it won't be long until old.reddit.com get's disabled too.