I don't even use third party apps. It's just that I can't give an entity my business when they treat folks who volunteer to make their platform better like that.

[–] MicroWave 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's a good reason to jump ship. And wow, I think you missed out on not using the 3rd party apps, but they're coming to lemmy soon.

[–] dgilluly 1 points 1 year ago

I may give them a try. If I did have a learning disability or sight issues, I would have tried third party apps though (Reddit's app support of screen readers sucks).

Personally, especially given that context and that the third party apps have better moderation tools too, I think it's very important to allow people to use third party apps, if the first party sucks.

So that is why it was important to me to take a stand on that too.

[–] phonecase 18 points 1 year ago

Same here, I'm a software dev for a living and it resonated differently/pissed me off hearing about the API pricing changes and what happened with Apollo's developer

[–] Salvo 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am the opposite. I had a Reddit login for years but never used it. When I found out about Apollo, I gave it another go and it quickly became my Number 1 Internet time sink.

With Apollo no longer functional, Reddit (for me) is no longer functional.

The fuckery was just the icing on the cake to force me to delete my account.

[–] dgilluly 1 points 1 year ago

That's why I took a stand even though I didn't use Apollo myself. I think people having a choice of what third-party apps they want to use is important regardless if I use it myself. I stand with you on that.