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arrow-up18arrow-down1external-linkReminder: You can still use reddit from 3rd party appsgithub.comRicaz@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Reddit@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-text
At least with Boost (my favorite reddit & Lemmy app). This lets you circumvent ads/recommendations and other bs, too.
minus-squareRedditWanderer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down3·1 day agoHow do you figure that? They run ads and subscriptions to afford the API, which is paid to spez.
minus-squareRicaz@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·edit-224 hours agoThis is just incorrect. Nobody pays for API in Boost, it uses the API directly. The official app was shut down after the API got restricted.
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·24 hours ago “after the API was restricted” The restriction is 3rd party apps have to pay for API. Here’s the reddit post from Boost’s developer. https://www.reddit.com/r/BoostForReddit/comments/13wstr2/with_apollo_facing_api_prices_upwards_of_20/ There are hacks that keep Boost working but the ads are Reddits.
minus-squareRicaz@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-223 hours agoYes, I’m aware. It uses the API. There are no ads.
How do you figure that?
They run ads and subscriptions to afford the API, which is paid to spez.
This is just incorrect. Nobody pays for API in Boost, it uses the API directly. The official app was shut down after the API got restricted.
The restriction is 3rd party apps have to pay for API.
Here’s the reddit post from Boost’s developer. https://www.reddit.com/r/BoostForReddit/comments/13wstr2/with_apollo_facing_api_prices_upwards_of_20/
There are hacks that keep Boost working but the ads are Reddits.
Yes, I’m aware. It uses the API. There are no ads.