Following changes to its API access, users are forced to log in on the official Reddit app if they want to view NSFW content on mobile.
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Hmm seems I can still access from ravanced Sync
Same with my patched RiF
Even unpatched RIF let’s you see it still if not signed in
Unpatched rif stopped showing porn for me today or yesterday. It just shows a post that says Go to reddit to view mature content. Non nudity NSFW images seem to show just fine.
also, supposedly, if you’re a moderator you can access nsfw content
Let the porn flow on lemmy!
It still works using my own API key
are there apps that are letting users create their own API keys and plug them in?
There are community tweaks, especially for Apollo, that let you insert your API key.
Revanced Manager allows you to patch a few third party apps with your own API key if you’re on android
Yup. I used it to patch sync with its own api key and remove all ads. It’s been working flawlessly, including nsfw content after creating my own sub to mod.
I’m not fully switching to lemmy until sync comes over, then Reddit can finally fuck off entirely.
Official sauce: https://github.com/revanced/revanced-manager
https://old.reddit.com/ still seems to work, and that one doesn’t force you to use the app or login.
The grim reaper is coming for old.reddit.com any day now.
It’s already been leaked they’re killing off everything outside of the official app in phases. Only a matter of time.
Source?
Leaked or rumored? The only thing I’ve seen officially is them saying old.reddit isn’t going anywhere.
A few weeks ago when I still used Reddit via old.Reddit I was constantly getting switched to the new Reddit. It was infuriating.
Yeah that’s likely
Is this just speculation or is there evidence for it?
In January Reddit told third party app developers that there wouldn’t be any API changes this year. Maybe in the future, but they definitely wouldn’t charge for it this year.
Similarly, Spez said that old Reddit isn’t going away.
To me, that’s enough to consider it a realistic possibility.
There was a Reddit post a while back where they confirmed the OP was part of an A/B test to disable logging in to old.reddit.com on mobile. Not a great sign.
https://www.reddit.com/r/help/comments/135tly1/helpdid_reddit_just_destroy_mobile_browser_access/
That makes sense though considering that they wanted to kill the 3rd party apps too. I’d imagine that for desktop users it shouldn’t matter much wether you’re using the redesign or old.reddit - they’ll be able to collect the same data and show the same ads.
Speculation, but it’s an inevitability. It costs money to support old.reddit, which means Reddit will certainly kill it on the day that they’ll think the backlash will be small enough.
My imagination is that old.reddit.com was cheaper to serve than whatever it is they are doing now. Maybe they make less ad revenue?
To keep old reddit alive they need to also spend developer time supporting some new features and not breaking legacy code. It’s more than just server costs.
Why would you look for porn on Reddit of all places? There’s lots of porn and the internet is a big place. Reddit is a sorry place to post and view it in the first place.
Oh my naive friend, porn is like 1/3 of all of reddit.
What was the saying…“there’s a subreddit for everything.”
Clearly you haven’t been looking enough. There’s a bazillion porn sites of every imaginable type including a truly horrifying amount of incomprehensibly weird shit. Reddit is amateur hour.
For the hyperspecific curation. There are subreddits that specialize in any type of content you could want.
Bullshit. Reddit is one of the easiest places to find porn for whatever kink/fetish you have. Combine that with the abundance of people that post their nudes there (even before the rise of OF), and you have one of the biggest databases of porn with easy save options, all tied to your anonymous account. If anything, porn is about the only reason I miss Reddit.
It killed tumblr, now it’s after reddit.
still works in Narwhal…
reddit made it so if you’re moderator, you can still watch nsfw on EVERY sub. so if you made your own sub or moderate one… its bypassed basically.
oh. I guess that explains it. I am a mod.
So… everyone can just create a subreddit to “unlock” NSFW? that’s weird & interesting.
yupp. a shitton of people already do exactly that. they create subs with their own usernames.
really amazing it’s still working with libreddit (or so I’ve heard)
Well, actually, you can view it through Infinity.
Obvious? Why are we talking about this still? Access was
terminatedpay walled almost a week ago.It takes a while to get major changes like this to make it’s way to the live branch. If this didn’t hit at the same time as API costs, then that likely means there was a bug preventing the restriction on nsfw content
Sexually explicit content was still available through the paywalled API until yesterday.
Spez is looking after /r/anal harder than anyone else is.
Unfortunately, his crappy app wouldn’t let him fap in peace.
I still have Infinity installed and I can still porn. Is it possible existing API keys have the permission to fetch NSFW posts. Though it won’t be long lived though.
Reddit moderators can see all nsfw content. So your account is likely a moderator or creator of a subreddit.
This is an interesting loophole. I didn’t think I was either of those.
If you’re a mod on any sub you can still see nsfw content on any other sub?
I set my subreddit to NSFW and I still get NSFW in Relay
You don’t even need to set it NSFW. Just need to be a mod I believe
RIP In Pieces Reddit. This is what will finally kill that site.
So how’s the pr0n scene on Lemmy? Asking for a friend.
Lemmynsfw.com has plenty
Also pornlemmy.com
Does it?? When I visit, I only see month old moderator posts.
Has something to do with NSFW posts not showing if you’re not logged in
Yeah that instance confuses me. Every time I see it, it’s just mod posts and mostly tame pictures of celebrities. Am I missing something? Is there a secret knock?
You need to be logged in and have nsfw enabled on your account. I had the same issue for a bit.
You need to login
You’re forced to create a user on lemmynsfw in order to see content, that’s why they have so many users. pornlemmy.com is different, they don’t put anything behind a firewall.
The admin is a pedo (check the loli comment).
You’re being downvoted because that admin admitted their mistakes and stepped away from the site (someone plz correct me if I’m wrong)
“I’m sorry I was fine with child porn but now I’m not” doesn’t sound sketchy at all, and he didn’t step away he is still there running things.
Totally - something just didn’t sit right seeing you be downvoted for being against CP lol
New instance, seems promising
Thanks friend!
Using the connect app, how do I change my instance? It only seems to have 3 underneath it allows me to switch to, I can’t manually enter anything in the instance settings?
Not sure on connect. But what I personally do, I’ve made 2 accounts, one on each. And put them on liftoff inside of a secure folder. That way, I don’t have to necessarily search for what I want. I can just pop on to them and see what jumps out at me.
Nevernind, I had connec ti stalled. If yiu want separate accounts. Just open the app, click at the top left and add the accounts there.
Thanks. That eventually what I did. My brain seemed to ignore the option icon when clicking my username, and I was just looking below in the profile label and the settings label.
Hilarious that once I read a post about adult material, I seemed to somehow motivate myself until I figured it out. Confused if that’s a good quality or not. Lol
You’re welcome.
Life truly works in mysterious way. Happy wanking, fella.
I’d say it’s a good quality. Just bear in mind, I haven’t seen too many videos, and that’s my preferred method of viewing material.
It’s all in the name of research. 😂
Do we really need porn Here? Im trying to figure that out for myself.
The internet is for porn. How you think net was born?
I know it’s probably a “Then we wouldn’t have this hilarious song” or whatever thing, but it always kind of bugs me that Kate never thinks to remind Trekkie that she works at a kindergarten. Like, sure, porn is a big part of the internet, but probably not appropriate for a lesson for kindergartners which was the original purpose of the song before he hijacks it?
Explain on their level.
The internet is for hugs. The internet is for hugs. Why you think net was born? For hugs hugs hugs!
Anyone can just create a porn instance, so why not as long as it’s moderated (and hopefully not full of illegal content)?
If you want to grow, choose porn. It’s been the singular driving force in adoption since the ARPA started funding the internet.
I heard somewhere but have no source, that porn was the driving reason behind VHS becoming so popular.
Technology Connections did a REALLY good series of videos on VHS vs Betamax a few years back (and it is fun, if only because it was before he felt comfortable being incredibly snarky on camera).
But the gist is: no. That is a myth. Betamax had porn too. The real reasons VHS won were that it had a better licensing agreement for third parties, the physical format made it easier to see if the rental was rewound (so you could charge if it wasn’t), and it allowed for higher capacity recordings (so sports).
If you have a way to monetize? Porn is nice. The rental shops with the cowboy doors in the back tended to do better than the ones that only had Air Bud 51516161616. But, increasingly, the business model of social media (and the internet as a whole) is built around ads and sponsors. And even the dick pills companies tend to not like advertising alongside straight up porn. And all the incels and puritans even make advertising next to “hot tub streams” risky (even if you can often see much more risque stuff on billboards along the interstate…).
And of the companies that decided “porn wins the internet”: Tumblr is a shadow of its former self once it got rid of all the good stuff. Snapchat and Instagram have always walked a VERY fine line with very strict moderation. And OnlyFans and PornHub are pretty much at the mercy of credit card companies even letting people spend money there.
Not sure the benefits to locking it behind an app (or clicking the desktop site button in firefox) but between this and the ongoing “protests”? I wouldn’t be surprised if porn is straight up off reddit within the next year.
Streaming video as well. I remember when YouTube was new and PornHub was just straight up the best video host on the internet. People were uploading their SFW videos there because the buffering was so much better.
Imagine spending a thousand dollar right now on technology that has two standards not compatible and who knows if it is going to even work just so you could consume one type of media in the privacy of your home. Which media would be worth this great expense and risk?
Reminds of HD-DVD vs Blu-ray. During that time I bought into neither thankfully. I recall thinking HDDVD was the way to go but didn’t wanna invest in either.
Porn may have been one factor, but the bad recording times on beta are what really killed it. Here is a series of four videos detailing the differences between beta and VHS. And there was plenty of porn available on the beta.
The market is already pretty saturated, though. There are so many other places to view this type of content and in a better format than a link aggregator.
Like, wouldn’t Pornhub be a more streamlined way to look at porn? Or whatever other porn website?
I never understood the appeal of porn on reddit. I always just blocked the porn subs and went about my business.
Having said all that, I totally agree that it should be allowed or perhaps even encouraged. It’s a free and open system - let the people do what they want. Even if I personally don’t understand the appeal.
You’re probably right. I think it matters more to content creators than consumers? Like, posting porn to Reddit is often advertising? And like anything, people must get some form if satisfaction interactions on specialty subs. You can’t just go to Pornhub and upload your favorite foot porn, right? Get upvotes, get that tiny dose of dopamine. Get to comment about how beautiful the girl is, hoping maybe she’ll like your complement more than the other thirsty guys’.
Social media, man. Interaction, even meaningless… it’s its own drug.
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People are pretty fond of the grassroots movement for independent creators to strike their own on reddit. Onlyfans is a good website for creators to monetize their content, but I don’t believe it does much for growing their following. Pornhub has gotten better for smaller creators but so many things are lost in their terrible tagging and indexing that they’re lost in the flood.
Topical community environments like reddit on the other hand let’s them show their specific content to a group that’s primed to like it. Mods are keeping the focus narrowed, so you’re less likely to compete against the same reposted clip from a decade ago that has little connection to the tags affixed. Pretty similar reasons for why it did so well on Tumblr as well.
in a better format than a link aggregator.
Wouldn’t that also apply to any image content then (like comics, memes, infographics, etc)? It doesn’t stop it from being popular. The important thing is simply finding a site that allows your specific content and that doesn’t heavily compress it.
