• SpacemanSpiff@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Came here because RIF shut down and I can’t believe how bad the regular reddit app is. Here’s hoping that Lemmy is the new reddit!

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      1 year ago

      I did the exact same thing just today. Here’s hoping! I can see there’s growing pains, but that just means there’s growing to be done.

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      1 year ago

      Same here. Tried the official reddit app and its bad. Even tweaking with the settings, the lack of many features is noticeable.

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      1 year ago

      for our writing, we discovered no character limit (or one that counts properly…) and have started to move our content here. Even if it’s just a side or secondary site, it seems to work great.

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      1 year ago

      I’ve tried using the official app for some of my favourite subreddits and it’s awful. A cluttered mess that’s difficult to navigate, the complete opposite of rif… Just gave up after a while. This place is looking promising though and I’m happy to see so many familiar communities already.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, I used Reddit exclusively through RIF. It was perfect for what I wanted out of the site.

      A sad day. But now I’m here via Jerboa and like it a lot so far.

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      Yeah, I used Reddit exclusively through RIF. It was perfect for what I wanted out of the site.

      A sad day. But now I’m here via Jerboa and like it a lot so far.

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    1 year ago

    RIP RIF

    tbf i didn’t actually stop using redditisfun. I followed the guide to patching RIF with revanced which changes the user agent of the app to hide from reddit that you’re using redditisfun

    The instructions are here https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/14niwgu/revanced_patches_for_boost_infinity_rif_is_fun?sort=new

    Gonna plug revanced here, too, since i already had revanced because i use it to have adfree YouTube and YouTube music with unlimited skips. Been using it since it was called vanced, when they just shared modified APKs. Then Google shut them down with a cease and desist letter so revanced was born. It’s a system for patching apps yourself which gives the developers a bit more legal cover.

    Revanced.app

    GitHub.com/revanced

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    1 year ago

    To Talklittle… Thank you for all the years and hard work you put into RIF. I happened upon your app years ago when I was having a difficult time in my life and found simple solace there. Since then I fully embraced RIF and even got some friends to join the app/community as well. I am fiercely heartbroken over that other apps disgusting treatment of you and the others. I am very sorry, but more than that, I’m incredibly grateful to you. Thank you. Sending peace, love, and strength. 💕

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    RIF is why I’m here, I deleted it from my front page, realized I hated going to the reddit website, and looked for something better.

    I know he’s working on something different, for a different site, but I also hope he’s considering a LIF or something like that.

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    1 year ago

    Thanks for the app, @talklittle. I purchased RIF back in 2012 and it has been the only way I’ve used reddit on mobile ever since. Sad to see it go.

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    1 year ago

    A decade of a truly-superior user experience.

    I can’t even bring myself to delete it. I feel like it needs to stay memorialized in my app list.

    Thanks for such a great product, devs. It’ll be sorely missed.

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      1 year ago

      I was going to leave Apollo on my phone but it kept showing up on my Home Screen in my smart widget and I kept tapping it to open it so it had to go :(

  • ChooChoo4U21@lemmy.world
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    I will miss RIF, and I cannot browse reddit without it. I am, however, looking foward to further interacting with the fediverse. I am just trying to remain respectful of places that other people created and established. Reddit was fun, but it was a mess (fake posts for karma, rage bait posts, harassment over the slightest little thing, people who couldn’t and wouldn’t intelligently articulate their view, etc). I’m hoping to not bring that here.

  • Grungeehamster@lemmy.world
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    Came here because of the goodbye note from rif. Reddit is rif for me. The original app is just too bulky and annoying.

    It’s still not the same experience so I’ve been trying out apps for lemmy. Connect is the closest one I think.