this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2023
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Reddit Was Fun

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Memorial to "rif is fun for Reddit" Android app, aka "reddit is fun", shut down after June 30, 2023

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[–] Whenithinkofone 6 points 2 years ago

I'm going to miss RIF so damn much. One of my favorite apps ever!!

[–] BeauBleu 6 points 2 years ago

Farewell old friend it was fun while it lasted. Hope they have a good future working in some new project.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I use Relay For Reddit and it is still working on my phone NSFW and all. I wonder why.

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[–] Samuraiedge 6 points 2 years ago

I will miss it...

[–] wanderingmagus 6 points 2 years ago

Will there ever be a Lemmy is Fun? I know about the Tildes thing.

[–] ShadowZone 5 points 2 years ago

I used Reddit exclusively through RIF. It was perfect for what I wanted out of the site.

A sad day. But now I'm here via Jerboa and like it a lot so far.

[–] Udothebudo 5 points 2 years ago

Came here after years of buying and using RIF. It was a good ride, let's boost Lemmy.

[–] pjb272 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

My first comment on lemmy! RIP RIF

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[–] Chucklin 5 points 2 years ago

Thank you so much for your years of work. I first downloaded reddit is fun in 8th grade and have used it since then. I'm a college graduate now so it just goes to show how good of an experience using your app was. Looking forward to your future if you decide to develop for Lemmy

[–] Lilwolf 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I used the official app for the first time today. Boy does it suck! Mobile and RIF is done. How the hell am I going to take a shit again? 10 years of training... I don't know how my bowels will react!

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

RID (reddit is dead)

...very ironic acronym, lol

[–] Sputnik34 5 points 2 years ago

RIP RIF you were the GOAT

[–] Speculater 5 points 2 years ago

RIF is Reddit for me. Unless I'm at a computer. Sorry they did us dirty, but thanks for the past ten years.

[–] mkwt 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm still getting current Reddit data out of RiF, as of right now. Not sure exactly what's going on there.

[–] HalfJack 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Same, it logged me out but it's still updating. Anyone know how/why?

[–] Captain_Nipples 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

No clue. But it let me log right back in

Also, now that Jerboa is working. This is much better. The other Android app I was using was having a hard time

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[–] flamekhan 5 points 2 years ago

I've used RIF for over six years. It's crazy to think about all the stuff the world has been through during that time. RIF was a huge source of community for me - especially during the pandemic. It stinks to say goodbye but all things end and I'm sure something better (maybe Lemmy?) will eventually fill the void. Really sad to see the position that Reddit has taken on all this.

[–] Murple 5 points 2 years ago

RIF was the only bearable way to use Reddit on my phone, I am The Big Sad™️

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

What an awesome app that stole countless hours from me. Thanks. I've decided to give Tildes a shot after seeing that talklittle has plans for an app, and generally I'm embracing the newfound diversity of all these new federated discussion venues. Onward and upward.

[–] HappycamperNZ 4 points 2 years ago

11 years of reddit, something like 350k comment karma (10k post), and all through your app.

Thanks mate

[–] TimewornTraveler 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thank you @talklittle for having that app for so long

I didn't believe it would really go down until I saw it myself

Tried using Firefox for Android w/ Adblock for about 1 night and the user experience was as bad as using Lemmy, a site buckling under expanding user growth and in its infancy in development. So I said "Well, I might as well just use Lemmy".

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[–] makabayan 4 points 2 years ago

thank you for developing this app, it has been a fixture of my phone ever since I discovered it many many years ago.

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

RestInPeace in Peace

[–] RedEyeFlightControl 4 points 2 years ago

Thank you thank you thank you for the many many years of stellar service. I would be ecstatic if you just so happened to make LiF... you'd have an instant buy, you know!

[–] Grungeehamster 4 points 1 year ago

Came here because of the goodbye note from rif. Reddit is rif for me. The original app is just too bulky and annoying.

It's still not the same experience so I've been trying out apps for lemmy. Connect is the closest one I think.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Yeah, it was a super shitty birthday present to wake up and realize I couldn't browse reddit while I woke up.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Goodnight sweet prince

[–] bozo 4 points 2 years ago (4 children)

My app is still working as of July 1st when logged out, haven't done any patching or anything. New content is loading.

@talklittle hope this isn't going to incur API charges for you :(

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

RIF was one of the first apps I downloaded when I got a smart phone. I was looking for things to do with it and saw it trending in the App Store so I decided to check out this Reddit thing. For over a decade (until I moved to an iPhone) RIF was Reddit to me. I’ve gone to Reddit through official channels only a hand full of times and it’s a terrible experience.

Very bummed to see RIF and Apollo dead. To me, that means Reddit is dead. Whatever is leftover is a shell of what it once was.

[–] GoatRodeo 4 points 2 years ago

I used Infinity for reddit on Android....I could have switched back to the original app and been ok in a lot of ways, but I know I would feel like a scab

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