mintiefresh@lemmy.ca to Reddit@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoReddit CEO Steve Huffman: Reddit ‘was never designed to support third-party apps’ - The Vergewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mltechnology@beehaw.orgtechnology@beehaw.orgRedditMigration@kbin.social
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkReddit CEO Steve Huffman: Reddit ‘was never designed to support third-party apps’ - The Vergewww.theverge.commintiefresh@lemmy.ca to Reddit@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square14fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mltechnology@beehaw.orgtechnology@beehaw.orgRedditMigration@kbin.social
minus-squareKillaBeez@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoBullshit. I’ve been using third party apps before the official one ever existed
minus-squareaxtualdave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoThe official app was a third party app until Reddit bought it.
minus-squareEric_Pollock@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoBefore I switched over here and this situation started getting big, I saw a post over on Reddit that explained how the “official” Reddit app was actually a third party app that they bought out…
minus-squareRandomStickman@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoYup. They bought Alien Blue, swapped the logo colour to orange, made it the official logo and called it a day.
minus-squaredie444die@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoThis is not true. They also stripped out a shit ton of functionality.
minus-squareEric_Pollock@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoI was using Boost for Reddit, and I was always overwhelmed by the customization options. Absolutely loved it though.
Bullshit. I’ve been using third party apps before the official one ever existed
The official app was a third party app until Reddit bought it.
Before I switched over here and this situation started getting big, I saw a post over on Reddit that explained how the “official” Reddit app was actually a third party app that they bought out…
Yup. They bought Alien Blue, swapped the logo colour to orange, made it the official logo and called it a day.
This is not true. They also stripped out a shit ton of functionality.
I was using Boost for Reddit, and I was always overwhelmed by the customization options. Absolutely loved it though.