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So, I've been getting a lot of 429 errors as of late. Today, I came across this post by one of the Teddit instance admins. The reason for the 429, is the same API restrictions that killed the apps. Teddit is dying.

I still use Reddit for searches, unfortunately, considering much of the world's IT knowledgebase is on there. Since before the Reddit spez-out, I was using Teddit on PC or Slide/Infinity on mobile. Now that Teddit is being so severely limited by the API debacle that it has instances shutting down, I find myself asking: what Reddit front-ends still work?

Regrettably, I can't not use Reddit for work, though I don't participate or even log in, but I REALLY don't want to give Reddit the traffic.

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[–] sock 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

reddit is fun still works for me for unlogged in browsing except for porn

i dont use it tho coz of the latter part of my sentence

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

porn is fine on old.reddit.com

[–] deweydecibel 3 points 1 year ago

You can also browse old.reddit on Firefox mobile with an addon.

[–] CaptManiac 7 points 1 year ago

The developer of Relay for Reddit is working on optimizing the API usage of the app. I'm not using it (still boycotting Reddit), but I see there are android updates every few days.

[–] harry_assman 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Narwahl on iOS still seems to work

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

The developer of Narwahl is reworking the app, it is going to use subscriptions to cover the cost of the API. He has a grace period where the API is still working for free.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Same situation as Relay for Reddit on Android.

[–] spacedancer 2 points 1 year ago

No more nsfw though.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you're on Android, Joey appears to still be working fine. It has been getting slower since the API drama but it appears to still be fully functional.

I'll admit that it doesn't have the best search feature though.

[–] disinterested_a_hole 4 points 1 year ago

It died today.

[–] Z4rK 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Libreddit is an alternative, it’s working for me for now, but I’m not using it to search, I’m just redirecting Reddit URLs to it.

They are at least actively investigating the API situation: https://github.com/libreddit/libreddit/issues/818

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

It seems that Reddit has succeeded in killing scrapers, too :((

From their git:

⚠️ Why do I get TOO MANY REQUESTS errors? ⚠️

As of July 12th, 2023, Libreddit is currently not operational as Reddit's API changes, that were designed to kill third-party apps and content scrapers who don't pay large fees, went into effect. Read the full announcement here.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago
[–] inspxtr 4 points 1 year ago

Slide seems to work without logging in. Otherwise, libreddit and old.reddit.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I just tested Geddit from f-droid and it seems to be working.

[–] Shardikprime 3 points 1 year ago

Now for Reddit is still working

[–] PrepaidCompare 3 points 1 year ago

Dawn still works for me. I haven't tested NSFW however.