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by _dan 1097 days ago
That’s exactly how it works today, Apollo logs into Reddit as you via OAuth. When you add an account you follow a pretty standard OAuth flow (Apollo sends you to Reddit, you log in, Reddit asks you to authenticate Apollo, then sends you back). But Reddit knows it’s you, and they know you’re using Apollo.

In fact heres the post where Apollo switched to OAuth some years ago: https://old.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/44rd9g/apollo_be...