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As Reddit Crushes Protests, Its User Traffic Returns to Normal
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this post was submitted on 23 Jun 2023
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I expect the bigger test will be when the API changes go into effect and third-party apps become unusable.
Personally, I have no plans or intention to use the native Reddit app. I may still browse the site on my desktop from time to time, but I'm intentionally making the shift to Lemmy as my go-to for mobile use.. I'll be happy when third-party apps for Lemmy are a little more stable and reliable so I don't have to go through a mobile browser.
Take heart! Sync is coming
More than sync, at least another dozen or so clients. The dev environment here is booming, which is why I am here and not on Reddit.
Same. Reddit without Boost or other third party apps is borderline unusable. The official app is an ad- and telemetry infested piece of garbage, but if you are planning on selling user data, I guess that helps.
I still visit Reddit on desktop during work, it's often the top Google result for some of my niche questions, but on the other hand I'm pretty glad to have my year long death scrolling behavior cured.
I don't use Reddit on mobile anymore and Lemmy is simply not convenient enough with Jerboa's early stage of development, which means I spend about 90% less time using these apps compared to Boost. My productivity has skyrocketed.
I can't use the official app even if I wanted to. Most of my use is on LineageOS sans gapps. And with old.reddit.com gone I will be locked out completely.
old reddit was confirmed to stay, but with how things have went it is looking hard to believe it will be for too long
They have a solid business case to see it gone. Probably before IPO.
That would definitely be the day I stopped checking in. New reddit looks a lot like what they changed digg into, and is about as useful.
Even then, I don't expect a huge impact short term. Most redditors are lurkers and content consuming zombies, they will continue to happily consume content manufactured by professional content producers. A few who will notice the decline in quality content might look for alternatives.