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.
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.
Infinity was great, but reddit goes to shit and its not worth it at all.
@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.
Same. It’s not about the app anymore. It’s about reddit itself.
Same here. At that point, I’d be supporting spez and his IPO, not the app developer.
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.
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.
Probably the solution you will find will be deleted or edited to „fuck u/spez“ hopefully.
I see maybe 3 people on the whole planet subscribing to a 3PA for reddit
Ouch, I’ve been using it a lot lately, I would have preferred their app converted to Lemmy’s network
It’s open source so someone might do it
no more fdroid?
ewwProps to the dev for trying to keep the app going, but Reddit isn’t worth the price they ask nowadays, and when 3PA get killed for good, without the moderation those allowed, Reddit would be even more of cesspool of spambots etc. so absolutely not going to pay for a spam service lol
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…
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.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.
Farewell, Infinity. :(
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
I’ll try to look into making infinity compatible with Lemmy withan reddit API proxy, that client is soooo good I need it :(. And I really don’t want to pay reddit through their API.
This is so sad. Infinity is such a good app.It was a lot of fun.
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.
Eww
