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At least with Boost (my favorite reddit & Lemmy app). This lets you circumvent ads/recommendations and other bs, too.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoAt least spez doesn’t profit from those
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•2 months agoHow do you figure that? They run ads and subscriptions to afford the API, which is paid to spez.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-22 months agoThis is just incorrect. Nobody pays for API in Boost, it uses the API directly. The official app was shut down after the API got restricted.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•2 months ago “after the API was restricted” The restriction is 3rd party apps have to pay for API. Here’s the reddit post from Boost’s developer. https://www.reddit.com/r/BoostForReddit/comments/13wstr2/with_apollo_facing_api_prices_upwards_of_20/ There are hacks that keep Boost working but the ads are Reddits.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-22 months agoYes, I’m aware. It uses the API. There are no ads.
At least spez doesn’t profit from those
How do you figure that?
They run ads and subscriptions to afford the API, which is paid to spez.
This is just incorrect. Nobody pays for API in Boost, it uses the API directly. The official app was shut down after the API got restricted.
The restriction is 3rd party apps have to pay for API.
Here’s the reddit post from Boost’s developer. https://www.reddit.com/r/BoostForReddit/comments/13wstr2/with_apollo_facing_api_prices_upwards_of_20/
There are hacks that keep Boost working but the ads are Reddits.
Yes, I’m aware. It uses the API. There are no ads.