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For those who lurk on Reddit - my ad-free, open source Reddit viewer RDX is an iPhone app now (apps.apple.com)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Posting the update here because most of the users of RDX come from Lemmy community only.

Why?

A lot of users asked for a more polished viewer with more features and users in the EU now can not add web apps to home screen, so I spent some time building an iOS app. You can also save images and videos/gifs from Reddit now. It's stil completely free (with an optional donate option available), the web app also works.

You can download the app here

Previous posts for context:

https://lemmy.world/post/10428140

My reddit web viewer still works! Story: When reddit killed 3rd party apps, I uploaded a web viewer I have been using for myself to Github pages for everyone to use...

If you want to lurk on Reddit, you can use this web reader I built for myself when I got inspired by the Apollo app years ago

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I’m not sure why but i am getting no audio from any video. (Granted they are probably mostly from redgifs)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So the problem with Redgifs is a messy one. There are two ways to embed their videos, one is through their embed code which includes lots of redgifs branding, is tiktok like and not so natie (but it helps them track you etc). The other is a mp4 file that just works like any other video except they don't have audio. Since almost all of the gifs on Redgifs are nsfw I chose the kater method to display their vids. You can always click the little safari icon (or the globe icon on android) and view the redgif with audio.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Ah that makes sense. Thank you for going the privacy direction.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I swear I’m only partially an idiot – but how do you “go back” after drilling down into a post on iOS?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Just swipe back from the left edge? swiping from right will take you to the post page again. Just like a browser.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oddly doesn’t seem to do anything - just the up/down swipe inputs are registering as scrolling.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This shouldn't happen, I have tested the app on multiple devices. Try this go to the settings tab, click on donate page or appearance page then try swiping left to right from the left most edge. If even that doesn't work please tell me about the device you are using.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Appreciated. It’s working – I guess I’m not used to swiping from the extreme edge of the screen.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Amazing! I've been using SinkIt For Reddit for a while. It's great to have an actual app again. Thank you for this!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Apple reversed the web app decision FYI

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/03/apple-changes-course-will-keep-iphone-eu-web-apps-how-they-are-in-ios-17-4/

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Hi op, thanks for making this. My opinions of Reddit aside, this is a neat app.

Is it possible to open a link from Reddit in this app, maybe with a Safari extension? The mobile site is dogshit and, because old reddit threads often provide the most useful solutions, I sometimes find myself struggling against that unusable site.

I’d also suggest having collapsible sub groups separate from subscriptions, like Alien Blue did, since you have an AB reference in the colors. Back then, I liked having that so I could have groups for news, hobbies, etc. But without having to see the whole list. Seeing AB there reminded me of a lot of great features that app had.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh you noticed the Alien Blue reference, there is an Antenna reference too :) Thing is apple doesn't allow everyone to open apps from safari matching a url like Android, you have to manually verify the app on your domain. I will provide a bookmarklet that you can tap and open the url in rdx. I can do the multireddit thing, maybe in next update.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

That would be phenomenal, thank you

[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 months ago

can you remove it so reddit can eff off?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Why does using a VPN break it?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

That’s a Reddit issue; Reddit has been blocking anyone who is on a VPN but not logged in. Because they want to aggressively track your telemetry data, but a VPN makes that more difficult. So they force VPN users to sign in, so they can still track those users.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

OK good to know thank you. I’m located in China, so they block it locally, so I can’t view it from either side, then. (I’m sure there is a way around it somehow)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Reddit’s way around it is simple: Log in. Because if you’re logged in, they can associate all of your traffic with that account, thus making any VPN privacy protections essentially null. But lurking viewers (like the one in this post) will have a more difficult time with that, because it requires actually signing in.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

Reddit is aggressively blocking VPNs.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

can you view nsfw posts? login? downvote or upvote?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

yes, no no.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Can you tag/save posts?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

save yes.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Thanks, subscribing without an account is exactly what I needed for some small communities not on Lemmy. If you could add a feature to hide specific user's comments (Automoderator), that'd be awesome.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Yeah I will collapse automod by default in next update.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Can it bypass account requirements?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

what account requirement?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

NFSW and a few other kind require an account to see

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

there is an nsfw toggle in the app.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

You don't need an app for that, just replace 'www' with 'old' in the URL.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Please check the video downloader. It only downloads the video part and skips the audio part. Also is there a way to subscribe by specifying multi Reddit link??

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

It was by design a GIF downloader(gifs don't have sound) but works with videos also. Next update I will update it to include the audio too.

No.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Ty. Pls consider the subscribing via multi Reddit link

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago (1 children)

thanks, im gonna use it for porn

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Honestly, that's the only reasonable use for Reddit anymore.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Well there's also niche communities with useful info too.

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