I had a feeling they’ll put something like this, so I went in every now and then to see how infinity will react. I really loved the app, devs did an amazing job
I find it extremely ironic that all the closed source apps, some with subscription options, are closing or moving to support open platforms, while the prime FOSS app is staying with Reddit and going subscription only.
IKR… This doesn’t feels right lol.
Is is because the sole developer was actually a CS student, now looking for a first job (sick what he achieved at his age right ?) so he has no time to change the app to support Lemmy. However he said that should someone pick up the development, it should not be to hard to integrate the new feeds to it.
See 2nd link in the post.
Even more reason not to deal with a dickish corporation and be on the knife edge of possibly being tens of thousands in the red, if you’re fresh out of school.
I think it is great for resume for applying jobs
Owning money to reddit?
nah having an app that is being used by thousands of people and got name recognition
I see. That’s a good things.
Previous post mentioned owning $$$ unless I misunderstood.
Infinity is open source. https://github.com/Docile-Alligator/Infinity-For-Reddit
That’s what I meant? Infinity is FOSS and signing subscription with the devil.
Yeah it’s baffling. I haven’t touched Reddit since the blackout but I still had my Infinity app installed, just out of nostalgia I guess. While the dev has every right to do businesses with whomever he wants, I expected differently from a FOSS project. Now to delete Infinity…
I’m going to delete infinity on July 1st
It is baffling but maybe he sees that there will be very few decent third party apps and an opportunity to monetize his work. I have seen discussion of scripts that compile infinity from source with a personal API key. So, the FOSS option still being maintained is a win I guess. 🤷🏻♂️
True, I just worry that the dev will get screwed by Reddit. If I were a dev or doing some business, I wouldn’t touch Reddit with a very long stick. It’s like poking a huge dung, you can only get a swarm of flies.
They certainly will be screwed somehow, at some point. If they give this little warning. I doubt Reddit will disclose changes quick enough for there not to be an eventual case of a huge bill randomly, and many “oh shit” moments for the developer
I suppose no one else will be able to monetise it because all revenue will go straight to Reddit
oof. the only reason I even used infinity was to browse reddit without an account. now there’s less of a reason to use it past July.
Real odd. Those who use Foss maybe moving towards trying to cut themselves off from reddit, subscription models are ones that are going to mainly appeal to power users of reddit who don’t intend to stop.
And I would guess those users would be more drawn to the official app than the third party app, since third party or api might be things they don’t care about.
I was an Infinity user but I can’t help but feel this is the wrong move. After all Reddit has done to them they just set up a way to siphon miney straight to them for the devs’ hard work?
Why?
Infinity is open source. You can change the key and user agent (and one more field, but it escapes me at the moment), compile your own APK, and continue using it for free.
Will it work without the reddit API though? Maybe if there’s a way to scrape the site but idk how everything else could be handled.
you need to get it for yourself, but you won’t be able to see nsfw at july 1 :(
A number of devs talked about the pricing and the consensus seems to be that the fee applied to keep the apps afloat would need to be pretty high and they don’t see how it can be sustainable.
I wonder how much Infinity is planning on asking and I doubt its user base will be so keen on paying that much.
Yeah like $5 a month for more casual users. And people paying for apps tend to use them more. I think Apollo’s calculations were like $10-12/mo for higher end users? Anything over $5/mo is probably a no-go so I wonder if it’ll be viable.
And if Infinity’s userbase makes $5/mo viable, I wonder if they’ll get flocks of users from other apps and if that’ll make it non-viable with high-traffic users.
Or maybe they’ll go with a post-paid plan where you pay by usage? That seems iffy.
Keep in mind too, that even with the paid API usage to the best of my knowledge the 3PA still will not have NSFW/porn content in the feed. How many people are going to be willing to spend $5-10/mo while also having reduced content?
I certainly won’t that’s for sure. I’m a current infinity user.
Which is nuts. I was Apollo Ultra, and that was $10/year.
I honestly never looked into Reddit premium until all the API drama and was shocked it is $50/year, while only offering a fraction of what Apollo offered. Crazy pricing.
The other weird part is, I’m sure a lot of Lemmy users would be more than happy to donate much more to a good cause than an average Google Store app user who can ask for refund at any time and then leave 1 star.
It would be cool if it gave the option to pay more per month as a donation. That would allow wealthy users to help lower the cost for less wealthy users
Social media as a business model rapidly becomes unethical
cough more unethical
I was really hoping to see an “Infinity for Lemmy” app. Oh well; Jerboa it is I guess.
Edit: spelling
I heard that Sync for Lemmy is going to be a thing.
I’m trying out Connect For Lemmy which came out a few days ago, seems nicer than Jerboa to me so far.
Liftoff is pretty good
I need to second this one! Tried some of the apps that came out in the past couple of weeks/days and Liftoff is the one I stuck with. The button at the top where you can switch to different instances with a single tap actually made me better understand the whole way Fediverse works. Now I switch between Beehaw, Lemmy world and some of the more obscure ones super simple (I am sure one could do this with other apps also but with Liftoff it just clicked for me).
My homescreen is still littered with a lot of the same stuff because a lot of instances have similar stuff on them but this is the first time I have something resembling control over the content I am reading in the Fediverse.
(still mourning the loss of RIF and it’s simple and incredible easy to use interface. I truly hope RIF’s dev makes an app for Lemmy!)
Even if they setup a subscription model, the api is not going to give them access to any nsfw content. Who will pay for a subscription to not be able to see any nsfw stuff, while they can get it for free on the Reddit app?
Especially when you will still be able to use RedReader for free since it has been spared, at least for the time being. So, probably only people who really like Infinity and don’t want to switch to another app. Even with RedReader though you still won’t have access to NSFW.
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[Screenshot of the Infinity app for Reddit. A pop-up notification is on the bottom of the screen.]
Important Notice Regarding Reddit API Changes
Starting from July 1st, 2023, Reddit API will be pay-per-use for 3rd-party clients, which include Infinity for Reddit. The announcement from Reddit can be found here: https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit/comments/145bram/addressing_the_community_about_changes_to_our_api
In order to survive this change, Infinity will become a subscription-only app after July 1st. You can learn more about the changes in this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Infinity_For_Reddit/comments/147bhsg/the_future_of_infinity
It’s required for you to update Infinity after July 1st so that you will get the new version with subscription options. None of the previous versions (including this one) will work after July 1st. But due to a tight timeline Reddit gave, the update may not be available immediately on July 1st since it requires proper testing. Thank you for your understanding!
I’m a human volunteer content transcriber and you could be too!
There’s a Lemmy ToR? ToL? I’m in. 30 transcriptions on reddit, time to carry on the legacy.
I created !TranscribersOfLemmy@discuss.tchncs.de but we got a lot of work to do.
Wow, not even Sync dared to charge a subscription adjusted to the new API price. I wonder how much Infinity’s going to charge.
A subscription to what would now be a lesser product since you can’t access NAFW content. The whole thing is sad. I deleted Sync the other day after using it for like 10 years.
Yeah, I feel bad for the developers that are trying to make it work, but I don’t think it’s gonna fly. Sync developer already moved to work on a Lemmy app.
Yeah, I bought the $30 support Sync bundle a while ago, and I will buy another one to support him, especially if it supports Kbin.
I’ve heard though a few others that sync supposedly will support Kbin but not on release. Hopefully someone can verify.
what’s the point of paying for the API then?
I’m sure Reddit has figured out how much to charge to ensure they get the money they would get for premium one way or another. They aren’t getting anything out of me.
He doesn’t want to work on a Lemmy app because he doesn’t use that platform. So even after all this he wants to continue using Reddit? Learned nothing, I guess.
Stockholm Syndrome on full display
Sync I paid for cus it was just so slick, Infinity not so much. I certainly won’t pay.
I love Infinity but I deleted the app the instant I read that, I was gonna wait until July 1st to see if something changes, but damn
The apps for lemmy have good potential once the bugs are resolved, but in terms of UI design, nothing beats Infinty imo
That one downvote? Is that you Apollo lover (I am too but it wasn’t I)
I agree infinity’s ui was the best
There goes the client I used. I deleted my reddit accounts already anyway.
I don’t think it’s going to work out for them in the long run, most users aren’t going to want to pay the cost to keep it running and then they risk the possibility of crack groups cracking it and then they are on the hook for API usage they aren’t getting paid for. I appreciate they want to try and keep it going, I use that app, but I don’t see the potential costs as sustainable.
I don’t understand why people will be willing to pay for content they fit for free for 20 years. The betrayal feeling is real abs with all the lemmy migration meaning less content and no NSFW? I would rather burn my money before paying for this shit
What I’m seeing from some of those groups is that they at going to mod the app to let the user give their own api key.
For apps shutting down it gets even more extreme. Apparently the backend server code for Apollo is going open source. So some folks will use a modded Apollo app and run their own backend.
All just to use reddit for a single user 🤷🏽♀️
Didn’t Reddit TOS explicitly not allow that, and even if they did still gates NSFW content?
Ah, well, this is coming from the cracking and piracy subs. I mean we’re talking about the folks who keep modifying Alien Blue so it’ll continue to work with modern Reddit on a modern smartphone.
Not sure what they have planned for dealing with NSFW.
