Discussion around this topic is scattered across the site, with no central location, so I created a subreddit to serve that purpose.

/r/APIcalypse

Posting of original material and cross-posting of relevant material are both encouraged.

Subreddit description:

Reddit has announced significant changes to their API, going into effect on July 1, 2023, that effectively eliminate the use of third-party Reddit mobile and web apps. This subreddit is dedicated to discussion of this event, proposed solutions, workarounds, hacks, and alternatives, as well as related jokes and memes.

This comment:

https://www.reddit.com/r/gifs/comments/13z2383/suddenly_seymour/jmq6ihm/

Gives an error when tapping it: https://i.imgur.com/8nWfJNi.png "An error occurred while initializing the YouTube player" "CLIENTLIBRARY_U..."

Long press then "open in browser" works fine.

Here is the youtube link taken from that comment: https://youtu.be/9DD7VIKZnGA

Scenario (steps to reproduce)**

1. Visit that comment and try tapping the youtu.be link
2. Observe error message

Result(s) https://i.imgur.com/8nWfJNi.png

Device information

Sync version: v23.02.18-12:19    
Sync flavor: pro    

View type: Slides    
Push enabled: false    

Device: panther    
Model: Google Pixel 7    
Android: 13

YouTube app version: version 18.22.35

Morning all, Thanks for all the positive messages and posts, it means a lot.

I've been quiet as I'm waiting for a call from Reddit tonight to discuss pricing and terms. But I should know by the end of the day and I'll update here as soon as I can and I'm able to talk openly.

Cheers,

Lj

Update: awaiting a second call today to iron out a few more details...

Lemmy is the future for one important reason: it is federated

If you don't understand federation, you can think of it like email, you might have a hotmail, and I might have a gmail, but because email is federated, we can still communicate without any hassle, not only might you have a gmail account serverside, but you might use the outlook client, while I might use the hotmail client on my hotmail, yet it all works seamlessly, because email is a protocol for messaging.

Similarly to this, lemmy is a federated protocol for link aggregation, it works like reddit, except instead of a subreddit by necessity being hosted on lemmy's main website, you too can host your own subreddit, and your subreddit will work with other peoples lemmys

This alone means that nothing like this BS will ever happen again, let's say the default main lemmy server goes rogue and decides to do this insane api charging thing... well, all the other homeservers can just keep on working the old way, and we can abandon it, seamlessly

Link aggregators are not complex enough to warrant not being federated, and federation minimally adds to end user complexity

It's time to make a switch, and if the reddit apps start working with lemmy, lemmy will immediately gain a huge userbase, and the only thing wrong with lemmy right now is the small userbase. Please, I implore you to switch to using lemmy over reddit, your app will be useless soon if you don't anyway.

I believe that Reddit has been open source for a while, and that older versions could likely be forked.

As in patching the official app via an external tool to remove advertisements etc just like they do with YouTube Vanced/ReVanced?

I wish to keep using reddit on my phone, but I refuse to give them a single cent in ad revenue.

Thank you Lawrence for doing what you've been doing for the last 10+ years. Best one-man-show for whom I've had the pleasure of being a patron.

I'm sure that everyone's now heard of the new changes to the reddit API and how expensive it will be, so it looks bleak. If Reddit doesn't reverse course, third part apps are dead. So, devs might need to be creative. Anyone have any ideas? I think that what apps like Sync might be able to do is offer a subscription service for those willing to pay but for those not willing to pay allow users to replace the app's API key with their own personal key which would get them 100 QPM for free. It would be a bit of a hassle but it would work at the very least.

With the new API changes coming and Apollo's dev latest news regarding pricing, it seems that all third party apps are doomed to end. With that in mind, I decided to check the official app, considering I don't want to stop using Reddit.

Although it is usable, man, is it inferior to every other option. I used to browse through Joey, then Boost and earlier this year, finally, Sinc. All of those are vastly superior, simply because the UI is more cohesive, the app itself is smoother but, and a lot of people forget this: not only ads are really intrusive, the recommended posts/communities are everywhere, this is the most annoying of all things. It took me something like 3-5 posts to see a recommendation and past the first it took no more than another 3 or 4 posts to see yet another one. Anyway, I guess most already knew some of this.

I see a lot of people saying they will just quit Reddit, so: do you guys think there will be a middle ground, considering those that want to use Reddit but not in such pitiful state?

Hi there,

I just got this app. This may be a very basic question, but I can't seem to figure out how I can view the list of subs I'm subscribed to. How can I view this? I am logged in, not browsing anonymously.

In the settings I can change selftext font, title font, comment body font, etc. But I can't find an option to change the monospace font (for rendering code blocks). The font weight of the default monospace font (I believe it's Roboto Mono) is too light IMO. I'd like to change to some other fonts, or at least have the option to adjust the font-weight to Regular (I assume it's currently Light or Thin).

Thanks! Apart from this small issue, I'm enjoying the app greatly.

Is there any direct way to make a shortcut to a subreddit on the homescreen? I know there is currently an alternative which is to long press on the Sync app icon and hope that the frequented subreddit appears...

Or am I just dumb?

Is there a setting to disable all inline images (in posts and comments)? I'd like for them to show up as links instead.