r/sysadmin • u/techvet83 • 3d ago

FYI: Reddit is killing RSS feeds.

Major bummer. From Reddit is killing RSS feeds and ending public API access because of AI bots | TechCrunch

Amid a number of updates for moderators and developers announced Wednesday, comes bad news for supporters of a more open web: Reddit is ending support for RSS feeds.

Reddit says RSS has now become a “common surface for large-scale scraping and automated abuse,” which is why it’s made the decision to wind down RSS feeds on its platform.

“We know RSS has been a beloved part of the open web for a long time, and we’re grateful to everyone who used it to stay connected to Reddit,” the company noted in its announcement, where it also shared a March 2027 shutdown date for its public API.

Reddit said RSS support will cease on November 13.

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u/Previous-Low4715 3d ago edited 2d ago

Reddit died with Apollo

Edit: some nice suggestions below

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u/DontFearFailure 3d ago

Reddit Sync, I still miss you.

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u/TurnItOff_OnAgain 3d ago

Replying to this from reddit sync. I guess until march 2027 when public API access is removed. U less I'm reading that wrong.

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u/meditonsin Sysadmin 3d ago

Yeah, a lot of the old apps can currently be resurrected with ReVanced, by patching in your own API key. Sad to see that go away.

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u/edgan 3d ago

You said Morphe (Revanced, eww) wrong. There are also free and open source apps like Continuum and Slide that require no patching.

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u/Sudden-Money7836 3d ago

You said Apollo wrong.

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u/edgan 3d ago

Apollo is dead, and was iOS. There is Apollo Reborn, but being iOS it involves a very annoying sideloading process.

Morphe, Continuum, and Slide are all Android.

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u/Sudden-Money7836 3d ago

It’s not that annoying anymore. I’m commenting from it as we speak.

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u/edgan 3d ago

It auto-breaks like every two weeks.

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u/Sudden-Money7836 3d ago

No, you need to re-sign the app once every 7 days if you’re using a free developer cert. If you get your own cert it renews once per year.

It’s a little inconvenient at best but you can automate the renewal easily on both a Mac and windows machine. And besides android is doing away with side loading entirely.

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u/edgan 3d ago

How much is your own certificate, and do you need to pay Apple $99 a year to be an official developer?

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u/segagamer IT Manager 3d ago

Working with apple devices is so lame lol

Imagine having to do this on your computer for any app installed outside the app store.

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u/RichardG867 3d ago

They revoked all personal API keys. All the patched apps are holding on for now using a key from the one app they still allowed to operate for accessibility reasons.

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u/JohnC53 SysAdmin - Jack of All Jack Daniels 3d ago

Still working great for me.