I am a bit confused about this, do a lot of people access Reddit through a service that uses the API?
To me Reddit is a website, people keep referring to it as an app, but I have never used an app for it. It works best in the browser.
To me Reddit is a website, people keep referring to it as an app, but I have never used an app for it. It works best in the browser.
Even on desktop, a lot users and mods use Reddit Enhancement Suite (RES) [0] because the "default" Reddit is crap too, lol. I'm sure other HN users would also be using the "old" version of reddit, old.reddit.com [1] since it still performs better somehow. RES has also mentioned that it should continue working fine, but they're not entirely sure about it either. [2]
[0]: https://redditenhancementsuite.com/
[2]: https://www.reddit.com/r/RESAnnouncements/comments/141hyv3/a...
Apollo was by far the best reddit browsing experience on mobile and it seems like the API price was a direct action to shut these third party experiences down knowing their experience was sub par.
Are you using old.reddit.com by chance? If so I have a sneaking suspicious that's going to go away in due time.
It's best at a desktop with old.reddit and res, but the better apps are a close second.
I think the biggest impact, though, is some moderators rely on tools/clients to make their (voluntary) jobs easier. If those tools disappear, then a lot of these subreddits will probably shut down for lack of moderators. And I heard that /r/blind mods literally cannot use the existing Reddit site/apps.