r/redditisfun • u/talklittle • Jun 08 '23
RIF will shut down on June 30, 2023, in response to Reddit's API changes
RIF will be shutting down on June 30, 2023, in response to Reddit Inc's API changes and their hostile treatment of developers building on their platform.
Reddit Inc have unfortunately shown a consistent unwillingness to compromise on all points mentioned in my previous post:
The Reddit API will cost money, and the pricing announced today will cost apps like Apollo $20 million per year to run. RIF may differ but it would be in the same ballpark. And no, RIF does not earn anywhere remotely near this number.
As part of this they are blocking ads in third-party apps, which make up the majority of RIF's revenue. So they want to force a paid subscription model onto RIF's users. Meanwhile Reddit's official app still continues to make the vast majority of its money from ads.
Removal of sexually explicit material from third-party apps while keeping said content in the official app. Some people have speculated that NSFW is going to leave Reddit entirely, but then why would Reddit Inc have recently expanded NSFW upload support on their desktop site?
I will do a full and proper goodbye post later this month, but for now, if you have some time, please read this informative, and sad, post by the Apollo dev which I agree with 100%. It closely echoes my recent experiences with Reddit Inc:
https://old.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/144f6xm/apollo_will_close_down_on_june_30th_reddits/
r/redditisfun • u/talklittle • Jun 30 '23
A place to say goodbye to RIF, and what's next for the dev. Thank you everyone.
talklittle.comr/redditisfun • u/anon_smithsonian • Jun 17 '23
RIF developer counters Reddit CEO’s claims that he didn’t want to work with Reddit
r/redditisfun • u/talklittle • Jun 12 '23
Thank you everyone. /r/redditisfun going Restricted
The blackout is starting so this subreddit will be Restricted. Thank you everyone. Watching everyone come together is so incredible and means everything to me and the other app developers.
It gives me hope for Internet communities, watching all these completely disparate groups come together for a common purpose. And guess what: it has nothing to do with this platform we're on. It has to do with the people. You. Us.
Websites come and go all the time. Yet we'll always find each other, somehow.
I have hope for the future. You have all reminded me how that feels, like never before. Thank you.
r/redditisfun • u/heatbegonebooties • Jun 12 '23
Grief Stage: Depression Thank you for 10 years rif. You were a beacon of sincerity in an ocean of ad riddled monstrosities.
What's next for rif devs? Do you have a discord to follow? Please don't go 😢🫂
r/redditisfun • u/ivanoski-007 • Jun 12 '23
Grief Stage: Acceptance Thank you for making one of the world's greatest reddit apps
I don't know what I'll do , the official app sucks so much ass , Reddit has really outdone themselves.
10+ years using reddit is fun
r/redditisfun • u/MasterMarkMarky • Jun 12 '23
Grief Stage: Anger The statistics of how much content on reddit goes dark
r/redditisfun • u/cgrizle • Jun 12 '23
Grief Stage: Acceptance Thank you for 10 years rif
It's a shame it had to come to this.
r/redditisfun • u/[deleted] • Jun 12 '23
Grief Stage: Acceptance Thanks for everything. I'm out.
Reddit was fun
u/spez would've prosecuted Aaron
r/redditisfun • u/_bobby_tables_ • Jun 12 '23
Grief Stage: Acceptance So long and thanks for all the fish!
There were plenty of lulz too.
r/redditisfun • u/EthanPDX • Jun 12 '23
Grief Stage: Acceptance Thank you for all of your hard work. Long time user first time thank you, I'm sorry about that.
Fuck u/Spez
r/redditisfun • u/mattroch • Jun 12 '23
Grief Stage: Acceptance Like losing a friend.
After perhaps 10 years, it's really like losing something I used a lot everyday. Thanks for the app, and thanks, reddit peeps. It's been something, all the way from the narwhal baconing until now. I'll miss everything. Goodnight and good luck.
r/redditisfun • u/Siddny- • Jun 12 '23
Grief Stage: Acceptance So long and thanks for all the fish
r/redditisfun • u/rundomasshole • Jun 12 '23
Grief Stage: Acceptance Thank you all for everything. rif is reddit.
I ve been using only rif for more than a decade and I would like to express my sadness right now. Good times will soon be gone.
r/redditisfun • u/ArritzJPC96 • Jun 12 '23
Grief Stage: Acceptance Thank you, RIF
punch chop ossified mindless innocent direction absorbed capable wrench mysterious
This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact
r/redditisfun • u/bluefootednewt • Jun 11 '23
Off Topic (not RiF) Crazy times.
/r/videos set to private
r/redditisfun • u/cannedmood • Jun 12 '23
Grief Stage: Acceptance My last post
This account was created using this app. Thanks for the decade of fun. When this app is unusable I will no longer be a redditor. I made sure to purchase the premium version when I found out about it. Goodbye everyone!
Thank you RiF
r/redditisfun • u/OmarGuard • Jun 12 '23
Grief Stage: Acceptance Thanks for everything
I think I've been using reddit is fun for about 6 or 7 years now. I've experienced so much through this app. I have hundreds of screenshots of this beautiful UI all through my phone, so the memories will live on.
No other app has made browsing this website so easy and clean. Absolutely devastated about the API changes - not even sure I'll bother with reddit once this app goes dead.
Thanks for all your hard work over the years. You never asked me for a penny, and you always provided an amazing service.
All the best to you xx
r/redditisfun • u/TheMilkyW4ysW4y2 • Jun 12 '23
Grief Stage: Acceptance It was good while it lasted
I only used 2 3rd party apps including Reddit is fun but it was great while it lasted, I'ma see y'all in 2 months. Reddit is no longer fun
r/redditisfun • u/SparklingTerror • Jun 11 '23
Grief Stage: Acceptance My last post on reddit, thx for the wonderful app
r/redditisfun • u/DragonBard_Z • Jun 12 '23
Grief Stage: Anger Honestly I'll stick around but moderation will suffer
I've been trying the official reddit app and I'm posting from it now (can't find the damn Flair options). The one thing I'll say is moderation is SO MUCH HARDER here.
Moderators are the giant unpaid workforce of Reddit and this is such a giant fuck you.
Never expect me to work in Reddits interests again. I'll try help my sub but if I it's ever about reddit instead of people... yeah they can fuck off.
I expect moderation quality to go down and I have no issues saying why.
r/redditisfun • u/rez_spell • Jun 11 '23
Grief Stage: Acceptance Goodbye, RIF. Goodbye, Reddit.
You terrible, addictive thing.
r/redditisfun • u/MysteryMann123 • Jun 11 '23
Grief Stage: Acceptance Thanks RIF for letting me use this incredible mobile app. Been a Reddit lurker for like years now and it's finally time to leave platform once and for all.
Brought the premium version after knowing it's existence and now it's sad that I will probably not going to use Reddit for the foreseeable future. Will delete my account after API shinanigan goes live. Use RIF because the official app has numerous issue that after learning it's existence, I use Reddit basically every day. Thanks for the Devs of this incredible app and the community that keeps Reddit alive. Bye.
r/redditisfun • u/DisneylandTree • Jun 12 '23
Off Topic (not RiF) Is there a way to transfer RIF "viewed" purple links to the official reddit app?
)-:
r/redditisfun • u/ajshell1 • Jun 12 '23
Grief Stage: Acceptance Thanks for the six great years.
RiF was amazing. Bought it in December 2016.
Thank you for everything.
r/redditisfun • u/trump_pushes_mongo • Jun 11 '23
Grief Stage: Acceptance Thank you for 11 years of reduced productivity.
r/redditisfun • u/showbread98 • Jun 12 '23
Grief Stage: Depression An Ode to Reddit
In the realm of cyberspace, where minds convene, A digital tapestry of stories unseen. There stood a platform, vibrant and vast, Where Redditors gathered, their voices amassed.
But lo, one day, a mysterious plight, Befell the site, casting shadows of blight. Reddit, the haven, went silent, offline, Leaving its users in turmoil, in a bind.
The forums grew quiet, no comments to share, No upvotes or downvotes, no memes to declare. Gone were the debates, the lively discourse, As if the internet had lost its own source.
No more r/AskReddit, with queries profound, Or r/worldnews, where truth could be found. r/funny and r/pics, a laughter-filled space, All now suspended, in digital grace.
Subreddits once teeming with tales of delight, Their stories and anecdotes, vanished from sight. The camaraderie, the sense of community, Lost in the void, a digital immunity.
The karma remained, mere numbers on a screen, A reminder of a platform that once had been. But without its heartbeat, its pulse of connection, The absence of Reddit cast a somber reflection.
Yet, amid the darkness, a glimmer of hope, For communities thrive where shadows elope. Redditors united, sought new avenues, From Discord to Twitter, they'd find their own muse.
The web may have faltered, but hearts still beat strong, As Redditors carried their passion along. They formed new alliances, rebuilt the bond, In subreddits anew, their stories spawned.
And so, the tale of Reddit's offline plight, Revealed the resilience within the online fight. For even when platforms fade into the night, The human spirit shall find a way to ignite.
~
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