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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 4 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] 4 points 4 months ago

What I use is Redlib. In EU PWA is working on iOS. Apple I think I read did not continued with the kill of pwa

https://github.com/redlib-org/redlib

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)

is android planned?

[–] [email protected] 38 points 4 months ago (2 children)

In a week if everything goes right.

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

How do I save a subreddit?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Go to the subreddit, press the three bars icon on top right. Click subscribe.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Thanks! I started reading the list of options and just thought it was the usual “sort by” thing. Totally missed Subscribe at the bottom there :)

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)

How does RDX avoid using the Reddit API? I’ve used it a few times and was impressed on how fast it responded.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It's read only.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

How do you save photos etc ?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

On iPhone - Click on the photo, it will open an image viewer with share option on top, tap that, save photo, If you are using iPad then I will add the feature in next update. To save the GIFs on both iPhone and iPad tap the save icon below every video/gif post (it is just before the safari icon)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Screenshot?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Very neat. I haven’t used Reddit in a year, but I wanted to check out your app out of curiosity. I think I feel much healthier without it being a regular part of my life, but this is an interesting window I could glance through from time to time.

The comment collapse feature seems to work very inconsistently. Where should you be tapping or how in order to collapse a comment thread?

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

On the comment text? Anywhere works except the edges or where the u/user link is. Double tapping a comment should collapse the comment and the comments in it's own thread.

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

I wasn’t double tapping intentionally! That’s the ticket. I was tapping around looking for a collapse trigger and must have occasionally tapped quickly enough to earn a double tap.

Very cool and thanks for making this.

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

When you tap three dots(...) on the top-right of every comment, a menu opens. It has a collapse option when clicked it displays the exact same information on how to collpase the comment. I added it specifically because people keep asking about how to collapse the comments.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago

How does this app work given the API costs? How does it manage to not deliver ads?

I ask because, while I’ve currently embargoed myself from Reddit, I’d like to have some details noted so I don’t fall in love with this and then get hurt again.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I blocked Reddit via PiHole and configured Kagi to never show me Reddit results. When I left that cesspit, I spent a week running scripts to ensure all of my nearly 20 years worth of content was overwritten. I’m here because Reddit can DIAF.

[–] [email protected] 84 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Spez can get fucked. Not going to lurk there, but if I do need to ever view any reddit content, the best fuck you way of doing it would be to use a third party app and not see a single ad. So yeah, I'll give it a try if you release an Android version. Any plans?

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

libreddit is a thing

[–] [email protected] 39 points 4 months ago (9 children)

Some people have asked about an Android app so maybe I will try to ship it by the end of this month. Thing is, I see thousands of users using the website but feedback/contributions etc are so small I don't even know what people want. I mean I am not expecting 5 star reviews/donations from every user using it but people don't even give good/bad feedback. I also don't want to force tracking because that's what I myself despise. So there is not way to know what people want unless they use the feedback form and tell me.

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

That just takes time. You will start to notice some feedback trickle in and advise you to wait on a lot of it until you see trends so you aren't appealing to vocal minority with changes. Also, I've found putting together a core testing group of people whose opinions you trust is very helpful. Give them early access to new versions and demonstrate an interest in their feedback and they can help with bug finding and feature requests.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Would it be possible for you to have a Lil pop up letting the people who use the app know? Something like, 'Hey, if there's anything you like or don't like about the app PLEASE let me know I'm listening and want to make it better.' maybe have it be at the top of any new download patchnotes.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I want an android version of this. I will use the feedback form and tell you all about the good and the bad. I'm only one guy though....

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

In a week.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I sometimes use RDX to check out some small communities on reddit I miss. So first off, thanks! Secondly, is there a way to collapse comments or skip to the next root comment?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Double tap any comment? Guess I should leave this as a tip for new users because a lot of people ask me this.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I feel silly for never trying that before, thank you!

[–] [email protected] 129 points 4 months ago (2 children)

let reddit die. don't view its content. fuck spez.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Still waiting for Twitter to die first. Been waiting for a decade to see Facebook die. I'm not hopeful

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago

Be the change you wish to see in the world. Also, fuck spez.

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