The Boost for Reddit app still worked for a while after the big shutdown with workarounds, like creating a mod account or using revanced.

Not anymore, as of today, the Boost for Reddit app is completely 100% dead now.

Goodbye reddit forever, hello lemmy

  • ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Y’know I tried using boost for lemmy since that’s what I used for reddit, then I noticed how jam packed full of ads it is (just like reddit).

    Jerboa has a lot of the same features and is completely ad free

    • Schal330@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      After having used Boost for Reddit for so long I was happy to cough up a bit of money to get Boost for Lemmy to not have any ads. Jerboa was great for a free app, but for me the user experience felt free. I haven’t used it since BfL came out so not sure if it’s improved since then.

      • ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 years ago

        Hey I get that. I was like that myself originally. But after using jerboa I actually like it more. No hate towards anyone who uses boost or sync or whatever. I just like the feel of it.

        And don’t get me wrong, jerboa has its own issues. One of the biggest being a lack of thumbnail protocol for large images or not being able to unblock communities/users without going to the full website but for a free app without ads it’s pretty nice.

  • TonyStew@kbin.social
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    2 years ago

    It appears they’re now blacklisting user-agents with “android” in them, people are putting out revanced patches for different clients.

  • SoWeDragonBallin@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I came to see if there was any chatter on this… I have a feed but no comments load. ☹️ Are there any other options besides maybe (revanced) official reddit, if that’s still a thing?

    • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
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      2 years ago

      I believe a few apps got exceptions, but I don’t remember which.

      Redreader looks open source and it seems to be working. It’s a lot more limited, which might be a good thing

        • Erick Yeagle@programming.devEnglish
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          2 years ago

          revanced keeps failing to patch the official reddit app for me. 🙃

          Just FYI if anyone cares to patch the official app, I believe you need to use 2024.17.0 from April 24th. Per comments from someone on apkmirror, that’s the last version that patches successfully.

    • ByteMe@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      I infinity for reddit is the best for me but it’s down for now. There is an update but I don’t know if it will help. I’ll check it out tomorrow

  • jackalope@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I like lemmy but reddit is still difficult to replace due to lack of content and active communities. But I ain’t using the official app so I guess here we are.

    • snownyte@kbin.social
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      2 years ago

      Same. I’m looking around at the KBin instance and it’s in bad shape, some of the communities are in. The admin is MIA due to IRL issues with health so he can’t be around to help. Moderators are abandoning already weakened communities that are now stuffed with bots and spam content.

      The only real lively community is over in Lemmy’s instances. But, the Fediverse still yet has a long ways to go, it needs more maturity as an alternative and needs more time to gather membership that’ll hopefully be comparable to reddit’s but not in quantity but quality.

      • AwesomeLowlander@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        2 years ago

        The fediverse looks a lot different from a lemmy server than it does from Kbin, fyi. There’s a lot of stuff that doesn’t get federated properly or in a reasonable time period, leading to fewer visible posts and discussions that look a lot emptier than they actually are.

    • Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      2 years ago

      You get used to it. Sorting by New and challenging yourself to kick off conversations helps.

      • jackalope@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        2 years ago

        I’ve been on lemmy like 2 years. I like it but I wouldn’t say I’ve gotten used to it.

      • deezbutts@lemm.eeEnglish
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        2 years ago

        I’d also point out that less content has become a good thing for me.

        Less endless doom scrolling, more contributing to discussions and touching grass.

        • jackalope@lemmy.mlEnglish
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          2 years ago

          The thing is I use reddit mostly for fun stuff. I took out a lot of the political stuff that was getting me down. There’s not nearly as many niche cute cat subs or active hobbyist game subs on lemmy.

    • cosmicrookie@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Its getting better… you’ll be a +1 the activity and who wants bot or toxic activity anyway. Oh and the mods are generally much nicer here

    • WideEyedStupid@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      I still use reddit when I’m looking for very specific information, because reddit still is an amazing database of content/info. Many of my searches kinda end up on reddit that way. But I don’t post there anymore and I block all ads. So… I’m still using it but providing nothing in return. I can live with that.

    • Mkengine@feddit.deEnglish
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      2 years ago

      It’s different for everyone, but for me it was just doom scrolling and not so much engaging with specific communites, so actually there really wasn’t a need to replace anything. I just don’t do it anymore and have more time for my hobbies now.

  • Seasoned_Greetings@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 years ago

    So this was a screw up on reddit’s end and also broke their official app for some people. They seem to have rolled that change back as of this morning. My revanced copy of baconreader works again