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Geddit: Open-source, Reddit client for Android without using API

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Re: Geddit: Open-source, Reddit client for Android without using API

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Post by Tor3 »

that_guy_iain wrote: post #43
aydyn wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

you cant be serious. I literally can no longer browse reddit, a uncomplicated web forum, on my ipad. I used to be able to. Its performance really is that bad. Actively making your webpage worse for mobile is not user hostile?

Buy a better iPad? I literally just booted up my iPad to check it out. It didn't force me to the app. It didn't even prompt me to use the app. It responded in a reasonable time. old.reddit.com worked and so did the new site. All I can take away from that is you're either very fussy to the point you complain about minor things like they're major problems. Or you just can't use a website on your iPad. There is no activ…

Slowing down a service or server isn't fixed by getting faster client hardware!

Re: Geddit: Open-source, Reddit client for Android without using API

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Post by ElCapitanMarkla »

joshstrange wrote: post #30
high_5 wrote: post #7

Call me cynical but building a client for a user hostile service is a sign of a Stockholm syndrome.

Totally agree. I was ready to pay for Reddit access in some shape or form but after my favorite client (Apollo) shutdown, understandably, and after I saw how Reddit treated the developer and the community I decided it was time to leave. It was/is incredibly hard to do so, it was a near-daily habit for well over a decade but there has to be a line somewhere and Reddit barreled right past it and never looked back.

I thought leaving was going to be a hard habit to break. Turns out it wasn’t. I started going down the road of checking out Lemmy but… I don’t actually miss pissing around on reddit.

Re: Geddit: Open-source, Reddit client for Android without using API

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Post by dabeeeenster »

jorams wrote: post #29

So this thing is advertised as a "Reddit client without using their API", but then it uses the reddit API for everything. The JSON endpoints are part of the API. It's how all apps get the content of subreddits, comments, etc. It's odd that they're still open for unauthenticated access, but I expect that to change.

How would reddit block them?

Re: Geddit: Open-source, Reddit client for Android without using API

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Post by gokaygurcan »

Tor3 wrote: post #51
that_guy_iain wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Buy a better iPad? I literally just booted up my iPad to check it out. It didn't force me to the app. It didn't even prompt me to use the app. It responded in a reasonable time. old.reddit.com worked and so did the new site. All I can take away from that is you're either very fussy to the point you complain about minor things like they're major problems. Or you just can't use a website on your iPad. There is no activ…

Slowing down a service or server isn't fixed by getting faster client hardware!

Don't feed the troll.

Re: Geddit: Open-source, Reddit client for Android without using API

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Post by ohgodplsno »

high_5 wrote: post #7

Call me cynical but building a client for a user hostile service is a sign of a Stockholm syndrome.

It's actually an amazing way of being hostile towards said service.

- Using up their resources, for free, while looking like one of their clients

- Not displaying any of their ads, costing them even more

- If they want to stop this, they have to dedicate resources to do so, which costs them money.

- Stopping this most likely means making their own app worse, leading to a worse experience, leading to fewer users and therefore, costing them money.

Re: Geddit: Open-source, Reddit client for Android without using API

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Post by that_guy_iain »

Tor3 wrote: post #51
that_guy_iain wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Buy a better iPad? I literally just booted up my iPad to check it out. It didn't force me to the app. It didn't even prompt me to use the app. It responded in a reasonable time. old.reddit.com worked and so did the new site. All I can take away from that is you're either very fussy to the point you complain about minor things like they're major problems. Or you just can't use a website on your iPad. There is no activ…

Slowing down a service or server isn't fixed by getting faster client hardware!

You can blame a slow hardware device for the performance it delivers.

Complaining that your iPad 2 can't load a morden website is unreasonable. It's not that they've activity made their website worse it's that you've not got standard hardware to operate it. As we move forward in today's technogly things require more CPU and memory to run as they do more and more things. Complaining about that and blaming a specific site for your lack of investment in hardware is unreasonable!

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