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 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
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.
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.