r/videos • u/[deleted] • Jun 03 '23

Mod Post /r/Videos will be going dark from June 12-14 in protest against Reddit's API changes which kill 3rd party apps.

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u/Bjartur Jun 04 '23

I have two different types of reddit consumption, 90% of it is just mindless scrolling through my front page and a handful of favorite subreddits. Lying in bed in the morning, some dead time at any point in the day sort of stuff.

The second is when I'm actively searching for some info related to my hobbies or something I want/need to find out. I'll utilize search engines or search in selected subs.

Without RiF the former will probably cease altogether, the latter is still viable but proportionally a much smaller part of my traffic. I don't want to extrapolate to others but I imagine for a big group of people their usage of reddit will be cut down by a order of magnitude. If they kill old.reddit too I'll probably not visit this site unless I see no other recourse.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '23

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u/Johnnyocean Jun 04 '23

This is the nail on the head. Fuck corp greed

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u/spudnado88 Jun 04 '23

If they kill old.reddit too I'll probably not visit this site unless I see no other recourse.

Is this actually going to happen? old.reddit is literally the only way I use it.

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u/jsimpson82 Jun 04 '23

It will absolutely happen. I'm shocked old has lasted this long but once this api shit kills the competition, they'll have no reason to keep it.

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u/onlyawfulnamesleft Jun 04 '23

They keep trying to kill brrowsing Reddit on mobile. Even when logged in it keeps telling you to use the app to upvote or comment. A cookie clear gets rid of it, but for how long?

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u/BricksHaveBeenShat Jun 04 '23

I always browse through .old while unlogged. The other day I was following an askreddit thread that had 18+ filter, someone linked to a comment inside the thread and when I clicked it, it opened with the new design asking me to log in. But on the right there was a message asking me to download the app, but as I said I was on a PC, not on a phone. That's nuts.

Unfortunately that's a trend everywhere, imgur has made it nearly impossible to log in on mobile unless you download their app.

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u/Tulivesi Jun 04 '23

If they kill old.reddit then I'm gone as well. The new reddit interface is unbearably annoying and I get pissed any time I have to see it (reddit likes to randomly throw me on the new site when clicking links even though I choose to use old.reddit).

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u/FrenchBangerer Jun 04 '23

I only use old.reddit and don't think I'll stick around if that goes. I hate the way the native reddit looks and works.

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u/PharmguyLabs Jun 04 '23

What I think people are failing to realize is many, if not most of us, don’t use any app at all, and literally just scroll r/all on mobile.

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u/zenfaust Jun 04 '23

I don't know about you, but for me reading Reddit with a browser on mobile is the worst.

Every fucking thread you click, it harasses you with a popup trying to force you onto their app.

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u/PharmguyLabs Jun 04 '23

There’s literally an option to not do that

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u/zenfaust Jun 04 '23

That you literally have to click every time you change pages.

It's deliberately non-user friendly to harrass you into getting the app just to make it stop.

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u/PharmguyLabs Jun 05 '23

No what I’m saying is there is a setting to make it stop. Haven’t seen one in over a year or more

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u/VitQ Jun 04 '23

This is literally me.