Infinity, a lesser known open-source third-party Reddit app for Android, has announced that it will be switching to a subscription-only model. This would mean that the F-Droid version of the app will be delisted and the API key currently in the source code of the app will be removed. As of this post, the developer is currently not interested in converting Infinity into a Lemmy client, but encourages others to look into doing it themselves because of the app’s open source nature.
- Technoguyfication ( @Technoguyfication@lemmy.ml ) English37•1 year ago
Still, most if not all of that subscription fee is just going back to Reddit in API calls. Not interested in supporting them at all, whether through a first or third party app.
- CookieJarObserver ( @CookieJarObserver@feddit.de ) English33•1 year ago
Infinity was great, but reddit goes to shit and its not worth it at all.
- the magnificent rhys ( @rhys@mastodon.rhys.wtf ) 33•1 year ago
@grizz Relay’s doing the same. I think some of the less popular apps like these can feasibly give the new API pricing a go.
I think the proposition has changed significantly for me though. I liked and supported these apps for a long time, but I’m not using them as vehicle through which to effectively subscribe to reddit.
- CheshireSnake ( @CheshireSnake@lemmy.one ) 31•1 year ago
Same. It’s not about the app anymore. It’s about reddit itself.
- danielton ( @danielton@outpost.zeuslink.net ) English17•1 year ago
Same here. At that point, I’d be supporting spez and his IPO, not the app developer.
- LetterboxPancake ( @LetterboxPancake@sh.itjust.works ) English8•1 year ago
Yeah, absolutely. I’m fine with a subscription, but not at that price and not with that CEO. Spez will not see a cent of my money, no matter how much I loved Relay.
- DarraignTheSane ( @DarraignTheSane@lemmy.ml ) English27•1 year ago
Infinity was a good replacement when Sync did its redesign, which I didn’t care for. Ah well. I don’t blame them of course, but reddit isn’t something I’m going to pay a subscription to access on a 3rd party app on my phone.
Same here. No offense to the developer of Infinity, but I don’t see too much value in accessing Reddit on mobile enough to pay for a subscription. Now that I have Lemmy, I’ll probably only use Reddit while trying to search for a solution for something.
- makeitra1n ( @makeitra1n@beehaw.org ) English9•1 year ago
Probably the solution you will find will be deleted or edited to „fuck u/spez“ hopefully.
- emptyother ( @emptyother@beehaw.org ) English6•1 year ago
- voxel ( @vox@sopuli.xyz ) English19•1 year ago
no more fdroid?
eww - BlackCoffee ( @BlackCoffee@fedia.io ) 18•1 year ago
Just give in to Reddit’s ridiculous demands indeed.
This is just a start for them to charge even more down the line “cuz profits”.
It will not be sustainable as an 3rd party app one way or the other.
They can also just revoke the access without blinking just because they would feel like it.- Sarke ( @Sarke@lemmy.ca ) 8•1 year ago
They’re not doing this to make money on their API, they’re just trying to make 3rd party apps unfeasible so users have to use their app. More control basically, more ad power.
- pdlrd:// ( @poudlardo@terefere.eu ) English18•1 year ago
Ouch, I’ve been using it a lot lately, I would have preferred their app converted to Lemmy’s network
- drinvictus ( @drinvictus@fedia.io ) 12•1 year ago
It’s open source so someone might do it
- Garbage Data ( @Anomalocarididae@pawb.social ) English18•1 year ago
Farewell, Infinity. :(
- CodeGameEat ( @CodeGameEat@lemmy.ca ) English16•1 year ago
I’ll try to look into making infinity compatible with Lemmy with a reddit API proxy, that client is soooo good I need it :(. And I really don’t want to pay reddit through their API.
- hyperlink2236 ( @hyperlink2236@feddit.it ) English16•1 year ago
Being an Infinity user, I loved the app. I wish I could use it again for Lemmy. But since I don’t plan on going back to Reddit, I guess it’s time to say goodbye…
- Open World ( @open_world@lemmy.world ) English15•1 year ago
Infinity was an excellent app. Was customizable enough for my needs and didn’t intrude on my experience with ads or other stuff. Sad to see it go. I will probably just stop using it and just use Lemmy from now on.
- sarsaparilyptus ( @sarsaparilyptus@beehaw.org ) English9•1 year ago
I never really cared for Infinity. Every FOSS app has one strange idiosyncrasy that the developer is extremely stubborn about and won’t compromise on: for example, weather app Wx is perfect but for the fact that the developer refuses to incorporate location services. With Infinity, it was the fact that the app didn’t store the read/unread state of posts persistently, and because the app had an option to hide read posts, the dev just wontfixed it and called it a day. Some people had no issue with that but for me it was unusable.
- Djokkum ( @Djokkum@rammy.site ) English14•1 year ago
I’ve been using infinity for a while now and it’s fantastic. I would happily pay for it, if it weren’t for the fact that most of the money would go straight to Reddit.
- sneakyninjapants ( @sneakyninjapants@sh.itjust.works ) English13•1 year ago
Thanks for the heads up. Just forked the project and hopefully it should be relatively simple to change the API key and rebuild the app. That being said, keeping up to date with the upstream changes might prove more difficult
- Stetsed ( @Stetsed@lemmy.one ) English11•1 year ago
Personally I use the infinity for Reddit app and this is disappointing as it’s my favorite app but I wouldn’t pay a subscription for it. Although I do understand why he/she is doing it I am still disappointed.
- theorem ( @theory@mander.xyz ) English8•1 year ago
Eww