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What is this one doing that the others aren't? It seems to still work today, I used Boost today and it wasn't showing any new posts.

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RedReader has been granted an accessibility exemption

https://www.reddit.com/r/RedReader/comments/145du4j/update_4...

I'd be so wary of continuing any work on any connected application if I were the developer. They may have an exception for the moment, but Reddit hasn't kept any of the promises they've made to third party developers when it counts.

I suspect the answer is that they aren't at anywhere near the scale of the popular apps yet.

Why Reddit hasn't just thrown them in the same fire is odd though.

I suspect it's either because a) they will wait until they are at rif/Apollo scale and then kill them or b) this is a meagre attempt at some positive PR.

I had (til quitting reddit) been using redreader for years and it was great. Yes, it got an accessibility exemption, but that may just be temporary. I didn't realize redreader was unpopular compared to other apps. It is on f-droid so I tried it out and liked it.

I was being a bit presumptuous about it not being popular but I'm basing it on the readers I have encountered as someone who tries new clients regularly, the ones my friends have, and the frequency with which they're promoted by word of mouth on platforms like Reddit and HN.

Maybe "not mainstream" would be fairer but with apps, it's tantamount to the same thing.

Boost is still working for me somehow. I think there has been a miscommunication about the date somewhere.

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