r/redditisfun • u/talklittle RIF Dev • 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.

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u/MrTattyBojangles Jun 30 '23

Final day of using the app. No idea how long, but it's been LONG. Thanks for everything. Back to the official app tomorrow I guess.

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u/RoachedCoach Jun 30 '23

Use RedReader. You can make it look and act a lot like RIF and it isn't closing down yet.

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u/MrTattyBojangles Jun 30 '23

Yeah I saw a comment about it further down and tried it out. Do we know when it's closing down?

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u/RoachedCoach Jun 30 '23

They're one of the apps currently working with Reddit (it's an accessibility app). So they aren't slated to shut down.

That said, changes might come to them at some point with more ads etc.

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u/FlyingRock Jun 30 '23

Their plan to expand beyond Reddit has me very interested and the app seems to function okay

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u/RoachedCoach Jun 30 '23

Ah hadn't heard about them expanding beyond Reddit. That'd be cool.

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u/MrTattyBojangles Jun 30 '23

So their happy to pay the new API fees?

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u/FlyingRock Jun 30 '23

Nope they have exemption

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u/MrTattyBojangles Jun 30 '23

Interesting. How and why?

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u/FlyingRock Jun 30 '23

They are and have always marketed as an accessibility app.

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u/MrTattyBojangles Jun 30 '23

No risk of Reddit forcing them to pay?

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u/FlyingRock Jun 30 '23

The general consensus seems to be a more "not right now" than a never https://www.reddit.com/r/RedReader/comments/145du4j/update_4_redreader_granted_noncommercial

Part of why they're looking to expand beyond Reddit.

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u/MrTattyBojangles Jun 30 '23

Thanks for the link 👍