After Apollo, RIF is also going to shut down.
Sync is also going down. I hope that the blackout will have some impact on the execs, but I’m not expecting anything real to come.
Even if reddit reverses any of their pricing plans following the blackout, I think that’s it for at least some of the apps that already announced their shutting down. You just can’t run a business (or even volunteer lots of your personal time) if reddit has already shown, that you and your product mean nothing to them and they are willing to alienate their most passionate users with a mere 30 days lead time.
RIF was the only way i accessed reddit. That means i’m out for good. I’ll miss subreddits like ‘DataIsBeautiful’ or ‘RetroFuturism’ and i’m still not 100% fluent in Lemmy but… there’s literally no way back now.
I’m pretty sure that with the growth of lemmy, new and interesting communities will pop up all over the place. We just need to give it some time.
RIP RiF. Good app.
That’s why I’m here. I like this place so far though!Same. RIF is / was my app. It’s a shame in some ways, but this place is better in many other ways. I’m happy here and look forward to seeing the Fediverse grow!
Fuck reddit, VCs, and greedy assholes.
It’ll be an adjustment to this new site, but I welcome the change. It seems healthier here.
If you added up the cumulative amount of my life I’ve spent using any one piece of software, RiF would win
Its a strange time.
